Thomas Robbins, D. D: A Biographical Sketch; Reprinted From Volume III. Of the Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; ... Added the Funeral Address (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

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ISBN 10 : 1330693396 ISBN 13 : 9781330693391

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2017

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Excerpt from Thomas Robbins, D. D: A Biographical Sketch; Reprinted From Volume III. Of the Memorial Biographies of the New England Historic Genealogical Society; To Which Is Added the Funeral Address

Thomas Bobbins was born in the town of Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut, August 11, 1777.

This township lies in the northwestern portion of the State, touching Massachusetts on its northern line, and separated from New York only by the towns of Canaan and Salisbury. For more than a hundred years after the first English settlements in Connecticut, this section of the State remained comparatively unoccupied. The whole region is elevated and rough, partaking in this respect of the character of the Eastern Berkshire towns in Massachusetts. But the soil has a good natural strength, and is especially fitted for grazing. Norfolk was not incorporated as a town until 1758. The Congregational Church was organized in 1760, and in 1761 the Rev. Ammi Ruhamah Robbins, the father of Thomas, was ordained as the first minister of the town. He remained in this office for fifty-two years, until his death. He was twenty-one years old at his settlement, and there were at that time about sixty scattered families that had planted themselves on the hills and in the valleys of this large township.

The young minister, thus introduced to his life-work, was himself the son of a minister, and he was prepared for his sacred office by good native abilities, by choice and careful culture, and by a special urbanity and refinement of manners.

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• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1330693396
• ISBN 13: 9781330693391
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 27
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