Richard Mather, founder of the Mather dynasty in New England, was an active preacher and writer whose published works help to focus the issues faced by the first generation of Massachusetts Bay Puritans in their effort to establish a biblical...
Richard Mather (1596 - 1669), was a Puritan clergyman in Colonial Boston, Massachusetts. He was father to Increase Mather and grandfather to Cotton Mather, both also celebrated Boston...
Byline: RICHARD BOTT BARRIE-JON Mather's return from injury has given Castleford Tigers a surprise boost ahead of their Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup semi-final against Wigan Warriors. The former international centre in both league and union is a serious contender for a place...
THE LAST AMERICAN PURITAN. The Life of Increase Mather, by Michael G. Hall. Wesleyan University Press. 438 pp. $35. Three hundred years ago this April anxious spectators clustered on Beacon Hill watching a police boat shadow the square-rigger President, standing out for England....