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RAWSON, LEVI, M.D. Physician Farnumsville, Grafton, Mass., 50 years. Born Upton, Mass.; died Grafton, Mass., 1876. Rawson fam. REYNOLDS, EDWARD, M.D. honorary; M.D. Bowdoin college 1825; A.B. Harvard university 1811; A.M. Physician Boston, Mass.; professor surgery Tremont medical school; fellow Mass. medical society. Born Boston, Mass., Feb. 28, 1793; died Dec. 25, 1881. Bowdoin

ROBINSON, MORRILL, M.D.

STACY, PHILEMON, M.D. Physician Hatfield, Mass.; fellow Mass. medical society. From New Salem, Mass.

STANLEY, SAMUEL GOULD, M.D. From Attleboro, Mass.

THOMPSON, FREEMAN, M.D. From New Salem, Mass. Died 1826. THURBER, DAVID, M.D. honorary.

1826

BARTLETT, ELISHA, M.D. Physician Lowell, Mass.; lecturer pathological anatomy, Berkshire medical institution; professor theory and practice of medicine and pathological anatomy, Dartmouth college, 1838-40; professor Transylvania college, Lexington, Ky., 1841-?, 1846-?; Louisville, Ky., 1849-50; medicine, University of Md., 1844-46; University of N. Y. 1850-52; materia medica and medical jurisprudence, College of physicians and surgeons, 1852-55; emeritus 1855; lecturer Vt. medical college 1843-52; honorary member R. I. medical society. Author Sketches of the character and writings of eminent living surgeons and physicians of Paris, 1831; History, diagnosis and treatment of the fevers of the U. S., 1841, new edition 1847; History, diagnosis, and treatment of typhoid and typhus fever, 1842; Essay on the philosophy of medical science, 1844; Inquiry into the degree of certainty in medicine, 1848; Simple settings in verse for six portraits and pictures in Mr. Dickens' gallery, 1855; several essays and addresses; editor Monthly_journal of medical literature, Lowell, Mass. Born Smithfield, R. I., Oct. 6, 1804; died Smithfield, July 18, 1855.

Parsons, Cyc. Am. biog., Johnson's cyc., Int. cyc., Allibone, Surg.-gen. cat. BUCKLIN, THOMAS, M.D. honorary.

GREEN, JOHN, M.D. honorary; A.B. 1804.

LEONARD, EZRA, M.D. honorary?; A.B. 1801.

NORRIS, BENJAMIN, M.D.; A.B. 1823.

ROSE, JOHN, M.D. Physician Block Island, R. I., one year; Westerly, R. I., three years; Rensselaerville, N. Y.; Wakefield, South Kingstown, R. I., 1844-85. Born South Kingstown, R. I., 1801; died Wakefield, R. I., Nov. 18, 1885.

SCOVILL, JOHN, M.D.

1827

AMES, JEREMIAH FISHER, M.D. honorary; Harvard university 1827. WHITE, ELIHU, M.D.; A.B. 1824.

P.

1828

STANLEY, WILLIAM STILLMAN, M.D.; A.B. 1825.

WHEATON, FRANCIS LEVISON, M.D. Medical student Harvard university; physician Green Bay, Wis.; Providence, R. I. to 1835, 1841-95; Pomfret, Conn., 1835-41; surgeon First light infantry; U. S. military service Mexican war, surgeon; surgeon - general R. I. 1847-5?; U. S. military service 1861-65, surgeon; fellow R. I. medical society; member Providence medical association. Born Providence, R. I., Oct. 27, 1804; died Providence, Dec. 26, 1895. Nec. 1896, R. I. med. soc., P.

HONORARY GRADUATES

BOLTON, WILLIAM. A.M

1769

Clergyman Cork, Ireland

BOWEN JABEZ A M; AB. Yale college 1757; A.M. 1760; LL D. Dartmouth college 1800 Fellow Brown university 1768-85 trustee 17851815; chancellor 1785-1815 Deputy governor R I. 1778-86; associate justice RI supreme court 1776-78: chief justice 1780-81; member R. I. convention on the adoption of the U. S. constitution 1790; loan commissioner R I. under Washington. Born Providence, R. I., June 2, 1739; died Providence, May 7, 1815 R. I. cyc.

BRYSON, JAMES, A M. Clergyman England.

CLARKE, WILLIAM. A.M. Clergyman England. Died 1795DAVIS, JOHN, AM · AB University of Penn 1763. Fellow Brown university 1768-72 Tutor University of Penn. 1762-64; ordained Baptist minister; preacher Welsh Tract. Penn., 1769-70; pastor Second church, Boston, Mass., 1770-72; agent Mass colony of Baptists to represent their grievances under Mass. laws 1770; member American philosophical society 1770. Born Welsh Tract, New Castle co., Del.. 1737; died near Wheeling, W Va.. Dec. 13. 1772.

Cyc. Am. biog.. Penn., Sprague Annals 6 EDWARDS, JAMES A.M. Clergyman England. EDWARDS, MORGAN. A.M.; College of Philadelphia 1762. Fellow Brown university 1764-89; financial agent in England 1766-68. Ordained Baptist minister 1750; pastor Cork, Ireland, 1750-59; Philadelphia, Penn., 1761-70; preacher and lecturer 1770-95. Author Customs of the primitive churches; Materials toward a history of the Baptists in Penn., 1772; Treatise on the new heaven and the new earth; Materials toward a history of the Baptists in Jersey, 1792; various sermons and sketches; translator Res sacrae, 1788. Born Trevethin Parish, Monmouthshire, Wales, May 9, 1722; died Pencador, Del., Jan. 28, 1795.

Cyc. Am. biog., Sprague Annals 6, Hist. B. U. EVANS, CALEB, A.M.; D.D. 1789. Baptist minister; pastor Bristol, England. Author Letter to Rev. John Wesley, 1775; Reply to Rev. Mr. Fletcher's vindication of Wesley, 1776; other publications. See Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica. Born Bristol, England, 1737; died Aug. 9, 1791.

Allibone, Darling's Cyc. bib., Cyc. Am. biog., Manning and B. U. HART, OLIVER, A.M. Ordained Baptist minister 1749; pastor Charleston, S. C., 1750-80; Hopewell, N. J., 1780-95; sent by council of safety to reconcile disaffected frontier settlers 1775. Author Dancing exploded; Discourse on death of William Tennant, 1777; The Christian temple; Circular letter on Christ's mediatorial character; America's remembrancer; A gospel church portrayed. Born Warminster, Penn., July 5, 1723; died Hopewell, N. J., Dec. 31, 1795.

Cyc. Am. biog., Sprague Annals 6, Bapt. encyc., Manning and B. U. HOWELL, DAVID, A.M.; LL.D. 1793; A.B. College of N. J. 1766; A.M. 1769; Yale college 1772. Tutor Brown university 1766-69; professor natural philosophy 1769-79; jurisprudence 1790-1824; acting president 1791-92; fellow Brown university 1773-1824; secretary of the corporation 1780-1806. Lawyer Providence, R. I.; member Continental congress

1782-85; associate justice R. I. supreme court 1786-87; attorney general 1789; commissioner for settling the boundaries of the U. S.; district attorney R. I.; U. S. justice R. I. district 1812-24. Born N. J., Jan. 1, 1747; died Providence, R. I., July 21, 1824.

Cyc. Am. biog., Johnson's cyc., R. I. cyc., Bapt. encyc., Manning and B. U., Hist. B. U.

JONES, ROBERT STRETTLE, A.M.; College of Philadelphia 1765. Died 1792.

JONES, SAMUEL, A.M.; D.D. 1786; A.B. College of Philadelphia 1762; A.M. 1765; D.D. 1788. Ordained Baptist minister 1763; pastor Pennepek, now Lower Dublin, and Southampton, Penn., 1763-70; Pennepek 17701814; principal private theological seminary; one of the founders Brown university; chaplain Penn. regiment during the Revolution; president Philadelphia Baptist association 1797-1814. Author Doctrine of the covenant, 1783; Born Cefen-y-Gelli, Bettws Parish, Glamorganshire, South Wales, Jan. 14, 1735; died Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 7, 1814.

Sprague Annals 6, Penn., Bapt. encyc., Manning and B. U. MORGAN, ABEL, A.M. Student Pencador academy; ordained Baptist minister 1734; pastor Middletown, N. J., 1738-85. Author Anti-paedorantism, or Mr. Samuel Finley's "Plea for the speechless" examined and refuted, 1747; Reply, 1750. Born Welsh Tract, Del., April 18, 1713; died Middletown, N. J., Nov. 24, 1785. Cyc. Am. biog., Bapt. encyc. RYLAND, JOHN COLLETT, A.M. Educated Bristol, England; ordained Baptist minister; pastor Warwick 1746-59; College street chapel, Northampton, 1759-86; principal academy, Northampton; Enfield, 1786-92. Author English grammar, 1767; Easy introduction to mechanics, 1768; Scheme of infidelity ruined forever, 1770; The preceptor, 1776; Contemplations on the beauties of creation, 3 vols., 1777-82; The wise student and Christian preacher, 1780; Character of the Rev. James Hervey, M.A., 1791; Select essays, 1792. Born 1723; died 1792.

Darling's cyc. bib., Allibone, Watt's Bib. Brit. Manning and B. U. SMITH, HEZEKIAH, A.M.; D.D. 1797; A.B. College of N. J. 1762; A.M. 1765; Yale university 1772. Fellow Brown university 1765-1805. Ordained Baptist minister 1763; preacher Charleston, S. C.; pastor Haverhill, Mass., 1765-1805; chaplain American army during Revolution. Born Long Island, N. Y., April 21, 1737; died Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 22, 1805. Manning and B. U., Sprague Annals 6 STILLMAN, SAMUEL, A.M.; D.D. 1788; A.M. Harvard university 1761; College of Philadelphia 1761. Trustee Brown university 1764-65; fellow 1765-1807. Ordained Baptist minister 1759; pastor James Island, S. C.; Bordentown, N. J., two years; assistant pastor Second church, Boston, Mass., one year; pastor First church, Boston, 1765-1807; member Federal convention 1788; member American philosophical society 1768. For life and bibliography, see Sprague's Annals of the American pulpit, vol. 6. Born Philadelphia, Penn., Feb. 27, 1737; died Boston. Mass., March 12, 1807.

Penn., Harv., Cyc. Am. biog., Bapt. encyc., Manning and B. U., Fun. ser. STITES, JOHN, A.M. Mayor Elizabethtown, N.

N. J. Manning and B. U. THOMAS, DAVID, A.M. Student Hopewell academy, Hopewell, N. J.; ordained Baptist minister 1750; missionary, Va., 1751-88; pastor Mill Creek church Berkeley co., Va., 1788-96; Washington church, Mason co.. Ky., 1796-?; resident East Hickman, Ky. Born London Tract, Penn Aug. 16, 1732; died 1815?.

Manning and B. U.. Bapt encyc, Sprague Annals 6 TOULMIN JOSHUA A M.; D.D. Harvard university 1794. Educated St. Paul's school and at a dissenting academy; Independent clergyman Colyton, Devonshire; Baptist clergyman Taunton, Somersetshire; Unitarian clergyman Birmingham, 1804-15. Author numerous sermons and

other publications. See Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica. Born London, 1740; died 1815. Darling's cyc. bib., Allibone UPHAM, EDWARD, A.M.; A.B. Harvard university 1734; A. M. 1737Fellow Brown university 1764-89. Ordained Baptist minister 1740; pastor West Springfield, Mass., 1740-48, 1771-90; First church, Newport, R. I., 1748-71. Born Malden, Mass., March 26, 1709; died West Springfield, Oct. 5, 1797. Prov. gaz., Manning and B. U., P. WANTON, JOSEPH, A.M.; A.B. Harvard 1751; A.M. 1754. Trustee Brown university 1764-80. Merchant Newport, R. I.; member R. I. general assembly; deputy governor R. I., 1764-65, 1767-68. Born Newport, R. I., Feb. 8, 1730; died New York, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1780.

Cyc. Am. biog., R. I. cyc., Wanton fam. WARD, HENRY, A.M. Fellow Brown university 1767-71. Secretary R. I. 1760-97; member Congress New York, N. Y., 1765; member committee of correspondence during Revolution. Born R. I., Dec. 27, 1732; died R. I., Nov. 25, 1797. Cyc. Am. biog.

1770

BEDDOME, BENJAMIN, A.M. Student Bristol college, England; Independent college, Milend, London; ordained Baptist minister 1743; pastor Bourton-on-the-Water, England, 1743-97. Author Sermons, 3 vols.; also numerous hymns. Born Henley, England, Jan. 23, 1717; died Bourtonon-the-Water, England, Sept. 3, 1797. Bapt. encyc. BOWEN, WILLIAM, A.M.; A.B. Yale university 1766. Physician Providence, R. I.; original fellow R. I. medical society. Born Providence, R. I., March 8, 1747; died Providence, Jan. 1832. R. I. cyc. BROWN, JOSEPH, A.M. Trustee Brown university 1769-85; professor natural philosophy 1784-85. Merchant Providence, R. I.; member R. I. house of representatives. Born Providence, R. I., Dec. 3, 1733; died Providence, Dec. 3, 1785. R. I. cyc.

EATON, ISAAC, A.M.; College of N. J. 1756; College of Philadelphia 1761. Ordained Baptist minister 1748; pastor Hopewell, N. J., 1748-72; principal Hopewell academy 1756-?. Born Montgomery, Penn., 1724; died Hopewell, N. J., July 4, 1772.

Cyc. Am. biog., Bapt. encyc., Sprague Annals 6, Manning and B. U. EVANS, ABEL, A.M.

EVANS, HUGH, A.M. Ordained Baptist minister; pastor Bristol, England.
Died 1781.
Manning and B. U.

Baptist minister England.

JAMES, SAMUEL, A.M.
REYNOLDS, JOHN, A.M. Baptist minister England. Died 1792.
WALLIN, BENJAMIN, A.M. Ordained Baptist minister 1741; pastor
Maze Pond church, London, England, 1741-82. Author Christian life,
1746; Evangelical hymns and songs, 1750; Experiences of the saints, 1763;
Lectures on primitive Christianity, 1769; Superabounding grace, 1775;
besides numerous other publications. See Watt's Bibliotheca Britannica.
Born London, England, 1711; died Feb. 19, 1782.

Bapt. encyc., Allibone, Darling's Cyc. bib. WEST, BENJAMIN, A.M.; LL.D. 1792; A.M. Harvard university 1770; Dartmouth college 1782. Merchant and bookseller Providence, R. I.; clothing manufacturer during Revolution; teacher mathematics, Protestant Episcopal seminary, Philadelphia, Penn., 1784-86; professor mathematics and astronomy 1786-98; mathematics and natural philosophy 1798; principal school for navigation, Providence; postmaster 1802-13; fellow American academy of arts and sciences 1781. Author various articles on astronomy; editor almanacs 1763-93; Ninth Americanc alendar. Born Rehoboth, Mass., March, 1730; died Providence, R. I., Aug. 26, 1813. R. I. cyc., Cyc. Am. biog.

WILLIAMS, DAVID, A.M. Dissenting minister Frome, Somersetshire, England; Exeter; Highgate; founder academy. Chelsea, 1773; chapel, Margaret street, Cavendish square, London, 1776; Literary fund, 1788-89. Author numerous publications. See Allibone's Dictionary of authors. Born near Cardigan, Wales, 1738; died 1816.

Darling's Cyc. bib., Watt's Bib. Brit. WOODMAN, ISAAC, A.M. Ordained Baptist minister; pastor Thorpe, or Sutton, Leicester, Eng. Died previous to 1789.

1771

HITCHCOCK, DANIEL, A.M.; A.B. Yale College 1761; A.M. 1764. Lawyer
Providence, R. I.; lieutenant-colonel R. I. militia; colonel Continental
army 1775-77. Born R. I., 1741; died Morristown, N. J., Jan., 1777.
Cyc. Am. biog., Heitman Rev.
NELSON, WILLIAM, A.M. Baptist minister; pastor Taunton, Mass.
Died 1806.
Min. of Taunton
Ordained Baptist minister; pastor Ewhaw, S.
C., 1746?-1774. Born Norville, Switzerland, March 11, 1720; died
Ewhaw, S. C., 1774.

PELOT, FRANCIS, A.M.

1772

P.

Penn.

KELLY, ERASMUS, A.M.; A.B. College of Philadelphia 1769; A. M. 1783. Ordained Baptist minister; pastor First church Newport, R. I., 1771-84. Born Perkasie, Bucks co., Penn., July 24, 1748; died Newport, R. I., Nov. 7, 1784. RYLAND, JOHN, A.M.; D.D. 1792. Ordained Baptist minister 1771; co-pastor, Northampton, England, 1771-86; pastor 1786-93; Broadmead church Bristol, England, 1793-1825; president Baptist college, Bristol, 1793-1825; secretary Baptist missionary society 1815-25. Author numerous publications. See Darling's Cyclopædia bibliographica. Born Warwick, England, Jan. 29, 1753; died Bristol, England, May 25, 1825. Nat. cyc. biog., Bapt. encyc., Allibone WILLIAMS, JONATHAN, A.B.; Harvard university 1772. Died 1780.

1773

BROWN, JOHN, A.M. Trustee Brown university 1774-1803; treasurer 1775-96. Merchant Providence, R. I.; leader attack on Gaspee, June 17, 1772; member Continental congress 1784-86; member commission for erection of the federal buildings; member U. S. house of representatives 1799-1801. Born Providence, R. I., Jan. 27, 1736; died Providence, Sept. 20, 1803. Cyc. Am. biog., R. I. cyc., Cong. direct., Manning and B. U. EYRES, THOMÁS, A.M.; A.B. Yale college 1754; A.M. 1757. Fellow Brown university 1764-88; secretary 1764-76. Physician Newport, R. I. Born 1735; died Newport, R. I., Feb. 23, 1788. Manning and B. U. FOSTER, HENRY, A.M.; A.B. Oxford university. Minister Church of

England; curate and lecturer St. Andrew Wardrobe, Blackfriars, 1769-89; curate St. James, Clerkenwell, 1804-14. Author Grace displayed and Saul converted, 1814; The Bible preacher, 1814. Born 1745; died 1814.

FULLER, BENJAMIN, A.M. land.

HEXTALL, WILLIAM, A.M. land.

Darling's cyc. bib., Manning and B. U. Baptist minister Devizes, Wiltshire, EngManning and B. Ů.

Independent minister, Northampton, Eng

Manning and B. Ů.

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