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3 days ago · Hooker and his supporters became restive under the influence of John Cotton, and in 1636 Hooker led a group to Connecticut to settle Hartford, where he served as pastor until his death.
- Edward Winslow
Edward Winslow (born Oct. 18, 1595, Droitwich,...
- Edward Winslow
5 days ago · The children of clergymen tended to marry each other, and a clerical elite was perpetuated over generations, as, for example, Cotton Mather followed his father Increase Mather and his grandfathers Richard Mather and John Cotton into the ministry.
3 days ago · Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator and philanthropist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale only lived in America as a child, spending the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India.
4 days ago · Sir Joseph Sheldon. Nephew of Gilbert Sheldon, Archbishop of Canterbury; his daughter married Sir John Cotton, Bart, and was mother of Sir John Hinde Cotton, a leading Tory politician of the reigns of George I. and II.
1 day ago · Sir John Cotton remained in possession of the manor from the 1520s until his death in 1593 at the age of 83, when he was succeeded by his son Sir John (d. 1620). On his death his heir, also called John, was a minor, aged five.
1 day ago · “Cotton Mather, Letter to John Cotton, 17 October 1690.,” University of Virginia Library Online Exhibits, accessed July 5, 2024, ...
5 days ago · Along with it went Calhoun’s official statement of why Texas’ annexation was essential: a letter from the secretary of state to Britain’s minister to the United States, Richard Pakenham, which declared that the United States acquired Texas in order to protect slavery there from British interference.
