Cotton Mather
Clergyman and author
Cotton Mather FRS was a Puritan clergyman and author in colonial New England, who wrote extensively on theological, historical, and scientific subjects. Wikipedia
Born: February 12, 1663, Boston, MA
Died: February 13, 1728 (age 65 years), Boston, MA
Children: Samuel Mather
Spouse: Lydia George (m. 1715–1728), Elizabeth Hubbard (m. 1703–1713), and Abigail Philips (m. 1686–1702)
Grandchild: Hannah Mather Crocker
Parents: Increase Mather and Maria Cotton