Download or read book The Lives of Increase Mather and Sir William Phipps written by Enoch Pond and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increase Mather (1639-1723) was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, the youngest son of Rev. Richard Mather (1596-1669). He attended Harvard and a year at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. He married Maria Cotton, daughter of John Cotton of Boston, Massachusetts, in 1858. They had ten children. He was pastor of the Old North Church at Boston for almost sixty years.