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<p> a Congregational minister, was born about 1712, and was first pastor at Halifax, Mass. He died in 1789. He published two Sermons (1757). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p>
<p> a Congregational minister, was born in Boston, March 13, 1640. He was pastor at Plymouth, Massachusetts, from June 30, 1669, to October 5, 1697; at Martha's [[Vineyard]] from 1664 to 1667; and at Charleston, S.C., from 1698 until his death, September 18, 1699. He rendered great assistance to [[Thomas]] Mayhew, at Martha's Vineyard; frequently preached to the Indians at Plymouth, and revised and corrected Eliot's Indian Bible, printed at [[Cambridge]] in 1685. See Drake, Amer. Biog. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. </p>


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<ref name="term_34970"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cotton,+john+(3) John Cotton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_34973"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/cotton,+john+(1) John Cotton from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Revision as of 09:02, 15 October 2021

John Cotton [1]

a Congregational minister, was born in Boston, March 13, 1640. He was pastor at Plymouth, Massachusetts, from June 30, 1669, to October 5, 1697; at Martha's Vineyard from 1664 to 1667; and at Charleston, S.C., from 1698 until his death, September 18, 1699. He rendered great assistance to Thomas Mayhew, at Martha's Vineyard; frequently preached to the Indians at Plymouth, and revised and corrected Eliot's Indian Bible, printed at Cambridge in 1685. See Drake, Amer. Biog. s.v.; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.

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