History of Greenfield Hill, (Fairfield County) Connecticut United States of America

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Sereno Edwards Dwight, educator, was born in Greenfield Hill, Conn., May 18, 1786; the eldest son of President Timothy and Mary (Woolsey) Dwight; grandson of Major Timothy and Mary (Edwards) Dwight, and of Benjamin Woolsey; great-grandson of Col. Timothy and Experience (King) Dwight; great-great-grandson of Nathaniel and Mehitable (Partridge) Dwight; great-great-great-grandson of Capt. Timothy and Anna (Flint) Dwight; and great-great-great-great-grandson of John and Hannah Dwight who immigrated to Dedham, Mass., from England in 1634-35. Sereno Edwards Dwight was graduated at Yale in 1803, receiving his master's degree in 1806; taught in Latchfield and was ammanuensis to his father, 1803-06; was tutor in Yale, 1806-10, and practised law in New Haven, Conn., 1810-16. He was licensed to preach in 1816; served the United States senate as chaplain, 1816-17; was pastor of the Park street church, Boston, Mass., 1807-26; was engaged in literary work at New Haven, 1826-28; with his brother, Henry Edwin, conducted the New Haven gymnasium, a boarding school for boys, 1828-31; was president of Hamilton college, 1833-35 ; and agent of the Pennsylvania colonization society in 1838. He was married to Susan Edwards, daughter of David Daggett of New Haven, who aided her husband in his literary work. He received the degree of D.D. from Yale in 1833. He published: Life of David Brainerd (1822); Life and Works of Jonathan Edwards (10 vols., 1830); The Hebrew Wife (1836); and a memoir of his father, and one of his brother, the Rev. William Theodore Dwight. He died in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 30, 1850.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

William Theodore Dwight, clergyman, was born in Greenfield Hill, Conn., June 15, 1795; son of Pres. Timothy and Mary (Woolsey), and grandson of Maj. Timothy and Mary (Edwards) Dwight. He was graduated at Yale in 1813; was tutor there, 1817-19; studied law in the office of Charles Chauncey and practised in Philadelphia, 1821-31; then studied theology, and was or-dained in 1832. He was pastor of the 3d Congregational church, Portland, Maine, 1832-64. He was prominent in church councils and religious work. He received the honorary degree of D.D.. from Bowdoin in 1846, and was an overseer there, 1839-60. He published numerous sermons and discourses, and a memoir of Sereno Edwards Dwight. He died in Andover, Mass., Oct. 22, 1865.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor