Elizur (biblical Figure)
Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American politician * Elizur Holyoke (c.1618—1676), English colonist in the modern-day USA *Elizur H. Prindle (1829–1890), American politician * Elizur G. Webster (1829-1900), American silversmith *Elizur Wright Elizur Wright III (12 February 1804 – 22 November 1885) was an American mathematician and abolitionist. He is sometimes described in the United States as "the father of life insurance", or "the father of insurance regulation", as he campaigned ... (1804–1885), American mathematician and abolitionist See also * Elizur (biblical figure) {{given name ...
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Elizur Goodrich
Elizur Goodrich (March 24, 1761 – November 1, 1849) was an eighteenth-century American lawyer and politician from Connecticut. He served as a United States representative from Connecticut and Collector of Customs. He was also a slave owner. Biography Born in Durham in the Connecticut Colony, he was the son of Elizur Goodrich. He graduated from Yale College in 1779, was a tutor there from 1781 to 1783, and studied law. After his was admitted to the bar in 1783, he began the practice of law in New Haven. He served in the Connecticut House of Representatives from 1795 to 1802 and was its Clerk for six sessions and its Speaker for two. In the 1796 United States presidential election he was a Federalist elector for President, supporting Federalist candidate John Adams against Democratic-Republican Party candidate Thomas Jefferson. He was elected to represent Connecticut At-Large to the Sixth and Seventh Congresses, but only served in the Sixth Congress from March 4, 1799 to ...
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Elizur Goodrich (clergyman)
Elizur Goodrich (20 October 1734, in Wethersfield, now Rocky Hill, Conn. – 22 November 1797, in Norfolk, Conn.), was an American clergyman and scholar. He graduated Yale University in 1752, and was tutor there in 1755-6. He was then ordained as a Congregational minister, and settled in Durham, Conn., retaining his pastorate till 1797. In 1766, to supplement his income, he began to prepare students for college. His thorough scholarship made him a successful teacher, and during the following twenty years he instructed more than 300 young men. He was frequently sent by the general association of Connecticut as a delegate to conventions and synods in New York and Philadelphia from 1766 till 1777. He was an able astronomer, and spent much time in mathematical studies, calculating the eclipses of each successive year. He drew up the fullest and most accurate account ever published of the aurora borealis of 1780. He accumulated a library which was regarded as the largest and most co ...
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Elizur K
Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American politician * Elizur Holyoke (c.1618—1676), English colonist in the modern-day USA *Elizur H. Prindle (1829–1890), American politician * Elizur G. Webster (1829-1900), American silversmith *Elizur Wright (1804–1885), American mathematician and abolitionist See also *Elizur (biblical figure) Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American po ...

Elizur Holyoke
Elizur Holyoke (1618 1676) of Springfield, Massachusetts was an English colonist, surveyor, scribe, soldier, the namesake of the mountain, Mount Holyoke, and indirectly, of the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts. Background Elizur Holyoke arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony from the village of Tanworth in Warwickshire, England in 1637 or 1638 at the age of 20. He and his family settled in Chelsea, Massachusetts, where his father, Edward Holyoke Jr., had a farm. His mother was Prudence Stockton. On September 20, 1640, Elizur Holyoke traveled to Springfield, Massachusetts and married Mary Pynchon, daughter of William Pynchon, the founder of Springfield. The Holyoke and Pynchon families appeared to be close friends, dating back to their days in England. Elizur and Mary Pynchon's marriage was the first for the then small community. (2) In 1642, Elizur received 10 " rods" (Properly interpreted as a rood; commonly, and confusingly, spelled as "rod." A rod is a unit of length, wh ...
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Elizur H
Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American politician *Elizur Holyoke (c.1618—1676), English colonist in the modern-day USA *Elizur H. Prindle (1829–1890), American politician * Elizur G. Webster (1829-1900), American silversmith *Elizur Wright Elizur Wright III (12 February 1804 – 22 November 1885) was an American mathematician and abolitionist. He is sometimes described in the United States as "the father of life insurance", or "the father of insurance regulation", as he campaigned ... (1804–1885), American mathematician and abolitionist See also * Elizur (biblical figure) {{given name ...
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Elizur G
Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American politician *Elizur Holyoke (c.1618—1676), English colonist in the modern-day USA *Elizur H. Prindle (1829–1890), American politician * Elizur G. Webster (1829-1900), American silversmith *Elizur Wright (1804–1885), American mathematician and abolitionist See also *Elizur (biblical figure) Elizur is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Elizur Goodrich (1761–1849), American lawyer and politician * Elizur Goodrich (clergyman) (1734-1797), American clergyman and scholar * Elizur K. Hart (1841–1893), American po ...

Elizur Wright
Elizur Wright III (12 February 1804 – 22 November 1885) was an American mathematician and abolitionist. He is sometimes described in the United States as "the father of life insurance", or "the father of insurance regulation", as he campaigned that life insurance companies must keep reserves and provide surrender values. Wright served as an insurance commissioner for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Early life Wright was born in South Canaan, Connecticut, to a devout Christian family, who held anti-slavery beliefs and instilled in him a strict moral character. He was the first son of Elizur Wright (1762-1845), whose father was also named Elizur Wright, and his second wife Clarissa Richards (1771–1843). Wright was one of 10 children; six were half-siblings by his father's first wife. His father was a 1781 Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Yale College, and was known for his mathematical learning and devotion to the Calvinist faith. In 1810 the family moved to Tallmadge, Ohio, and ...
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