Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) was an American Protestant Episcopal clergyman, grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury. He was born at New London, Conn., was ordained priest in the Protestant Episcopal church (1828), was editor of The Churchman (1833–1849), rector of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City (1838–1868), and professor of biblical learning in the General Theological Seminary (1862–1872). He published: The Continuity of the Church of England in the Sixteenth Century (1853) Supremacy and Obligation of Conscience (1860) American Slavery Justified (1861) The Theory and Use of the Church Calendar (1872) Discourses on the Holy Spirit (edited by his son, with memoir, 1874) See also William Jones Seabury 1801 births 1872 deaths 19th-century American Episcopalians American religious writers American proslavery activists Writers from New London, Connecticut General Theological Seminary faculty