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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associatedWith Tarbox, Increase N. (Increase Niles), 1815-1888 person
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