Loyalist Church of England clergyman Moses Badger (1743-1792) was born in Haverhill, Massachusetts on July 11, 1743 to Joseph Badger and Hannah (Moody) Parsons, his father's second wife. He attended Harvard College, receiving an A.B. in 1761 and an A.M. in 1764. After completing his studies at Harvard, Badger studied under Arthur Browne, rector of Queen's Chapel in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1766, Browne recommended Badger to the Society for the Propogation of the Gospel as a promising candidate to be trained for missionary work; as a result, the Society invited Badger to come to England for training and ordination. He accepted and went to England in 1766, where he was ordained a Deacon in December 1766 and a Priest in February 1767 by Richard Terrick, Bishop of London. Terrick also issued Badger a ministerial license in February 1767, and he returned to New England by September 1767 to begin ministerial work. In 1771, Badger married Mary "Polly" Saltonstall; they would have five children together. He was a Loyalist and fled New England when the American Revolution began, staying in Halifax, Nova Scotia for several years. After the Revolutionary War had ended, he returned - first to New York City, and later settling in Providence, Rhode Island, where he served as Rector of the King's Chapel. Moses Badger held that position until his death of "the dropsey" on September 19, 1792.
From the description of Proclamations of Ordination and Ministerial License of Moses Badger, 1766-1767. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 655299396
