William Emerson Sr. (31 May 1743,
Malden,
Province of Massachusetts Bay30 October 1776,
West Rutland
West Rutland is a town in Rutland County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,214 at the 2020 census. The town center, located in the south-central portion of the town and where about 87% of the population resides, is defined by the U.S. ...
,
New Hampshire, now
Vermont) was an American
Congregational minister. He was the father of
William Emerson Jr. and
Mary Moody Emerson Mary Moody Emerson (August 23, 1774May 1, 1863) was an American letter writer and diarist. She was known not only as her nephew Ralph Waldo Emerson's "earliest and best teacher", but also as a "spirited and original genius in her own right". Ralph W ...
, and grandfather of
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Emerson Sr. served as chaplain of the
Massachusetts Provincial Congress and chaplain of the
Continental Army
The Continental Army was the army of the United Colonies (the Thirteen Colonies) in the Revolutionary-era United States. It was formed by the Second Continental Congress after the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, and was establis ...
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The Old Manse
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Emerson, William Sr.
Clergy in the American Revolution
Continental Army officers from Massachusetts
Emerson, William Sr.
Year of birth unknown
American people of English descent
1743 births
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