Experience Mayhew
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Experience Mayhew (1673-1758) was a New England divine. He was born on January 27, 1673, in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, the oldest son of Rev. John Mayhew, missionary to the Indians, and great-grandson of Gov. Thomas Mayhew.[1]
He began to preach to the Indians at the age of 21, and had the oversight of five or six Indian assemblies, which he continued for 64 years. Having thoroughly mastered the Indian language, which he had learned in infancy, he was employed by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in New England to make a new version of the Psalms and of the Gospel of John, which he did in 1709 in parallel columns of English and Indian. He published Indian Converts (1727), comprising the lives of 30 Indian preachers and 80 other Indian converts,[1] besides a column entitled Grace Defended.
It was said of him, "Had he been favored with the advantages of education he would have ranked among the first worthies of New England."[1]
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