Jonathan Edwards

Jonathan Edwards

male, deceased (1758)
fire-and-brimstone, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, Christian Revivalist, Calvinist ministers and theologian, From Northampton, Massachusetts, minister…puritan
Jonathan Edwards (October 5, 1703 - March 22, 1758) was a colonial American Congregational preacher, theologian, and missionary to Native...
Oliver Cromwell

Oliver Cromwell

male, deceased (1658)
Independent, Chancellor of the University of Oxford, political, member of parliament, Long (1640-49) Parliaments, Heads of state…puritan
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and...
John Winthrop

John Winthrop

male, deceased (1649)
Massachusetts colonial, Governor of Massachusetts, American colonial, governorship, Massachusetts Bay Company, The Cambridge Agreement…puritan
John Winthrop (12 January 1587/8-26 March 1649) led a group of English Puritans to the New World, joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 and...
Cotton Mather

Cotton Mather

male, deceased (1728)
Massachusetts colonial-era clergy, Calvinist ministers and theologian, Massachusetts colonial, Salem witch trials, American clergy, University of Glasgow…puritan
Cotton Mather (February 12, 1663 - February 13, 1728). A.B. 1678 (Harvard College), A.M. 1681; honorary doctorate 1710 (University of Glasgow), was...
Richard Baxter

Richard Baxter

male, deceased (1691)
Theologian, puritan, English clergy, Puritanism, English, Religious writer
Richard Baxter (November 12, 1615 - December 8, 1691) was an English Puritan church leader, theologian and controversialist, called by Dean Stanley...
Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson

male, deceased (1686)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, Puritanism, English, puritan, English Civil War, vicar
Thomas Watson (c. 1620-1686) was an English, non-conformist, Puritan preacher and author. He was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he...
Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson

female, deceased (1643)
New York colonial, Midwives, American colonial, New Netherlands, Puritanism, From lincolnshire…puritan
Anne Hutchinson (July, 1591 - July, 1643) was the unauthorized Puritan preacher of a dissident church discussion group and a pioneer settler in...
John Cotton

John Cotton

male, deceased (1652)
Old Derbeian, Calvinist ministers and theologian, derby school, Massachusetts Bay Colony, new england, American clergy…puritan
The Reverend John Cotton (December 4, 1585 - December 23, 1652) was a highly regarded principal among the New England Puritan ministers, who also...
Thomas Goodwin

Thomas Goodwin

male, deceased (1680)
Christopher Hill, Puritanism, puritan, congregational church, Magdalen College, Oxford, Long Parliament
Thomas Goodwin, known as 'the Elder', was an English Puritan theologian and preacher, and an important leader of religious Independents. He served...
Increase Mather

Increase Mather

male, deceased (1723)
Calvinist ministers and theologian, Massachusetts colonial, President of Harvard University, Harvard College, puritan, Religious history of the United States
The Reverend Increase Mather was a major figure in the early history of the Massachusetts Bay Colony and Province of Massachusetts Bay (now the...