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ho|>e that Parliament would, the applit'^nt re- sided for about sixteen months in Enghmd; after wliich, concluding that he had been " amusod if not deceived." he went to Scotland where at Aberdeen. Nov. 14. 17S4. he was consecrated by the Scotch Bishops Kilgour. Petrie. and Skinner, returning to America as the first Bishop of Con- necticut, as well as of tiie American Cliurch. In the General Convention of 1789, by action of the House of Bishops, he became by virtue of senior- ity of consecration the first to hold the office of presiding bishop. During the exercise of his episcopate he resided in New London, being rec- tor of St. James cluirch. 17^<")-06, and Nov. 18, 1790, was also made bishop of Rliode Island. His first and only act of consecration was on Sept. 17, 1793, when he co-operated with Bishops Provoost, White and Madison, all consecrated by the Arch- bishop of Canterbury, in the consecration of Tiiomas John Claggett, bishop of Maryland, througli wiiom, however, every subsequent bishop of the American Cliurch traces his episcopal lineage. He received tiie degree of A.M. from Columbia in 1761, and that of D.D. from the University of Oxford in 1777. He is the author of: Free Thoughts on the Proceedings of the Con- tinental Congress, The Congress Canvassed, and A View of the Controversy between Great Britain and Her Colonies, all in 177-1, under signature "A. W. Farmer"; Sermons (3 vols. 1791; 1 vol. 1798). The Rev. Eben E. Beardsley, D.D., wrote ••Life and Correspondence of Samuel Seabury" (1881), and the Rev. William Jones Seabury, D.D. read a sketch of Bishop Seabury before the New York Genealogical and Biographical society, Dec. 14. 1888, which was published in the Record of tiie society, April, 1889, and subsequently reprinted in pamphlf't form. Bishop Seabury died in New London. Conn., Feb. 25. 179G, in the 12th year of his episcopate, having been in orders nearly forty-three years.

SEABURY, Samuel, clergyman, was born in New London, Conn., June 9, 1801; son of the Rev. Charles and Ann (Saltonstall) Seabury; grandson of Bisliop Samuel (q.v.) and Mary (Hicks) Seabury, and of Roswell and Elizabeth (Stewart) Saltonstall. He was instructed at home by his father, but chiefly by his own unre- mitting studies, for some years also keeping a scliool for boys; was admitted to the diaconate by Bisliop Hobart in 1826, and was advanced to the priesthood in 1828. He was professor of languages in St. Paul's college. Flushing, L.T., 1828-33; edited The Churchman, 1833-49; was rector of the Church of the Annunciation, New York city. 18.38-68. and in 186S was succeeded by his son, the R^^v. William Jones Seabury (q.v.). He was professor of Biblicnl h-arning in the Gen- eral Theological seminary, New York, 1802-72.

He wus three times married, first to Lj'dia Hunt- ington, daughter of Gurdon and Betsey (Tracy) Bill; secondly, Nov. 17, 1830, to Hannah Amelia, daughter of William and Kezia (Youngs) Jones of Oyster Bay, L.I.. N.Y., and thirdly to Mary Anna Schuj^ler, daughter of Samuel and Cathe- rine (SchuN'ler) Jones, who survived lilm. He received the honorary degrees A.M. in 1823 and D.D. in 1837 from Columbia college. He is the authorof: Historical Sketch of Augustine, Bishop of Hippo (is:}3); The Continuity of the Church of England in the lOth Century (1853); The Su- premacy and Obligation of Conscience (1860); American Slavery Distinguished from the Slavery of English Theorists and Justified by the Laic of Nature (1861): 3Iary, the Virgin (1868) and Tlieory and Use of the Church Calendar in the Measurement and Distribution of Time (1872); and many occasional papers. He died in New York city. Oct. 10. 1872.

SEABURY, William Jones, clergyman, was born in New York cit\', Jan. 25, 1837; son of the Rev. Samuel Seabury (q.v.) and Hannah Amelia (Jones) Seabury. He was prepared for college in New York city: was graduated from Colum- bia, A.B., 1856, A.M., 1859; was admitted to the bar in 1858, and practised in New York city, 1858-64. He abandoned the practice of law in 1864; was graduated from the General Theolog- ical seminary in 1866; received orders as a deacon, July 5, 1866, and was advanced to the priest- hood, Nov. 30, 1866, by Bishop Horatio Potter. He succeeded his father as rector of the Church of the Annunciation, New York city, in 1868. and was married, Oct. 29, 1868, to Alice Van Wyck, daughter of Thomas Marston and ]\Iary Susan (Saltonstall) Beare of New York city. He was elected Ludlow professor of ecclesiastical polity and law in the General Theological seminary in 1873. He received the honorary degree D.D. from Hobart in 1876, and from the General Theological seminary in 1884. He edited Dr. Samuel Seabury's "Memorial" (1873), and "Discourses on the Nature and Work of the Holy Spirit " (1874); and is the autlior of: Sug- gestions in Aid of Devotion and Godliness: A Manual for Choristers (1878); The Union of Di- vergent Lines in the American Succession (1885); Lectures on Apostolical Succession (1893); An Introduction to the Study of Ecclesiastical Polity (1894); Notes on the Constitution of 1901 (1902); and many sermons, reviews riiid pamjihlets.

SEARJNQ, Laura Catharine (Redden), author, was born in Somerset, Md., Feb. 9, 1840; a de- scendant of Edmund Waller, the poet, and of John Hampden, the patriot. She removed with her parents to St. Louis, and in 1851, after recover- ing from a dangerous illness, she was left entirely deaf. She attended the Missouri Institute for