His mother was Betsy Mather, a descendant of Increase Mather who was the president of Harvard from 1685 to 1701.

Phips found no further support for another expedition against New France, and instead joined with Increase Mather and other agents to gain a new charter for Massachusetts.

Blathwayt continued to support him, as did Increase Mather, but this was not enough to overcome the many complaints lodged against him.

A delegation of New Englanders, led by Increase Mather, went to England to negotiate for a return of the colonial charters that had been nullified during the Dominion years.

The colonists, such as the writings of Increase Mather, attributed the decimation of the Indians to God's providence in clearing the new lands for settlement.

Ministers included Increase Mather, Cotton Mather, and Ralph Waldo Emerson.

The Last American Puritan: The Life of Increase Mather.

Goffe was born in Boston in 1701 and baptized in the Old North Church under the ministry of Increase Mather.

He was the son of Increase Mather, and grandson of both John Cotton and Richard Mather, all also prominent Puritan ministers.

The first rector was William Vesey (for whom nearby Vesey Street is named), a protege of Increase Mather, who served for 49 years until his death in 1746.