Samuel Fenton

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Samuel Cary was born Nov. 24, 1785 to the Rev. Thomas Cary (minister of the Third Parish in Newbury), and Esther Carter (daughter of Nathaniel Carter) in Newburyport. Samuel Cary graduated from Harvard in 1804, and was ordained on January 1, 1809 in Cambridge, MA. In 1811, Cary was married, and died on October 22, 1815.

Cary was the author of several publications, including:

  • A Discourse before the Merrimack Humane Society, 1806
  • A Discourse (at His Own Ordination), 1809
  • A Discourse Delivered on the Day of the National Fast, September 9, 1813
  • A Review of English's "Grounds of Christianity Examined", 1813
  • A Sermon before the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company, June 6, 1814
  • A Discourse on the Ignorance of the True Meaning of the Scriptures, and the Causes of it, 1814
  • A Sermon on the Death of Madam Susan Bulfinch, February 26, 1815

His published works are among the early writings of the United States, and are concentrated on theological topics.


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A biographical stub of the early American theologian and writer Samuel Cary
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A History of King's Chapel, 1833 and "Publications of the Colonial Society of Massachusetts" 1900
Date

1833, 1900
Author

King's Chapel Trustees, Colonial Society of Massachusetts
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