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Davies, Thomas (1)

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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a missionary of the Church of England, was born at Kington, Herefordshire, December 21 (O.S.), 1736. His father settled in the town of Litchfield, Connecticut, and the son graduated from Yale College in 1758; and, after three years of theological study, was ordained in England in August 1761; returned to America under the auspices of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, and preached at New Milford, Roxbury, Sharon, New Preston, and New Fairfield to which Litchfield was soon added. He also held occasional services in Washington, Kent, Cornwall, Salisbury, Great Barrington, and Woodbury. He died in New Milford, Connecticut, May 12, 1766. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 5:265.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Davies, Thomas (1)'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​d/davies-thomas-1.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
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