age 52
[from Biographical Sketch of Samuel Russell from Franklin B. Dexter's Graduates of Yale College, pages 107-108:
Samuel Russell was born in Branford, Connecticut, September 28, 1693. He was the second son and third child of the Rev. Samuel Russel (Harv. 1681), minister of Branford from 1686 till 1731, and one of the early Trustees of this College. His mother was Abigail, daughter of the Rev. John Whiting (Harv. 1653), of Hartford. His elder brother graduated here in 1704, and a younger in 1722.
He studied theology with his father, until he entered the tutorship at Saybrook, in which position he served for two years from September, 1714.
He preached in various places, and in 1719, soon after the removal of the Rev. Timothy Cutler to the Rectorship of the College, he was invited to the vacant pastorate at Stratford, but declined the call on account of the large minority opposed to him, though he continued to preach there at intervals for two or three years. The division on his account is said to have promoted the growth of the Episcopal congregation formed about this time in Stratford.
In May, 1720, the inhabitants in the northwestern part of Guilford, Connecticut, were constituted into a distinct parish (in 1727 named North Guilford), and Mr. Russell appears to have begun preaching there in 1722. He was invited to become the pastor, February 22, 1722-3, and the call was renewed with terms of settlement, April 2,
1723. He however, declined at this time; in January,
1724, Josiah Frisbie (Y. C. 1722) was invited to preach as a candidate, but in May, 1725, the General Assembly sanctioned the gathering of a church, and on the 15th of the following month this was done and Mr. Russell ordained. He remained in office until his death, January 19, 1745-6, aged 52 years. The sermon preached at his funeral by the Rev. Thomas Ruggles (Y. C. 1723), of Guilford, was published at New London in 1747.
He married, November 10, 1718, Dorothy, daughter of Samuel Smithson, of Guilford, and sister of the wife of the Rev. Jared Eliot (Y. C. 1706). She died early in 1755. Their children, two sons and four daughters, survived them. His estate was valued at upwards of £5000, nearly one fourth of it in books.
He published—
Man's liableness to be deceiv'd about Religion, Shewn and Caution'd against, Worldly Wisdom only seeming Wisdom. Religion true Wisdom. . . A Sermon preach'd [from 1 Cor. iii, 18] at a Public Association-Lecture at West Haven, September 30, 1741. Published by the earnest Desire of Mr. Roger Ailing junior. N. London, 1742. 16°, pp. iii, 52. [C. H. S.
AUTHORITIES. Manual of Stratford Church, 1869. R. D. Smyth, Hist, of Guilford, 116.
-per Sam #47263334]
[Rev. Samuel Russell was also the co-founder of Yale University. The front doors to his Branford home hang in the Yale library.]
[from Biographical Sketch of Samuel Russell from Franklin B. Dexter's Graduates of Yale College, pages 107-108:
Samuel Russell was born in Branford, Connecticut, September 28, 1693. He was the second son and third child of the Rev. Samuel Russel (Harv. 1681), minister of Branford from 1686 till 1731, and one of the early Trustees of this College. His mother was Abigail, daughter of the Rev. John Whiting (Harv. 1653), of Hartford. His elder brother graduated here in 1704, and a younger in 1722.
He studied theology with his father, until he entered the tutorship at Saybrook, in which position he served for two years from September, 1714.
He preached in various places, and in 1719, soon after the removal of the Rev. Timothy Cutler to the Rectorship of the College, he was invited to the vacant pastorate at Stratford, but declined the call on account of the large minority opposed to him, though he continued to preach there at intervals for two or three years. The division on his account is said to have promoted the growth of the Episcopal congregation formed about this time in Stratford.
In May, 1720, the inhabitants in the northwestern part of Guilford, Connecticut, were constituted into a distinct parish (in 1727 named North Guilford), and Mr. Russell appears to have begun preaching there in 1722. He was invited to become the pastor, February 22, 1722-3, and the call was renewed with terms of settlement, April 2,
1723. He however, declined at this time; in January,
1724, Josiah Frisbie (Y. C. 1722) was invited to preach as a candidate, but in May, 1725, the General Assembly sanctioned the gathering of a church, and on the 15th of the following month this was done and Mr. Russell ordained. He remained in office until his death, January 19, 1745-6, aged 52 years. The sermon preached at his funeral by the Rev. Thomas Ruggles (Y. C. 1723), of Guilford, was published at New London in 1747.
He married, November 10, 1718, Dorothy, daughter of Samuel Smithson, of Guilford, and sister of the wife of the Rev. Jared Eliot (Y. C. 1706). She died early in 1755. Their children, two sons and four daughters, survived them. His estate was valued at upwards of £5000, nearly one fourth of it in books.
He published—
Man's liableness to be deceiv'd about Religion, Shewn and Caution'd against, Worldly Wisdom only seeming Wisdom. Religion true Wisdom. . . A Sermon preach'd [from 1 Cor. iii, 18] at a Public Association-Lecture at West Haven, September 30, 1741. Published by the earnest Desire of Mr. Roger Ailing junior. N. London, 1742. 16°, pp. iii, 52. [C. H. S.
AUTHORITIES. Manual of Stratford Church, 1869. R. D. Smyth, Hist, of Guilford, 116.
-per Sam #47263334]
[Rev. Samuel Russell was also the co-founder of Yale University. The front doors to his Branford home hang in the Yale library.]
age 52
[from Biographical Sketch of Samuel Russell from Franklin B. Dexter's Graduates of Yale College, pages 107-108:
Samuel Russell was born in Branford, Connecticut, September 28, 1693. He was the second son and third child of the Rev. Samuel Russel (Harv. 1681), minister of Branford from 1686 till 1731, and one of the early Trustees of this College. His mother was Abigail, daughter of the Rev. John Whiting (Harv. 1653), of Hartford. His elder brother graduated here in 1704, and a younger in 1722.
He studied theology with his father, until he entered the tutorship at Saybrook, in which position he served for two years from September, 1714.
He preached in various places, and in 1719, soon after the removal of the Rev. Timothy Cutler to the Rectorship of the College, he was invited to the vacant pastorate at Stratford, but declined the call on account of the large minority opposed to him, though he continued to preach there at intervals for two or three years. The division on his account is said to have promoted the growth of the Episcopal congregation formed about this time in Stratford.
In May, 1720, the inhabitants in the northwestern part of Guilford, Connecticut, were constituted into a distinct parish (in 1727 named North Guilford), and Mr. Russell appears to have begun preaching there in 1722. He was invited to become the pastor, February 22, 1722-3, and the call was renewed with terms of settlement, April 2,
1723. He however, declined at this time; in January,
1724, Josiah Frisbie (Y. C. 1722) was invited to preach as a candidate, but in May, 1725, the General Assembly sanctioned the gathering of a church, and on the 15th of the following month this was done and Mr. Russell ordained. He remained in office until his death, January 19, 1745-6, aged 52 years. The sermon preached at his funeral by the Rev. Thomas Ruggles (Y. C. 1723), of Guilford, was published at New London in 1747.
He married, November 10, 1718, Dorothy, daughter of Samuel Smithson, of Guilford, and sister of the wife of the Rev. Jared Eliot (Y. C. 1706). She died early in 1755. Their children, two sons and four daughters, survived them. His estate was valued at upwards of £5000, nearly one fourth of it in books.
He published—
Man's liableness to be deceiv'd about Religion, Shewn and Caution'd against, Worldly Wisdom only seeming Wisdom. Religion true Wisdom. . . A Sermon preach'd [from 1 Cor. iii, 18] at a Public Association-Lecture at West Haven, September 30, 1741. Published by the earnest Desire of Mr. Roger Ailing junior. N. London, 1742. 16°, pp. iii, 52. [C. H. S.
AUTHORITIES. Manual of Stratford Church, 1869. R. D. Smyth, Hist, of Guilford, 116.
-per Sam #47263334]
[Rev. Samuel Russell was also the co-founder of Yale University. The front doors to his Branford home hang in the Yale library.]
[from Biographical Sketch of Samuel Russell from Franklin B. Dexter's Graduates of Yale College, pages 107-108:
Samuel Russell was born in Branford, Connecticut, September 28, 1693. He was the second son and third child of the Rev. Samuel Russel (Harv. 1681), minister of Branford from 1686 till 1731, and one of the early Trustees of this College. His mother was Abigail, daughter of the Rev. John Whiting (Harv. 1653), of Hartford. His elder brother graduated here in 1704, and a younger in 1722.
He studied theology with his father, until he entered the tutorship at Saybrook, in which position he served for two years from September, 1714.
He preached in various places, and in 1719, soon after the removal of the Rev. Timothy Cutler to the Rectorship of the College, he was invited to the vacant pastorate at Stratford, but declined the call on account of the large minority opposed to him, though he continued to preach there at intervals for two or three years. The division on his account is said to have promoted the growth of the Episcopal congregation formed about this time in Stratford.
In May, 1720, the inhabitants in the northwestern part of Guilford, Connecticut, were constituted into a distinct parish (in 1727 named North Guilford), and Mr. Russell appears to have begun preaching there in 1722. He was invited to become the pastor, February 22, 1722-3, and the call was renewed with terms of settlement, April 2,
1723. He however, declined at this time; in January,
1724, Josiah Frisbie (Y. C. 1722) was invited to preach as a candidate, but in May, 1725, the General Assembly sanctioned the gathering of a church, and on the 15th of the following month this was done and Mr. Russell ordained. He remained in office until his death, January 19, 1745-6, aged 52 years. The sermon preached at his funeral by the Rev. Thomas Ruggles (Y. C. 1723), of Guilford, was published at New London in 1747.
He married, November 10, 1718, Dorothy, daughter of Samuel Smithson, of Guilford, and sister of the wife of the Rev. Jared Eliot (Y. C. 1706). She died early in 1755. Their children, two sons and four daughters, survived them. His estate was valued at upwards of £5000, nearly one fourth of it in books.
He published—
Man's liableness to be deceiv'd about Religion, Shewn and Caution'd against, Worldly Wisdom only seeming Wisdom. Religion true Wisdom. . . A Sermon preach'd [from 1 Cor. iii, 18] at a Public Association-Lecture at West Haven, September 30, 1741. Published by the earnest Desire of Mr. Roger Ailing junior. N. London, 1742. 16°, pp. iii, 52. [C. H. S.
AUTHORITIES. Manual of Stratford Church, 1869. R. D. Smyth, Hist, of Guilford, 116.
-per Sam #47263334]
[Rev. Samuel Russell was also the co-founder of Yale University. The front doors to his Branford home hang in the Yale library.]
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