▁educ ators <0x0A> </s> ▁Not ▁to ▁be ▁confused ▁with ▁his ▁son ▁M ather ▁By les ▁( loy al ist ) ▁ ▁M ather ▁By les ▁( born ▁ 2 6 ▁March ▁ 1 7 0 6 , ▁ ▁Boston , ▁Massachusetts ▁– ▁▁ 5 ▁July ▁ 1 7 8 8 ), ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁cl erg yman ▁active ▁in ▁British ▁North ▁America . ▁ ▁By les ▁was ▁desc ended , ▁on ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁side , ▁from ▁John ▁Cot ton ▁and ▁Richard ▁M ather ▁and ▁was ▁a ▁grand son ▁of ▁In cre ase ▁M ather ▁and ▁nep hew ▁of ▁Cot ton ▁M ather . ▁As ▁a ▁young ▁man , ▁he ▁correspond ed ▁with ▁Alexander ▁Pope ▁and ▁Isaac ▁W att s . ▁ ▁By les ▁graduated ▁at ▁Harvard ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 5 , ▁received ▁his ▁A . M . ▁degree ▁there ▁in ▁ 1 7 2 8 ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 3 ▁he ▁became ▁past or ▁of ▁the ▁H oll is ▁Street ▁Church ▁( C ong reg ational ), ▁Boston . ▁In ▁ 1 7 6 5 ▁he ▁received ▁a ▁degree ▁of ▁Doctor ▁of ▁Div inity ▁from ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Aber de en ▁Scotland ▁ ▁By les ▁held ▁a ▁high ▁rank ▁among ▁the ▁cler gy ▁of ▁the ▁province ▁and ▁was ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁scholar ly ▁and ▁well - written ▁ser m ons , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁ready ▁wit . ▁He ▁often ▁ex changed ▁po etic ▁sat ires ▁and ▁par od ies ▁with ▁another ▁Boston ▁wit ▁of ▁that