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Mather, Cotton

(12 February 1663–13 February 1728)

Robert Middlekauff

https://doi.org/10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.0100580

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Mather, Cotton (12 February 1663–13 February 1728), Puritan minister, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of Increase Mather, a Puritan minister, and Maria Cotton. The marriage of Increase Mather and Maria Cotton continued the union of two great New England families. Richard Mather...

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date: 02 March 2021

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