Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-06-25

: In 1862 Mr.. and Mrs. Crosby went To
Canton, n. Y, where at the st. Lawrence
University Universalist Divinity school,
Mr.. Crosby was graduated and ordained.
This ne did after considerable quiet prepar-
alton having felt for a long time that be
: ought to preach. Since then he had been
pastor OF the Uniyersalist churches OF
Bloomfield, Ontario, Canada, Morris, y.
", Athens, Penn, Fulton, n. y, SYRIA
euse, n. V, Woodstock, VT. and North
Orange, Mass, and of Unitarian churches
at Houlton and Yarmouth, Me-, the last
two, ten and six years respectively. While
at Woodstock, VT, he became quite ill
and remained in poor health for three
years. He resigned the pastorate of the
Central Parish church OUnitarian) in
Yarmouth in 1901. With the exception
OF these two breaks he had been in the
liberal religious ministry for about
forty years.
The funeral was held May y, at 3 D. m.
latter brief prayers at the house, al Cen
trail Parish church in Yarmouth, Rev.
Samuel g. Davis of Morrill's Corner,
Maine, Universalist, Rev. II. l.. Caulkins
B. p. snow, Congregationalist. and Rev.
Joseph Cady Allen, Unitarian and immed-
late successor, officiating, also the Masonic
Order, he being chaplain of Caseo Lodge,
No. 36, F. and A. NJ, and of Cumberland
Chapter, r. A. NJ. He was also a member
/ " lnt 1nQtDOnuCut OIuti VI Odd EGlibNb
and OF the Sons OF Temperance. He wrote
for "The Higher Life,'' a New Thought
magazine edited by Horatio w. Dresser
Of Cambridge, Mass, "Mind,p 1.-THE
Arena" all New Thought magazines,
"Universalist Leader ''Christian Regis
ter "Unitarian,n and other periodicals.
The great-grandfather of Mr.. Crosby,
Rev. Christopher Huntington, was third
cousin to Hon Samuel Huntington, govern
or OF Connecticut, member of the United
States Congress for five consecutive terms,
minister plenipotentiary to Spain to sue
coed John Jay, president OF the Continent
al Congress and signer of the Declaration
of Independence, whose brother, Rev. Jo-
seph Huntington, d.. D., of Coventry,
Conn.,, born May 5, 1875, died Dec. 25, 1874,
was a Universalist- congregational minis
ter of note, preached UniversalIsm for the
last twenty years of his life and was au-
thor of the famous "Calyinism Improved
which one Of his daughters burned, was
third cousin Of Rev. Asahel Huntington,
1761-1s13, Congregationalist, of Topstield,
Mass, whose one grandson was Captain
James Freeman Huntington, Unitarian,
OF Marietta, Ohio, born 1926, n whose
younger grandson Ia brother Of LAST Is
Rev. William Reed Huntington, ID. D.,
born 1888, rector of Grace church, Pro-
testant Episcopal, New York city; was
third cousin of General Jabez Hunting
ton, 1719-17S6, at the head of the aristoc-
racy OF the aristocratie town of Norwich,
Conn, las II was then especially and ma
jor-general of Connecticut, whose son,
General Jedediah Huntington, 1743-1S24,
was a brigadier-general and a very init
mate personal friend of George Washing
ton, and whose grandson THAT is, son OF
last was Rev. Joshua Huntington, ID. d.,
was minister of the Old South church in
Boston, 1S0S-1S19; was third cousin Of Rev.
Dan Huntington OF Hadley, Mass, born
Oct. II, IVA, a Unitarian minister, whose
one son, Rev. William Pitkin Huntington,
born July 16, 1904, was also a Unitarian
minister, and other son, Rev. Prof. Fred
erick Dan Huntington, ID. d., Ii. D., was
earlier a Unitarian minister and Plummer
professor of Christian morals, 1S55-1S60, at
Harvard university, which position must
be held by a Unitarian, became an Episco-
palian and is now in his thirty-tifth year
as the Right Reverend Lord Bishop Of the
Episcopal diocese Of central New York,
and whose grandson THAT is,son of last is
Rev. Father James Otis Sargent Hunting
ton, born at Roxbury, Mass, July %, 1854,
is a Roman Catholic priest in charge at
Westminster, Maryland, the founder and
superior of the Episcopal Order of the
Holy Cross and famous advocate of the
single tax and other reforms; was second
cousin to Eleazer Huntington, 1697-174s, of
Connecticut, whose great-grandsons, Ed
win Huntington and Horatio Huntington,
both of Usage, Iowa, are Universalists;
was father Of Rev. Elijah Huntington OF
Braintree, Vt, born Aug. p, 1863, a school
teacher in Norwich, Tunbridge and Roy
alton, all in Vermont, and a Baptist
preacher who held meetings in Bethel,
Royalton, Tunbridge, Chelsea, Brookfield,
Randolph, Roxbury, Mortified, Warren,
Waitstield, Williamstown, Kingston
~(Granville) and Rochester, all in Vermont,
Whose two sons, Rev. Joseph Huntington
and Rev Adpnirarn Iudupp HnAtfnwta,
were both Baptist ministersl was great
great-grandfather Through Thomas, son,
Seth, and daughter, Mary Emma to Rev.
{. II. Pennoyer, Universalist minister; and
his son, Thomas Huntington, a teacher,
through his wife, who was Submit Hunt
James Huntington of Norwich, VT, son of
Caleb, son of Lieutenant Samuel, son of
Simon, son of Simon Of Norwich, England.
and Boston, Mass.,) was brother OF Asa
Huntington of Norwich, VT, whose neph-
ew was Arunah Huntington of Brandford,
Ontario, who was born Feb. %. 1894, and
died, leaving S250,000 to Vermont as a per-
manent school fund, and whose niece in
turn is Miss Alice Downer, born Nov. Z,
1880, now REF iding at Sharon, VT.
Rev. Theophilus Lindsey, ID. D., LII. D.,
Dc. L., born June 20, 1923, died Nov. 3,
1s0S, the famous English Unitarian theo-
logan, with his mother, lived in the fam
AE VI AZ dA VI AldhAAbkAOns IL WAS ]
named T~heophilus after one of the earls.
he lived with Countess Salina, called Lady
Huntington (wife of Earl T%heophilus
Huntington, and after his death was the
Right Hon. Salina, Countess Dowager of
huntingdon founder of the Lady Hunt
ington connection. The Huntingtons got
Lindsey his first post, that of chaplain to
the Duke of Somerset. They took hold
again, later, and presented him with a
much richer living in the west of England.
And through the Duke of Northumb er-
lane and Others, he was to have been made
Episcopal bishop, when he declared him
self a Unitarian, which he did no become
till after his petition, largely signed, was
presented to Parliament asking that
clergymen n university graduates be
relieved from subscribing to the thirty
Mint articles, and restored to their un-
doubted rights as Protestants of interpret
ing scripture for themselves" was defeat
ed twice, in 1772 and 1913, in the House of
Commons.
Hon. Asahel Huntington OF Salem.
Mass, born 1873. son of Rev. Asahel ahova