Seabury (name)
Seabury is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include: Surname: *Ruth Isabel Seabury (1892–1955), American missionary, writer and educator *Samuel Seabury (1729–1796), American Episcopal bishop *Samuel Seabury (1801–1872), rector of the Church of the Annunciation in New York City *Samuel Seabury (judge) (1873–1958), judge of the New York Court of Appeals Given name: *Seabury Ford (1801–1855), Governor of Ohio *Seabury C. Mastick (1871–1969), New York politician *Seabury Quinn Seabury Grandin Quinn (also known as Jerome Burke; December 1889 – December 24, 1969) was an American government lawyer, journalist, and pulp magazine author, most famous for his stories of the occult detective Jules de Grandin, published in '' ...

Ruth Isabel Seabury
Ruth Isabel Seabury was an American missionary and teacher. Biography She was born on June 2, 1892, in Bangor in the U.S. state of Maine. She was the eldest of five siblings born to George Edwin Seabury, an executive with Boston Edison Power, and Emma Augusta Hodgdon. Seabury graduated from Smith College in 1914 and, after two years teaching, she was elected young people's secretary of the Congregational Woman's Board of Missions. Ten years later, she became educational secretary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, a position she held for many years. She was a delegate to the meeting of the International Missionary Council in Madras, India, in 1938. In 1940, she received an honorary Litt.D. degree from Elon College, North Carolina. She was involved in many missionary efforts and by the time she wrote '' Daughter of Africa'', her account of the work of South Africa's Mina Soga in 1945, she had visited twenty-three different countries. In 1947, Seabury ...
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Samuel Seabury (1729–1796)
Samuel Seabury (November 30, 1729February 25, 1796) was the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first Bishop of Connecticut. He was a leading Loyalist in New York City during the American Revolution and a known rival of Alexander Hamilton. Early life He was born in North Groton (since renamed Ledyard), Connecticut, in 1729 in a home that still stands as a Historic Landmark on the corner of Church Hill Road and Spicer Hill Road in Ledyard, Connecticut. His father, also Samuel Seabury (1706–1764), was originally a Congregationalist minister in Groton but was ordained deacon and priest in the Church of England in 1730. Seabury, the father, was a rector in New London, Connecticut, from 1732 to 1743, and of St George's, Hempstead, New York on Long Island from 1743 until his death. Samuel Seabury, the father, claimed as property a slave named Newport, who is documented in his will. Seabu ...
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Samuel Seabury (1801–1872)
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 William Jones Seabury (November 19, 1837 – August 30, 1916) was an American Episcopal priest, canon lawyer, and author. He was the son of Samuel Seabury (1801–1872) and great-grandson of Bishop Samuel Seabury. William J ...
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Samuel Seabury (judge)
Samuel Seabury (February 22, 1873 – May 7, 1958) was an American lawyer and politician from New York. Seabury is famous for dedicating himself to a campaign against the corrupt Tammany dominance of New York City politics. He later presided over the extensive 1930–32 investigations of corruption in the New York City municipal government, which became known as the 'Seabury Hearings'. Seabury became a Georgist after reading ''Progress and Poverty''. Family A descendant of several Anglican priests (including the first American Episcopal bishop, Samuel Seabury, whose portrait later hung over the fireplace in his library), this Samuel Seabury was the son of William Jones Seabury, professor of canon law (and himself the son of theologian Samuel Seabury), and Alice Van Wyck Beare. On June 6, 1900, this Sam Seabury married Maud Richey (d. 1950), daughter of Episcopal priest and seminary professor Thomas Richey. They had no children. Legal and judicial career Seabury graduated ...
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Seabury Ford
Seabury Ford (October 15, 1801 – May 8, 1855) was a Whig politician from Ohio. He served as the 20th governor of Ohio and was the last Whig to serve as governor. Early life Ford was born in Cheshire, Connecticut and moved to Burton, Ohio with his parents in 1804. He studied at Burton Academy, and then graduated from Yale University. While at Yale, he was elected by his classmates as class "bully", a term of honor for the physically strongest man in the class. Career Ford graduated from Yale in 1825, returned to Ohio, and read law under the direction of his uncle, Judge Peter Hitchcock. He commenced the practice of law in 1827. While practicing law, Ford became involved in the state militia and was promoted to the rank of major general. Ford married Harriet E. Cook of Burton in 1828. In 1835, Ford was elected to the Ohio House of Representatives from Geauga County. He held this position three times, and served as speaker for one term. From 1841 to 1848, he served in the Ohio ...
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Seabury may refer to: * Seabury, Dublin *Seabury (name) *Seabury-Western Theological Seminary *Seabury Commission, a commission investigating corruption in New York City in 1930-32 *Seabury Hall, a college preparatory high school in Hawaii *Bishop Seabury Academy, a college preparatory high school in Kansas *Merchant's House Museum The Merchant's House Museum, known formerly as the Old Merchant's House and as the Seabury Tredwell House, is the only nineteenth-century family home in New York City preserved intact—both inside and out. Built "on speculation" in 1832 by ... or Seabury Tredwell House, in the Bowery, Manhattan * Charles L. Seabury Company, a former New York shipyard {{disambiguation ...
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