Timothy Edwards (1669-1758) was a Congregational minister in East Windsor, Connecticut. He was the son of a wealthy merchant and graduated from Harvard College in 1691. He was assigned to his East Windsor parish in 1694, where he remained for the rest of his life. Edwards married Esther Stoddard, the daughter of a famous Northampton, Massachusetts, minister, and they had eleven children. Timothy was known for delivering his sermons from small notes, rather than from fully written scripts. This example is typical: it notes Biblical verses which he would recite from memory and use as centerpieces of his sermons. This one was delivered on the Sunday after the 1704 raid on Deerfield, Massachusetts, when more than 100 residents were taken captive and marched to Canada by their French and Indigenous captors. For many this disaster meant that God’s favor had deserted them, and they turned to their ministers for guidance. Edwards held a school in his home, where his only son, Jonathan (1703-1758) was educated. Jonathan Edwards became a well-known minister and a leader of the First Great Awakening.
Edwards, Reverend Timothy. Timothy Edwards’ Sermon Notes. March 5, 1704. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l01-053/. Accessed on October 4, 2024.
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