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| William Linn | |
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| Born |
February 27, 1752 Shippensburg, Lurgan Township, Pennsylvania |
| Died |
January 8, 1808 (aged 55) Albany, New York |
| Spouse | Rebecca Blair, January 10, 1774 (first wife) |
| Parents |
William Linn, Jr. Susanna Trimble |
- graduateed princton in 1772 (D.D)
- ordained by Donegal presbytery in 1775
- 1776 served as chaplain for Continetial army
- pastor at Big Spring (now Newville), PA (1777-84)
- president of washtington college, MA until 1785
- charge of collegiate Dutch church, New York City (1786-1805)
- president of Rutgers (1791-1794)
- regent of New York University from 1787-1808
- first chaplain to US House of Rep 1789
He published "Sermons, Historical and Characteristical" (New York, 1791); "Signs of the Times" (1794); a "Funeral Eulogy on General Washington," delivered 22 February, 1800, before the New York society of the Cincinnati, and various separate sermons.[1]
- "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."[2]