Wales, Samuel, 1748-1794

Rev. Dr. Samuel Wales (1748-1794), the son of Rev. John and Hazadiah (Leonard) Wales, was born on 2 March 1748. Wales attended Yale and graduated in 1767. He served as minister in Milford, Conn., from 1770 until 1782 when he became Professor of Divinity at Yale. Wales remained in that position until 1793 when he was forced to resign due to ill health; he died on 18 February 1894.

Rev. Dr. Wales married Catharine Miles ( -1837). They had five children; four boys and one girl: The boys all graduated from Yale except the oldest, Samuel (1770-1790), who died during his junior year. The others, Isaac Miles (1775-1825), John (1783-1863), and Leonard Eugene (1788-1823) graduated from Yale in 1793, 1801, and 1807, respectively. Their daughter, Catharine Wales ( -1856) married Seth Perkins Staples (1776-1861), a 1797 Yale graduate.

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