List of Famous people named Increase

Here are some famous Increases:

Increase Mather

First Name Increase

Died on August 23, 1723

Born in United States of America, Massachusetts, Boston

Increase Mather was an American Puritan clergyman in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and president of Harvard College for twenty years (1681–1701). He was influential in the administration of the colony during a time that coincided with the notorious Salem witch trials.

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Increase Sumner

First Name Increase

Born on November 27, 1746

Died on June 7, 1799 (aged 52)

Born in United States of America, Massachusetts, Boston

Increase Sumner was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Massachusetts. He was the fifth governor of Massachusetts, serving from 1797 to 1799. Trained as a lawyer, he served in the provisional government of Massachusetts during the American Revolutionary War, and was elected to the Confederation Congress in 1782. Appointed to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court the same year, he served there as an associate justice until 1797.

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