5 Oct. 1703 Born at East
Windsor, Conn. to Timothy and Esther (Stoddard) Edwards
1716 Entered New Haven
College (Yale); Undergraduate 1716-20, M.A. 1720-22
1719-20 “Of Insects”
c. 1720-22 Begins “Of
Being”
May or June 1721 “That new
sense of things”
30 July 1722 Began writing
“Resolutions”
Aug. 1722-April 1723
Pastor, New York Presbyterian Church
c. 1722, 23 Begins “Diary,”
“The Mind,” “Miscellanies”
c. 1723 “Apostrophe to
Sarah Pierpont”
Oct. 1723 “Spider Letter”;
Begins “Notes on Apocalypse”
Nov. 1723 Agrees to pastor
at Bolton, Conn.
1724 Elected tutor at Yale;
begins “Notes on Scriptures”
1725 “Beauty of the World”
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Fall 1726 Called as
Assistant Pastor to Solomon Stoddard at Northampton (“harvests” under
Stoddard 1679, 1683, 1696, 1712, 1718)
20 July 1727 Married Sarah,
daughter of Rev. James Pierpont of New Haven
1728 Begins “Image of
Divine Things”
11 Feb. 1729 Death of
Solomon Stoddard
8 July 1731 Delivered and
published “God Glorified in the Work
of Redemption ” at First Church, Boston
1734-35 “First Shower” of
Awakening at Northampton; The Hampshire Association and the Robert Breck
affair
Oct. 1737 A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising
Work of God
1738 Discourses on Various Important Subjects (1734-35 awakening
sermons); Preached Charity and Its
Fruits (pub. 1852)
1739 Preached A History of the Work of Redemption
(pub. 1774); c. 1739 “Personal Narrative”
17-19 Oct. 1740 George
Whitefield preached at Northampton
8 July 1741 “Sinners in the
Hands of an Angry God,” Enfield, Conn.; Nov. The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God
1742 Some Thoughts Concerning the Present Revival of Religion in New
England
c. 1742-43 Treatise on Grace (pub. 1865)
1744 Bad Book Case
1746 A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections
1748 An Humble Attempt to Promote Union in Prayer; 26 June “A Strong
Rod Broken and Withered,” memorial sermon to Col. John Stoddard
1749 An Account of the Life of the Late Reverend Mr. David Brainerd; An Humble Inquiry into . . . the
Qualifications Requisite to a Complete Standing and Full Communion . . .
2 July 1750 Preached
“Farewell Sermon,” Northampton
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1751 Called as Pastor and
Missionary to the Indians in Stockbridge, Mass.
1752 Misrepresentations Corrected and Truth Vindicated (in reply to
Solomon Williams’ The True State of the
Question . . .)
1754 A Careful and Strict Enquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of
that Freedom of the Will
1755 Concerning the End for Which God Created the World and The Nature of
True Virtue (pub. 1765)
May 1757 The Great Christian Doctrine of Original
Sin Defended
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Jan. 1758 Assumes
Presidency of College of New Jersey, Princeton (successor to son-in-law Aaron
Burr)
23 Feb. 1758 Small pox
inoculation
22 March 1758 Died
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