Notes, 1681-1718.

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Notes, 1681-1718.

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Notes, at least some of which were taken by Denison, of sermons delivered at the First Church (Congregational) in Roxbury, Mass. (1681-1718). Most of the sermons were preached by Rev. Nehemiah Walter and Rev. John Eliot, but other ministers represented include [Samuel] Willard, Benjamin Ruggles, Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, [William] Brattle, William Williams, John Williams, and Timothy Ruggles.

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First Church in Roxbury (Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)

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The area now known as Roxbury was begininng to be populated by English settlers in 1630. In 1631 the church was gathered and the first meetinghouse was built in 1632 establishing the First Church in Roxbury . That same year, Thomas Weld was ordained as the first pastor of the church, and John Eliot was ordained as the first teacher. The church was incorporated as The First Religious Society in 1825, and in 1868, Roxbury was annexed to Boston.(from An Inventory of the Records of the Particular (C...

Brattle, William, 1662-1717

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Standard text at Harvard until the 1770s. From the description of Compendium logicae secundum principia D. Renati Des:cartes catechisticeĢ propositum / per Dom. Brattle, in usum pupillorum ; A compendium of logick according to the modern phylosophers extracted from Le-grand and others their systems / by Mr. Brattle, in usum pupillorum : manuscript, 1707. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612843242 Brattle (A. B. 1680) was a Boston minister. From the descr...

Williams, John, 1664-1729

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Clergyman. From the description of John Williams family papers, circa 1721-1776. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981375 Deerfield, Mass., clergyman and author captured with his family in 1703/1704 by French and Indians and taken to Canada. Williams was released in 1706 and returned to his Deerfield ministry in 1707. After graduating from Harvard in 1713, his son, Stephen, began a sixty-six year ministry in Longmeadow. From the descriptio...

Mather, Increase, 1639-1723

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"Increase Mather, the youngest son of the Reverend Richard Mather of Dorchester, and the father of Cotton Mather, has been described as the 'foremost American Puritan' of his generation. Teacher of the Second Church of Boston for more than fifty years, President of Harvard College from 1685 to 1701, agent for Massachusetts Bay in England to request the return of the Charter, and the author of approximately 175 books, pamphlets, prefaces and printed sermons, Mather was intimately involved in poli...

Walter, Nehemiah, 1663-1750

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Williams, William, 1665-1741

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Eliot, John, 1604-1690

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John Eliot, styled "the Indian Apostle," was born in England, emigrated to the U.S. (Boston) in 1631 and died at Roxbury, Mass. He was the translator of the first Bible into the Indian (N.A.) language; known as Eliot's Indian Bible. From the description of Autograph signature to covenant, 1624 Jan. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270615429 Clergyman and missionary. From the description of John Eliot letter, 1673. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010036 ...

Ruggles, Timothy, 1711-1795

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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. ...

Ruggles, Benjamin, 1676-1708.

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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 ...

Denison, William, of Roxbury, Mass.

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Of Roxbury, Mass. From the description of Notes, 1681-1718. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58663549 ...