a Presbyterian minister, was born at Strasburg, Pennsylvania, July 15, 1776, of Scotch Irish Presbyterian parents. He graduated from Dickinson College in 1799, was licensed to preach by. the New Castle Presbytery in 1801, and in 1804 was ordained pastor of the churches of Chestnut Level and Little Britain. In 1808 he accepted a call from a church in Florida, Orange County, N.Y., where he remained until his death, January 9, 1863. (W.P.S.)