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Andrew Storrs | ||
Born: 20 Dec 1735
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Married: 18 May 1762
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Died: 02 Mar 1785 Northbury, CT |
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Abiah Burbank
Biographical Sketches of Yale College
"Andrew Storrs, fifth child and second son of Captain Samuel Storrs, of
Mansfield, Connecticut, and grandson of Samuel and Martha (Burge) Storrs, of the
same place, was born on December 20, 1735. His mother was Mary, daughter of
Andrew Warner. He was a first cousin of Experience Storrs, of the class of 1759,
as also of John Storrs, of the class of 1756. He did not enter college until the
beginning of the Sophomore year, after little more than a year of preparatory
study.
He studied theology and received licensure from the Windham Association of
Ministers on May 18, 1762, and in the following year married Abiah (Burbank),
widow of the Rev. Freegrace Leavitt (Y. C. 1745), of Somers, Connecticut.
Subsequently, while awaiting for a settlement, he lived in New Haven; and on May
26, 1765, he preached in Northbury Society, in Waterbury, Connecticut, for the
first time. In the beginning of July he was invited by a unanimous vote of that
Society to continue preaching there, and again a month later to become a
candidate for settlement. On September 30 he was unanimously called to become
their pastor. On October 28 he accepted the offer - which contemplated an annual
salary of 70 pounds - and on November 27 he was ordained and installed by the
New Haven Association. He had never been in robust health, and died in office
after a long and very distressing illness, on March 2, 1785, in the 50th year of
his age, and the 20th of his ministry."
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