a Presbyterian minister, was born at Hartford, Connecticut, July 25, 1805. He graduated from Yale College in 1824; studied theology privately, and was licensed by the Cayuga Presbytery, June 19, 1828. In 1829 he accepted a call from the Congregational Church at Pawtucket, Massachusetts. His ministry there was successful and very acceptable. In 1836 he accepted a call from the First Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn, where he remained until his death, November 18, 1847. See Sprague. Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 4:741.