144:(I, 139), describes him as follows: “As a preacher, he was remarkable for sustaining all his positions by arguments from Scripture; for adhering closely to the main object before him; for a free, clear and rapid utterance; and for a depth and power of feeling which in almost every sermon manifested itself in tears. ... He was particularly watchful against the inroads of immorality among the young. He used his influence to prevent any, except persons of correct moral habits, from keeping houses of public entertainment; and when he saw from his study window any of the people of the town tippling at the tavern, he made conscience to go directly to them and administer a pointed rebuke.”
90:
pages and any attribution. These almanacs included his own original poetry (some in the form of enigmas or word puzzles), and are among the earliest examples of secular verse published in New
England. They also contained—in addition to celestial tables, tide tables, calendars, and dates of court sessions—brief chronologies of significant events in New England's history. In 1650 he became pastor at
42:
89:
Danforth's studies included astronomy, and during this time he published three almanacs (for 1647, 1648, and 1649), which are the earliest surviving
American examples of the form. A fourth (for the year 1646) is also attributed to him, although the single surviving copy is missing the first several
152:
Three of
Danforth's children died in infancy—Samuel (aged 7 months) in 1653, Thomas (aged 10 days) in 1672, and Elizabeth (aged 2 weeks) in 1673). Three others—Mary (aged 5 years), Elizabeth (aged 3), and Sarah (aged 1)—died in December 1659. His funeral remarks on this occasion were reprinted by
66:, the sixth of seven children of Nicholas Danforth (1589–1639) and Elizabeth Symmes Danforth (c.1596–1629). Six surviving children— Elizabeth (1619–1673), Anna (1622–1704), Thomas (1623–1699), Lydia (1625–1686), Samuel, and Jonathan (1628–1712) —emigrated with their father to
171:
from 1687 until his death. Daughter Mary (1663–1734) married Edward
Bromfield (1649–1734) in 1683. Daughter Abiel, born two months after her father's death, married Thomas Fitch in 1694, and, after his death, John Osborn in 1741; she died in or before 1745.
137:, on the occasion of the sentencing to death by hanging of Benjamin Goad, a young man from his congregation convicted of bestiality upon being discovered in a compromised position with a lady-horse. This work was published shortly after his death.
301:
A Brief
Recognition of New-Englands Errand into the Wilderness; Made in the Audience of the General Assembly of the Massachusetts Colony, at Boston in N.E. on the 11th of the third Moneth, 1670, being the day of Election
291:
An
Astronomical Description of the Late Comet, or Blazing Star, as it appeared in New-England in the 9th, 10th, 11th, and in the Beginning of the 12th Moneth, 1664. Together with a Brief Theological Explanation
182:(1623–1699) was treasurer of Harvard College, deputy governor, and justice of the colony's superior court. His younger brother Jonathan was a resident and founder of
117:
in 1665 (reprinted in London the following year). In 1670, he was invited to give the annual election sermon to the
General Assembly, which was afterwards printed as
163:. Two more children—Elizabeth (aged 7) and Sarah (aged 2)—died in October 1672. His son John (1660–1730) graduated from Harvard College in 1677 and was minister at
403:
239:
The
Charter of the President and Fellows of Harvard College, under the seal of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, and bearing the date May 31st, A. D. 1650
194:; and sister Mary Danforth, who also came over to the Americas with Samuel, married John Parish. (More complete genealogical information is online via
94:, where Rev. John Eliot was Teaching Elder, and was ordained on September 24, 1650. In 1651, he married Mary Wilson (1633–1713), daughter of the Rev.
408:
167:
from 1682 until his death. The other surviving son, Samuel (1666–1727), graduated from
Harvard College in 1683, and served as the minister at
418:
233:
83:
319:
The Cry of Sodom
Enquired Into; Upon Occasion of the Arraignment and Condemnation of BENJAMIN GOAD,for his Prodigious Villany
398:
186:. Sister Elizabeth married Andrew Belcher (1639–1673) of Cambridge; sister Anna married Matthew Bridge (1615–1700) of
413:
358:(Cambridge, 1956) takes its title from Danforth's election sermon (although Miller himself maintained otherwise).
82:, where he graduated in 1643 and remained as a tutor until 1650, whereupon he became one of the five founding
388:
393:
91:
27:
354:
164:
71:
187:
183:
75:
31:
105:
No copies of his "Catechism" (published in 1650 or 1651) are known to have survived (see Roden,
168:
129:” form. In April 1674, he delivered what is regarded as the first published “execution sermon”:
35:
191:
99:
95:
383:
378:
8:
327:
175:
His widow Mary was married in 1682 to Joseph Rock of Boston, who died the next year.
338:
Samuel Danforth's Almanack Poems and Chronological Tables 1647-1649 (online edition)
337:
300:
290:
118:
110:
318:
130:
250:
179:
79:
372:
154:
67:
349:
102:, with whom he had twelve children in 24 years. He died November 19, 1674.
308:
The Wall and the Garden: Selected Massachusetts Election Sermons 1670–1775
121:
A Brief Recognition Recognition of New-Englands Errand into the Wilderness
55:
159:
126:
63:
59:
23:
41:
26:
minister, preacher, poet, and astronomer, the second pastor of
70:
in 1634. After their father died in 1639, Samuel lived with
201:
For further biographical information, see Cotton Mather,
195:
365:
offers a significant reinterpretation of the tradition.
306:
Cambridge, Mass., 1671. —Reprinted in A. W. Plumstead,
190:; sister Lydia married William Beamont (1608–1698) of
125:
and is regarded as one of the finest examples of the “
275:
MDCXLVIII. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1648.
281:
MDCXLIX. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1649.
269:
MDCXLVII. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1647
370:
251:http://members.aol.com/BBova2332/danforth.html
113:An Astronomical Description of the Late Comet
241:, Harvard College. Accessed October 9, 2017.
213:, v.24, pp. 83–85; and C. K. Dillaway,
404:17th-century New England Puritan ministers
38:, known as the “Apostle to the Indians.”
310:(Minneapolis, 1968) and Michael Warner,
40:
371:
409:Writers from Cambridge, Massachusetts
45:Danforth's 1647 Almanack, title page
217:(Roxbury, 1860), pp. 127–130.
13:
419:17th-century American philosophers
296:Cambridge, MA, 1665; London, 1666.
14:
430:
54:He was born October 17, 1626, in
211:Dictionary of Literary Biography
343:
244:
227:
133:The Cry of Sodom Enquired Into
1:
215:History of the Grammar School
142:Annals of the American Pulpit
107:The Cambridge Press 1638-1692
30:and an associate of the Rev.
286:. Cambridge, MA, 1650/51(?).
220:
7:
235:The Harvard Charter of 1650
92:The First Church in Roxbury
28:The First Church in Roxbury
10:
435:
355:Errand into the Wilderness
332:Magnalia Christi Americana
203:Magnalia Christi Americana
74:, pastor of the church in
399:Harvard University alumni
271:. Cambridge, Mass., 1647.
147:
262:
184:Billerica, Massachusetts
140:William Sprague, in his
414:People from Framlingham
49:
46:
36:Roxbury, Massachusetts
363:The American Jeremiad
330:,” in Cotton Mather,
328:A Letter out of Grief
192:Saybrook, Connecticut
78:, and later attended
44:
389:English philosophers
361:Sacvan Bercovitch's
323:Cambridge, MA, 1674.
283:Cambridge, MA, 1649.
277:Cambridge, MA, 1648.
16:American philosopher
394:English theologians
178:His older brother
84:Fellows of Harvard
47:
22:(1626–1674) was a
207:Harvard Graduates
426:
314:(New York, 1999)
312:American Sermons
256:
248:
242:
231:
205:, v.2; Sibley's
109:). He published
434:
433:
429:
428:
427:
425:
424:
423:
369:
368:
346:
334:. London, 1702.
265:
260:
259:
249:
245:
232:
228:
223:
180:Thomas Danforth
150:
80:Harvard College
52:
20:Samuel Danforth
17:
12:
11:
5:
432:
422:
421:
416:
411:
406:
401:
396:
391:
386:
381:
367:
366:
359:
345:
342:
341:
340:
335:
324:
315:
297:
287:
284:
278:
272:
264:
261:
258:
257:
243:
225:
224:
222:
219:
149:
146:
72:Thomas Shepard
51:
48:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
431:
420:
417:
415:
412:
410:
407:
405:
402:
400:
397:
395:
392:
390:
387:
385:
382:
380:
377:
376:
374:
364:
360:
357:
356:
351:
348:
347:
339:
336:
333:
329:
325:
322:
320:
316:
313:
309:
305:
303:
298:
295:
293:
288:
285:
282:
279:
276:
273:
270:
267:
266:
255:
254:
247:
240:
237:
236:
230:
226:
218:
216:
212:
208:
204:
199:
197:
193:
189:
185:
181:
176:
173:
170:
166:
162:
161:
156:
155:Cotton Mather
145:
143:
138:
136:
135:
134:
128:
124:
123:
122:
116:
115:
114:
108:
103:
101:
97:
93:
87:
85:
81:
77:
73:
69:
68:Massachusetts
65:
61:
57:
43:
39:
37:
33:
29:
25:
21:
362:
353:
350:Perry Miller
331:
317:
311:
307:
299:
289:
280:
274:
268:
252:
246:
238:
234:
229:
214:
210:
206:
202:
200:
177:
174:
158:
151:
141:
139:
132:
131:
120:
119:
112:
111:
106:
104:
88:
53:
19:
18:
384:1674 deaths
379:1626 births
344:Works about
96:John Wilson
56:Framlingham
373:Categories
165:Dorchester
32:John Eliot
221:Footnotes
188:Lexington
76:Cambridge
209:, v. 1;
160:Magnalia
127:jeremiad
292:Thereof
169:Taunton
157:in his
64:England
60:Suffolk
24:Puritan
148:Family
100:Boston
302:there
263:Works
50:Life
352:’s
253:AOL
196:AOL
98:of
34:of
375::
198:)
86:.
62:,
58:,
326:“
321:.
304:.
294:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
