TIMELINE OF PURITAN HISTORY AND LITERATURE
1588
John Winthrop born (1588-1711)
1591
Anne (Marbury) Hutchinson born (1591-1643)
1612
Anne (Dudly) Bradstreet born (1612-1672)
1620
Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth, Massachusetts on the Mayflower
1630
Puritans arrive in Massachusetts Bay Colony
1630
John Winthrop delivers “A Model of Christian Charity” (aboard ship Arbella?)
1636
Trial of Anne Hutchinson
1637
Mary (White) Rowlandson born (1637-1711)
1638
Anne Hutchinson excommunicated and banished from Boston
1643
Anne Hutchinson attacked by Indians and dies
1649
John Winthrop dies
1650
The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America by Anne Bradstreet published
1663
Cotton Mather born (1663-1728)
1672
Anne Bradstreet dies
1674
Martha Allan marries Thomas Carrier
1674-1678
King Phillip’s War
1676
Mary Rowlandson kidnapped and ransomed
1682
Narrative of Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson published
1682 (?)
Edwards Taylor writes “Huswifery” and “Prologue”
1692
Puritan witchcraft trials
1692
Martha Carrier tried and executed for being a witch
1693
Cotton Mather’s Wonders of the Invisible World published
1711
Mary Rowlandson dies
1702
Cotton Mather writes Magnalia Christi Americana
1703
Jonathan Edwards born (1703-1758)
1728
Cotton Mather dies
1734-1743
The Great Awakening
1741
Jonathan Edwards preaches “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
1743
Thomas Jefferson born (1743-1826)
1743
Founding of the American Philosophical Association