- Eliphalet Adams
Eliphalet Adams (born
March 26 1677 ,Dedham, Massachusetts — April 1753) was an eminent minister ofNew London, Connecticut . He graduated fromHarvard University in 1694.cite book | title = Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896 | publisher = Marquis Who's Who | date = 1963] He was ordainedFebruary 9 1709 , and died in April 1753, aged 76. Dr. Chauncy spoke of him as a great "Hebrician".He published a sermon on the death of Rev. James Noyes of
Stonington ; election sermons, 1710 and 1733; a discourse, occasioned by a distressing storm onMarch 3 1717 ; athanksgiving sermon in 1721 and gave a sermon on the death of Gov.Leverett Saltonstall I in 1724.He spoke at the ordinations of
William Gager ,May 27 1725 andThomas Clap , 1726; and at a discourse before a society of young men in 1727.Allen, William. "An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Imminent Persons in North America From Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United States". 2nd ed. Boston: Hyde, 1832.]References
External links
* [http://virtualology.com/eliphaletadams/ Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 ]
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