Born in the Manse of the Congregationalist Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts on July 25,1800, he was a descendant of Rev. Solomon Stoddard, a brother of Rev. Gardiner Spring, and a relative of Rev. Jonathan Edwards and Vice-President Aaron Burr.
Born in the Manse of the Congregationalist Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1801. He was a descendant of Rev. Solomon Stoddard, a brother of Rev. Gardiner Spring, and a relative of Rev. Jonathan Edwards and Vice-President Aaron Burr.