Samuel Seabury (1801–1872)

Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury. He was born at New London, Conn., was ordained priest in the Protestant Episcopal church (1828), was editor of The Churchman (1833–1849), rector of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City (1838–1868), and professor of biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary (1862–1872). He published: The Continuity of the Church of England in the Sixteenth Century (1853) Supremacy and Obligation of Conscience (1860) American Slavery Justified (1861) The Theory and Use of the Church Calendar (1872) Discourses on the Holy Spirit (edited by his son, with memoir, 1874) He married Mary Anna Schuyler, daughter of Samuel Jones (Chancelor of the State of New York). Both Seabury and his wife are buried in Trinity Church Cemetery and Mausoleum in Manhattan.

See also

William Jones Seabury

1801 births

1872 deaths

19th-century American Episcopalians

American religious writers

American proslavery activists

Writers from New London, Connecticut

General Theological Seminary faculty