American clergyman, educator and philosopher. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson was the first rector and teacher of Anglican Church at Stratford, CT. He was born in Guilford, Connecticut, the second child of Samuel Johnson (d. c. 1728), a farmer and proprietor of a fulling mill, and husband of Mary Sage (d.c. 1728). He received his education at what was the Congregational Collegiate School which eventually became Yale College.
In 1722, he was ordained an Anglican priest in England and returned to America to establish Christ Episcopal Church in Stratford, Connecticut. He remained rector of that church until 1754 when he became the first president of King's College, an Anglican college in New York. In 1763, he resigned and returned to Stratford.
See H. Schneider and C. Schneider, etc. Samuel Johnson...His Career and His Writings. (4 vol., 1929, repr. 1972; study by J. J. Ellis.
He was the father of William Samuel Johnson who was a framer of the Constitution of the United States and a lawyer.
In decent dignity and modest mien,
The cheerful heart and countenance serene
If pure religion and unsullied truth,
His age's solace, and his search in youth,
If piety in all the paths he trod
Still rising vigorous to his Lord and God;
If Charity thro' all the race he ran,
Still willing well, and doing good to man;
If learning, free from pedantry and pride;
If Faith and Virtue, walking side by side;
If well to mark his being's aim and end,
To shine thro' life a Husband, Father, Friend,
If these ambition in thy soul can raise,
Excite thy reverence, or demand thy praise,
Reader, ere yet thou quit this earthly scene,
Revere his name, and be what he has been.
Myles Cooper, inscription on Samuel Johnson's memorial table
In 1722, he was ordained an Anglican priest in England and returned to America to establish Christ Episcopal Church in Stratford, Connecticut. He remained rector of that church until 1754 when he became the first president of King's College, an Anglican college in New York. In 1763, he resigned and returned to Stratford.
See H. Schneider and C. Schneider, etc. Samuel Johnson...His Career and His Writings. (4 vol., 1929, repr. 1972; study by J. J. Ellis.
He was the father of William Samuel Johnson who was a framer of the Constitution of the United States and a lawyer.
In decent dignity and modest mien,
The cheerful heart and countenance serene
If pure religion and unsullied truth,
His age's solace, and his search in youth,
If piety in all the paths he trod
Still rising vigorous to his Lord and God;
If Charity thro' all the race he ran,
Still willing well, and doing good to man;
If learning, free from pedantry and pride;
If Faith and Virtue, walking side by side;
If well to mark his being's aim and end,
To shine thro' life a Husband, Father, Friend,
If these ambition in thy soul can raise,
Excite thy reverence, or demand thy praise,
Reader, ere yet thou quit this earthly scene,
Revere his name, and be what he has been.
Myles Cooper, inscription on Samuel Johnson's memorial table
American clergyman, educator and philosopher. Rev. Dr. Samuel Johnson was the first rector and teacher of Anglican Church at Stratford, CT. He was born in Guilford, Connecticut, the second child of Samuel Johnson (d. c. 1728), a farmer and proprietor of a fulling mill, and husband of Mary Sage (d.c. 1728). He received his education at what was the Congregational Collegiate School which eventually became Yale College.
In 1722, he was ordained an Anglican priest in England and returned to America to establish Christ Episcopal Church in Stratford, Connecticut. He remained rector of that church until 1754 when he became the first president of King's College, an Anglican college in New York. In 1763, he resigned and returned to Stratford.
See H. Schneider and C. Schneider, etc. Samuel Johnson...His Career and His Writings. (4 vol., 1929, repr. 1972; study by J. J. Ellis.
He was the father of William Samuel Johnson who was a framer of the Constitution of the United States and a lawyer.
In decent dignity and modest mien,
The cheerful heart and countenance serene
If pure religion and unsullied truth,
His age's solace, and his search in youth,
If piety in all the paths he trod
Still rising vigorous to his Lord and God;
If Charity thro' all the race he ran,
Still willing well, and doing good to man;
If learning, free from pedantry and pride;
If Faith and Virtue, walking side by side;
If well to mark his being's aim and end,
To shine thro' life a Husband, Father, Friend,
If these ambition in thy soul can raise,
Excite thy reverence, or demand thy praise,
Reader, ere yet thou quit this earthly scene,
Revere his name, and be what he has been.
Myles Cooper, inscription on Samuel Johnson's memorial table
In 1722, he was ordained an Anglican priest in England and returned to America to establish Christ Episcopal Church in Stratford, Connecticut. He remained rector of that church until 1754 when he became the first president of King's College, an Anglican college in New York. In 1763, he resigned and returned to Stratford.
See H. Schneider and C. Schneider, etc. Samuel Johnson...His Career and His Writings. (4 vol., 1929, repr. 1972; study by J. J. Ellis.
He was the father of William Samuel Johnson who was a framer of the Constitution of the United States and a lawyer.
In decent dignity and modest mien,
The cheerful heart and countenance serene
If pure religion and unsullied truth,
His age's solace, and his search in youth,
If piety in all the paths he trod
Still rising vigorous to his Lord and God;
If Charity thro' all the race he ran,
Still willing well, and doing good to man;
If learning, free from pedantry and pride;
If Faith and Virtue, walking side by side;
If well to mark his being's aim and end,
To shine thro' life a Husband, Father, Friend,
If these ambition in thy soul can raise,
Excite thy reverence, or demand thy praise,
Reader, ere yet thou quit this earthly scene,
Revere his name, and be what he has been.
Myles Cooper, inscription on Samuel Johnson's memorial table
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