History of Readsboro, (Bennington County) Vermont United States of America

Our database does not include an historic photo for Readsboro, (Bennington County) Vermont, do you have one you would like to contribute? Contact Us!

Joseph Buckminster, clergyman, was born at Rutland, Mass., Oct. 14, 1751; son of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, and a direct descendant of the Thomas Buckminster who, in 1640, emigrated from England and settled at Muddy river (Brookline), Mass. He entered Yale college at the age of fifteen, and upon his graduation in 1770 received a Berkeley scholarship, which enabled him to pursue a theological course of three years free of charge. From 1774 to 1778 he was a tutor at Yale, and in 1779 he accepted a call to the North church of Portsmouth, N. H. His ordination, on January 27, was the commencement of a pastorate extending over thirty-three years. He was a most eloquent and original speaker, and in the controversy which resulted in the division of the Congregational church, he joined the conservative party, his son, Joseph Stevens Buckminster, joining the liberal party. The College of New Jersey conferred on him the degree of D.D. in 1803. His publications include some twenty-five sermons and a memoir of Dr. MacClintock. See Memoirs of Rev. Joseph Buckminster, D.D., and of his son, by Eliza Buckminster Lee (1851). He died at Readsboro, Vt., June 10, 1812.

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

History of Readsboro, (Bennington County) Vermont

Biographies: