Samuel Stillman
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Died | March 11, 1807 Boston, Massachusetts | (aged 70)
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Samuel Stillman (1737–1807) was an American
Life
Samuel Stillman was born on February 27 [O.S.], 1737 in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania. In 1748, the Stillman family moved to Charleston, Province of South Carolina. Stillman's inclination for the ministry was recognized by Oliver Hart of the First Baptist Church of Charleston.[2] Hart converted and baptized Stillman in 1754 and immediately began training him for ministerial service.[3] Stillman preached his first sermon on February 17, 1758, and was ordained on February 26, 1759.
After ordination, Stillman accepted a pastoral position on James Island. On a visit to his native Philadelphia, Stillman married Hannah Morgan—the daughter of a Welsh merchant family and sister of noted physician John Morgan. During his visit to Philadelphia, Stillman was awarded an honorary Master of Arts from the then recently-founded College of Philadelphia. In 1761, he received another honorary Master of Arts from Harvard University.[4]
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In 1764, Stillman joined the Reverend
In 1765 Stillman became minister of the Brattle Square Church of Boston—a position he held until his death. In 1773, Stillman purchased a house at the northern corner of Sheaffe and Salem Streets in Boston's North End. The house stood immediately opposite of that of Robert Newman, a patriot and sexton of Old North Church, known for lighting the churchs' steeple during the Battles of Lexington and Concord.[6][7] Robert Newman also served as Sexton of the First Baptist Church of Boston (church record.)
John Hancock, although a Unitarian, was one of his admirers and often rented a pew there so that he could hear him. President John Adams and General Henry Knox also came to hear him preach.[8]
Stillman died on March 11 or 12 1807, after suffering a fatal paralysis.[4] He is buried in the Granary Burying Ground, at the edge of Beacon Hill.
American Revolutionary Period
He was a member of the
In 1802, Samuel Stillman was instrumental in founding the first Baptist Missionary Society in America (now known as The American Baptist Churches of Massachusetts).[8]
References
- ISBN 978-1-5381-2252-5.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-86554-179-5.
- ISBN 978-0-8054-6563-1.
- ^ a b c Sprague, William Buell (1860). Annals of the American Pulpit: Baptist. R. Carter. p. 72.
- ^ "The Charter of Brown University" (PDF). 1945. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2009-05-25.
- ^ Drake, Samuel Adams (2005). Old landmarks and historic personages of Boston.: By Samuel Adams Drake.
- ^ Thwing, Annie Haven (1920). The crooked & narrow streets of the town of Boston 1630-1822. Boston University Mugar Memorial Library. Boston, Marshall Jones Company.
- ^ a b History of the First Baptist Church of Boston
- ^ The Patriot Preachers of the American Revolution, with Biographical Sketches, 1766-1783
Further reading
- Samuel Stillman (1769). Four Sermons. Boston: E. Russell.
- Samuel Stillman (1772). The Substance of a Sermon [on Acts Xiii. 2] Preached at the Ordination of Rev. S. Shepard at Stratham, September 25, 1771. Boston: Kneeland.
- Samuel Stillman (1773). Two sermons: the first from Psalm cii. 19, 20, delivered the Lord's Day before the execution of L. Ames ... the second from Proverbs xvii. 25 preached the Lord's Day after his execution ... To which is added an account of the exercise of his mind. Boston: E. Russell.
- Samuel Stillman (1791). "Apostolic preaching considered in three discourses, delivered November, 1790". Boston: B. Edes & Son – via Internet Archive.
- Samuel Stillman (1795). Thoughts on the French Revolution. A sermon [on Matt. xxiv. 6-8], delivered November 20, 1794. Boston: Manning & Loring.
- Samuel Stillman (1801). "Sacred performances at the dedication of the Baptist Meeting-House in Charlestown, May 12, 1801: consisting of an Introductory address by Jedidiah Morse, D.D.; a Sermon, adapted to the occasion, by Samuel Stillman, D.D.; and an Address on the recognition of the Church, by Thomas Baldwin, A.M". Boston: Manning & Loring – via Internet Archive.
- Samuel Stillman (1801). "Discourse delivered before the members of the Boston female asylum, Friday, Sept. 25, 1801". Boston: Russell & Cutler – via Internet Archive.
- Samuel Stillman (1802). A sermon [on Luke v. 10] preached at Charlestown at the instalment of J. Waterman, to the pastoral care of the Baptist Church in that town. Boston: Manning & Loring.
- Samuel Stillman (1803). "Discourse, preached in Boston, before the Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society, May 25, 1803, being their first anniversary". Boston: Manning & Loring – via Internet Archive.
- Samuel Stillman (1808). Select sermons on doctrinal and practical subjects. Boston: Manning & Loring – via Internet Archive.
- Frank Moore (1862) [First published 1860]. The Patriot Preachers of the American Revolution: With Biographical Sketches. New York: C.T. Evans – via ISBN 978-0-7661-5468-1
External links
- Individual Clergymen and Denominational Assessments of the Constitution
- Brown University Charter Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
- History of the First Baptist Church of Boston
- Furman University's Special Collection on Baptists
- Baptist Identity and Christian Higher Education, monograph by Donald D. Schmeltekopf and Dianna M. Vitanza