 samuel seabury (november 30, 1729 â february 25, 1796) was the first american episcopal bishop, the second presiding bishop of the episcopal church, usa, and the first bishop of connecticut. he had been a leading loyalist in new york city during the american revolution. ==history== samuel seabury was born in north groton, connecticut in 1729. his father, also samuel seabury (1706â1764), originally a congregationalist minister in groton, was ordained deacon and priest in the church of england in 1730, and was a rector in new london, connecticut, from 1732 to 1743, and of st george's, hempstead, long island, from 1743 until his death. samuel seabury (the son) graduated from yale college in 1748, and studied theology with his father. he studied medicine in edinburgh from 1752 to 1753 and was ordained deacon by the bishop of lincoln and priest by the bishop of carlisle in 1753. seabury was rector of christ church, new brunswick, new jersey from 1754 to 1757, rector in jamaica, new york from 1757 to 1766, and of st. peter's, westchester (now annexed to the bronx) from 1766 to 1775. ==revolutionary times== he was one of the signers of the white plains protest of april 1775 against all unlawful congresses and committees, and in many other ways proved himself a devoted loyalist. seabury wrote the "free thoughts on the proceedings of the continental congress" (1774) under the name 'a. w. farmer' (a pen name and acronym for 'a westchester farmer'), which was followed by a second "farmer's letter
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