M0151000 (măth′ər), Increase 1639-1723. American clergyman and writer. He and his son Cotton (1663-1728) exerted great theological and political influence on the colony of Massachusetts through their staunch Puritanism and prolific writing.
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n. 1. Cotton, 1663–1728, American clergyman and author. 2. his father, Increase, 1639–1723, American clergyman.