Samuel Seabury

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Samuel Seabury was the first American Episcopal bishop and a prominent 18th-century Anglican cleric known for helping establish the Episcopal Church in the United States after the American Revolution.

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instanceOf Anglican cleric
Episcopal bishop
human
religious leader
affiliation Church of England NERFINISHED
Episcopal Church (United States) NERFINISHED
Scottish Episcopal Church NERFINISHED
authorOf A View of the Controversy between Great-Britain and her Colonies NERFINISHED
Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Continental Congress NERFINISHED
The Congress Canvassed NERFINISHED
buriedAt St. James' Churchyard, New London, Connecticut NERFINISHED
consecratedAsBishopBy Arthur Petrie NERFINISHED
John Skinner NERFINISHED
Robert Kilgour NERFINISHED
consecrationDate 1784-11-14
consecrationPlace Aberdeen, Scotland NERFINISHED
correspondentOf Alexander Hamilton NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain NERFINISHED
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1729-11-30
dateOfDeath 1796-02-25
educatedAt University of Edinburgh
Yale College NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup English Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Seabury NERFINISHED
father Samuel Seabury Sr. NERFINISHED
givenName Samuel NERFINISHED
hasPartIn development of the American Book of Common Prayer
influenced liturgical practice of the Episcopal Church (United States)
knownFor opposition to American independence in political pamphlets
languageSpoken English
notableFor being the first American Episcopal bishop
helping establish the Episcopal Church in the United States after the American Revolution
occupation bishop
priest
theologian
participantIn American Revolution NERFINISHED
placeOfBirth Groton, Connecticut Colony NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath New London, Connecticut, United States NERFINISHED
politicalAlignment Loyalist
positionHeld Bishop of Connecticut NERFINISHED
first bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States
rector of St. James' Church, New London
rector of St. Peter's Church, Westchester
religion Anglicanism
Episcopal Church (United States) NERFINISHED
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary Hicks NERFINISHED

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Seabury Hall namedAfter Samuel Seabury