predecessor successor death_date birth_place title birth_date term_start image article_title term_end name
samuel stanhope smith james carnahan 19 may 1848 hanover township , province of new jersey president of princeton university 6 july 1762 1812 ashbelgreen.jpg ashbel green
 1822 ashbel green
ashbel green

ashbel green , d.d. -lrb- july 6 , 1762 -- may 19 , 1848 -rrb- was an american presbyterian minister and academic .
born in hanover township , new jersey , green served as a sergeant of the new jersey militia during the american revolutionary war , and went on to study with dr. john witherspoon and graduate as valedictorian from princeton university in 1783 .
green later became the third chaplain of the united states house of representatives from 1792 to 1800 , the eighth -lrb- and highly unpopular , due to what many students saw as his heavy-handed leadership style -rrb- president of princeton university , from 1812 to 1822 , and the second president of the bible society at philadelphia -lrb- now known as the pennsylvania bible society -rrb- after having been one its founding members in 1808 .
green was elected a member of the american antiquarian society in 1814 .
he emancipated his family 's slave betsey stockton in 1817 , taught her and recommended her as a missionary to the american board of commissioners for foreign missions , making her the first single female overseas missionary .
he also published a periodical entitled the `` christian advocate '' .
green married elizabeth stockton on november 3 , 1785 .
they had three children : robert stockton green -lrb- 1787 -- 1813 -rrb- , jacob green -lrb- 1790 -- 1842 -rrb- , and james sproat green -lrb- 1792 -- 1862 -rrb- , the latter of whom served as u.s. attorney for the district of new jersey and was the father of robert stockton green -lrb- 1831 -- 1895 -rrb- , governor of new jersey .
after his first wife died in january 1807 , he married christina anderson in october 1809 .
they had one child : ashbel green , jr. -lrb- b. 1811 -rrb- .
