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{{Infobox person
| image             = Rev William Linn.jpg
| name              = William Linn
| birth_date        = {{birthdate|1752|2|27}}<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n381/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
| birth_place       = Shippensburg, Lurgan Township, Pennsylvania
| death_date        = {{dda|1808|1|8|1752|2|27}}
| death_place       = Albany, New York
| resting_place     = 
| spouse            = [[Rebecca Blair]], January 10, 1774 (first wife)
| children          = 
| parents           = [[William Linn, Jr.]]<br />[[Susanna Trimble]]
| relatives         = 
| residence         = 
}}

== Timeline<ref>http://www.famousamericans.net/williamlinn/</ref> ==

{| class="wikitable"
! Year || Event
|-
| 1772 || graduateed princton (D.D)
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| 1775 || ordained by Donegal presbytery
|-
| 1776 || served as chaplain for Continetial army<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcumberl00wtay#page/n227/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
|-
| 1777-1784 || pastor at Big Spring (now Newville), PA<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/historyofcumberl00wtay#page/n353/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
|-
| until 1785 || president of washtington college, MA 
|-
| 1786-1805 || charge of collegiate Dutch church, New York City
|-
| 1791-1794 || president of Rutgers
|-
| 1787-1808 || regent of New York University 
|-
| 1789 || first chaplain to US House of Rep 
|-
| 1791 || published "Sermons, Historical and Characteristical" (New York, 1791)
|-
| 1794 || published "Signs of the Times" (1794)
|-
| 1800 || delivered a "Funeral Eulogy on General Washington," before the New York society of the Cincinnati, and various separate sermons.
|-
| ? || delivered a "Sermon on the Death of General Alexander Hamilton"<ref>http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924028856900#page/n381/mode/2up/search/linn</ref>
|}

== Biography<ref>http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/linn-john-b.txt</ref> ==

"The former, William (3) was born in Lurgan township February 27, 1752; graduated at Princeton, N.J., class of 1772; studied theology under Rev. Robert Cooper, D.D.; appointed chaplain of 5th and 6th Penn. Battalions February 15, 1776; pastor at Big Springs (now Newville), Cumberland county, until 1784; president of Washington College, Md., 1784-1785; pastor of Collegiate Dutch Church, N.Y., 1786-1808; the first chaplain of the House of Representatives, U.S., May 1, 1789.  His published works are "Sermons, Historical and Characteristical," N.Y., 1791; "Signs of the Times," N.Y. 1794; "A Funeral Eulogy on Gen. Washington, delivered February 22, 1800, before the New York Society of Cincinnati;" "Sermon on the Death of Alexander Hamilton," etc.  Shortly before his death Dr. Linn was elected president of Union College, Schenectady, but was never inaugurated.  He died in Albany, N.Y., January 8, 1808.  Dr. Linn married (first) January 10, 1774, Rebecca Blair, daughter of Rev. John Blair, vice-president of the College of New Jersey, at Princeton, 1767-1768."

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