Dutton, Samuel W. S. (Samuel William Southmayd), 1814-1866

  1. Dutton, Samuel W. S. (Samuel William Southmayd), 1814-1866
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1780 May 21 Born in Watertown, Ct. 1803 B.A., Yale 1803 1804 Preceptor of Woodstock Academy, then pursued study of theology under Timothy Dwight 1805 Licensed to preach 1806 Married Dorcas Southmayd. Their children were:Mary Dutton (1807-1887), Dorcas Southmayd Dutton Gilbert (1810-1849), Thomas Dutton (1812-1885), Samuel William Southmayd Dutton (1814-1866), Aaron Rice Dutton (1816-1885), John Southmayd Dutton (1818-1834), Anna Dutton (1820-1831), Matthew Henry Dutton (1822-1841) 1806 1842 Minister of First Congregational Church, Guilford. Besides his pastoral duties he also prepared many young men for college. 1825 1849 Member of Yale Corporation 1842 Resigned from position in Guilford, due to dissension in congregation regarding his abolitionist stance. The party which stood by him formed the Third Congregational Church of Guilford in November, 1843. 1843 Went to Iowa in service of American Home Missionary Society. He was invited to the pastoral charge of the church in Burlington, capital of the IowaTerritory. Illness prevented him from accepting the postion. 1849 Died in New Haven 1814 Mar 14 Born in Guilford, Ct., son of Aaron and Dorcas Southmayd Dutton 1833 B.A., Yale 1833 1834 Taught at Mount Hope College, Baltimore, Md. 1834 Rector of Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven 1836 1838 Tutored at Yale and pursued theological studies 1838 Married Harriet Waters, who died in 1864; daughter of Asa Waters of Millbury, Ma. 1838 1866 Minister at North Church, New Haven, Ct. Was a noted champion of the antislavery cause 1842 Published A History of the North Church in New Haven 1843 New Englander established, of which Dutton was an associate editor; contributed 46 articles 1865 D.D., Brown University 1866 Jan Died in Millbury, Ma.

The discourse delivered at his funeral by the Rev. Leonard Bacon has been published. A sketch of his life appeared in the Congregational Quarterly for April, 1866.

From the guide to the Dutton Family Papers, 1800-1880, (Yale University Divinity School Library)
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