Increase Mather

TL;DR -- We started our look at U.S. history by way of the Heads of Harvard with Conant who has a real early pedigree in Plymouth and Essex Counties and, with this post, continue or sampling. This time we confront the time of the Andover ordeal about which much has been written as it has a hold on the popular imagination. 

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We are using the Heads of Harvard (Wikipedia) to establish our index for the U.S. through time. Initially, the interests were several, but we have started with this look: History of Harvard (ours); History of the Presidency (Harvard); graduates of Harvard (list initiated by Hoar); and Harvard in the long history of the U.S. We started with James B. Conant who descended from a member of the Cape Ann party. Then, we picked the next several using an associative approach. For each of the Heads considered so far, we have provided links to material on the web plus some of our own research when it is apropos. So far, we have not looked at the time of the end of the 17th century and do so with this post. 

Though we have not mentioned Increase Mather (Wikipedia, WikiTree) in particular, he is of interest for several reasons: son of a member of the Board of Harvard Overseers,  father of Cotton Mather, and in the Head position during the turmoil related to the Witch Trials. Earlier, we detailed the impact on the lives of an extended family in an article (Trials of the Wilson Family) which represents a continuing study that has more than importance than that related to the families. 

The brevity of this post does not represent lack of interest, rather we will be touching upon this theme in the context of the whole of U.S. history. 

Remarks: Modified: 02/18/2022

02/18/2022 -- Point to Wikipedia. Create 'Harvard' label.