The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-03-10

/ GENEALOGICAL DESCENT or THE
REV. DIR. TEUNIs :. HAMLIN, PAS
TOR or THE CHURCH OF THE
! COVENANT, WASHINGTON. ID. c.
james HamIin came 10 America from
/ London. England, and settled, in the
spring Of 1893. in Barnstable, Mass. where
/ his name appears in a list Of Freemen in
/ 1913. II has been stated that he was an
/ honest man. q good neighbor, and sim
! Cere Christian; and that he was indus
I trious and prudent In his habits and
brought " his children 10 walk in his
/ footsteps. The Christian name Of his wife
was Anne. He died in BarEstable in 1880.
/ lie had twelve children. one Of whom
james Hamiin, was baptized in ST.
! Lawrence Parish. Reading, Berkshire,
/ April 70. 1896. and married at BarnstabIe,
| Mass. November %. l66Z. Mary Durham
/ daughter of John Durham and his wife
/ Abigail -}, who was born in 1872 Al
/ though residing ia Barnstable, be was one
OF the proprietOrs Of Falmouth. Mass. lie
/ and his wife were members of the church
/ ia Barnstable in 1883. In l795 he was q
/ representative from Barnstable, in the
/ General Court colonial legisIatUre) OF
Massachusetts,. When he made his Will.
/ in I7I7, he was residing in Tisbury. Mass,
where he died May 3. lis. His wife died
/ April IS, IT'S, in her seyeuty-third year.
They had fourteen children. one Of whom,
EBenezeF HGmIiu, was born in Barn
stable, July ., 1874, and died in Sharon,
Conn, April s, loo. He and his family
settled in that part Of Rochester, Ply
mouth. County, Mass, which IS now Ware
/ ham. where he was chosen deacon, Feb
rU8Ty is, 1740. He was dismissed TO
J f.1s
/ Of the early settlers of that place He
bequeathed "twenty-four pounds old tenor
toward the worship OF God in the neigh
( b0ThO0d where I now dwell" He married
/ first, in BaTnstable April 4, 1888. Sarah
Lewis. and secondly. in Rochester, Sep
TENDER % l72g, Elizabeth, widow of SAM
( gel Arnold. Of the same place. He had
seven children, one of whom
Thomas HamIin, was born in Barn
/ stable, May 8, no 1t is supposed that
/ Ae removed with his fathers family from
I Bamstable to the part of the old town
of Rochester, Mass, which is now Ware
ham. Both be and hts wife were original
/ members of the church organized IN the
latter place on Christmas day. 1893. and
+ We're dismissed therefTOm 70 the church
In Sharon, Conn. May 80 1872 He mar
ried first at Rochester. February s. 1874
Ruth Gibbs. who was. perhaps a daugb-
/ ter Of Deacon Joshua Gibbs Of WaFeham,
and his wife. Mary Hallett. and. secondly.
I IN Obi0ng. Duchess County y. Y. May
o. 1853, Mary Crowel. OF the latter place.
I They had thirteen children, one of whom
Thomas HamIin, was born in Sharon,
! Conn. July a. 1877. and was married in
/ that place May Il, IT2. 10 Mary Jewett.
/ daughter OF Capt. Caleb JewetD who was
I born in Sharon April 3. 1888. He was q
private in Capt Rogers company. Of Corn
wall. Conn, and in Col. Fisher Gays Sec
ond Connecticut Battalion Wadsw0rth's
/ Brigade, which was raised in June. IU6.
I He served at Brooklyn during the battle
/ or Long Island. and was in the retreat 10
/ New York After the war he removed
/ 70 Chenille, y. Y, and died in 1898. His
wife studied medicine with her brother,
/ became a noted physician. and practiced
many years in Chenille, where, by a few.
her skill is yet remembered. She and
/ her husband were Presbyterians and.
owing TO his deafness. be was accus-
toned 10 occupy a seat in the pulpit lie
had twelve children. one of whom
Caleb HamiIn, was born in Sharon.
/ Conn. I'm February. 177s. and died there
/ August 3. 1883. He married. in the same
/ place. Betsey Gibbs daughter of Capt.
! Sylvester Gibbs and his wife. Betsey FL
merj. who was born in Sharon in March.
lis, and died October TO- 1852 Early IN
/ their married life they removed from
/ Sharon and settled in Chenille, y. \.
/ They had eleven children. one OF whom
salmon Curtis HamIin, whose name
was subsequently changed TO Solomon,
[ was born in Chenille. \. Y. July l. 1871,
and died in Washington, d. c.. May Is,
iS92. He married Christiana SIingerlaud,
who was born in Albany. y. Y. Novem-
Der O. $50. and died in Ypsilanti. Mich,
August II, 1879. Their only child
Tennis Slingeriand HnmIin. the dis
tinguished and efficient pastor OF the
! Church OF the Covenant presbyterian of
/ Washington u. G.. was born in Chenille
! y. y. May 81. ISL He was graduated
with honors from Union College. Science
tady, in 1866, and in that and the follow
ing year was principal OF the high school
in Ypsil5nti, Mich. and of the Houghton
public school In Detroit Mich. from
/ which he resigned i'm order 10 prosecute
theological studies. He studied divinity
IN the theological seminary OF the Re
formed Dutch Church in New Bruins
wick, \. J, and IN Union Theological
Seminary in New York City, and was
/ graduated from the latter in 1871. The
same year he became pastor of the Wood
side Presbyterian Church. in Troy. y. Y,
WQtEe ne remained ThlrIeeU years. WUGU
/ he accepted a call to the Mount Auburn
Presbyterian Church. in Cincinnati Ohio
In March, 1856, he became the first. and
has been the only. pastor of the Church
OF the Covenant presbyterian, in Wash
/ ington. d. G., whose membership in
creased tenfoid in fifteen years. He re-
Ceived the degree Of Doctor OF Divinity in
lSS6. from Union College. and has been
one Of the university preachers at Yale
I Cornell Princeton. Amherst and Vassar
/ He has been a prolific writer for news
n papers. magazines. and reviews and his
! sermons have been nUmerously published,
including q volume entitled. 'Den0mina-
/ tionalism versus Christian Union 0S9o).
He was chairman OF the committee of his
presbytery on the revision of the Con
lession Of Faith OF the Presbyterian
/ Church, is one of the trustees of the
United Societies OF Christian EndeavoT
president of the Open Air Workers As
sOciaton of America. vice president Of
the Memorial Association of the District
/ OF Columbia and president OF the board
Of trustees of Howard University, Wash
ingt0n. .. {.
BIRTH AND PEDIGREE.