Puritan Minister, Author, and Smallpox Pioneer

Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather was an influential Puritan minister and prolific author in Boston, Massachusetts. Best known for his controversial writings on the Salem Witch Trials, he also championed smallpox inoculation, leaving a profound mark on early American religious culture and medical science.

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Year	Cotton Mather
1663	Birth of Cotton Mather (Period: February 12, 1663, Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States)
1686	Marriage (Cotton Mather, Abigail Phillips, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1686, Location: Boston)
1689	King William’s War (Age: 25 years old, Period: 1689–1697, Location: New England, Acadia, and Eastern Canada areas)
1692	Salem Witch Trials (Age: 28 years old, Period: 1692–1693, Location: Salem and Massachusetts Bay Colony)
1702	Queen Anne’s War (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1702–1713, Location: Eastern North American Colonial Region) Publication of Magnalia Christi Americana (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1702, Location: Published in London)
1703	Marriage (Cotton Mather, Elizabeth Hubbard, Age: 39 years old, Period: 1703, Location: Boston)
1715	Marriage (Cotton Mather, Lydia George Lee, Age: 51 years old, Period: 1715, Location: Boston)
1721	Boston Smallpox Epidemic and Promotion of Inoculation (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1721, Location: Boston)
1728	Death of Cotton Mather (Age: 65 years old, Period: February 13, 1728)

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Governor	John Winthrop William Bradford
Leader	Roger Williams Anne Hutchinson Cotton Mather
The Addams Family	John Adams John Quincy Adams
Indigenous People	Ousamequin Metacomet

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Puritan Minister, Author, and Smallpox Pioneer

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