Notes on sermons taken by Joseph Baxter, 1689-1690.
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Harvard College (1636-1780)
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Samuel Mather (1677-1746) was a member of a prominent Connecticut family. He was born in Branford, Connecticut in 1677; his parents were the Reverend Samuel and Hannah (Treat) Mather. When Samuel was four, his family moved to Windsor, Connecticut. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1698 and an A.M. in 1701. He began studying medicine in 1698 and by 1702 he was admitted "to be a Practitioner of Physick and Chyrurgy." He was quickly successful, and in 1710 was appointed a surgeon to...
Moodey, Joshua, 1633?-1697.
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Minister of Portsmouth, N.H. From the description of Sermons [manuscript], ca. 1670-1690. (Boston Athenaeum). WorldCat record id: 642034597 Rev. Joshua Moodey (1633-1697) graduated from Harvard in 1653 and was minister of Portsmouth, N.H., from 1658 to 1684. After a conflict with a lieutenant governor of New Hampshire, he was tried, briefly imprisoned, and forbidden from preaching, although staunchly supported by Cotton Mather (1663-1728). He became assistant minister for th...
Willard, Samuel, 1640-1707
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Clergyman at Old South Church, Boston. Author of Body of Divinity. Vice-President of Harvard College. From the description of Notes for a sermon : [Boston, Massachusetts], [166-? to 169-?]. (Brown University). WorldCat record id: 122480601 Samuel Willard was born in Concord, Massachusetts. He was ordained a Puritan minister in Groton, Massachusetts in 1664, and served there as pastor until 1676. He was pastor of the Third Church in Boston from 1687-1707. Willard strenuously ...
Mather, Cotton, 1663-1728
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Mather was an American Puritan clergyman and writer. Mather attended Harvard (A.B. 1678, M.A. 1681) and served as minister at the Second Church in Boston from 1685 until his death. His advice was sought during the Salem witch trials. During his lifetime Mather wrote more than 450 books. ...
Baxter, Joseph, 1676-1745
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Clergyman of Medfield, Mass. From the description of Diary, 1717-1721. (Maine Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70974865 Baxter (1676 Jun. 11-1745 May 2) graduated from Harvard College, 1693 and received his M.A. in 1696. He became the pastor of the Medfield (Mass.) Congregational Church in January 1696 (ordained in 1697 Apr. 21) and served there until his death in 1745. In addition, he also served as an occasional missionary to Indians in Maine and on Nantuck...
