- By Laura Steinfield
- Published 07/30/2010
- Christianity
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Rating:
Unrated

Samuel Seabury was born in Ledyard, Connecticut in 1729. His father, whose name was also Samuel Seabury , originally a Congregational minister in Groton, was ordained deacon and priest in the Church of England in 1731 and was rector in New London, Coannecticut, 1732 to 1743, then in Hempstead on Long Island from 1743 until his death.