William Emerson Sr. (31 May 1743,
Malden,
Province of Massachusetts Bay
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30 October 1776,
West Rutland
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,
New Hampshire
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, now
Vermont
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) 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
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803April 27, 1882), who went by his middle name Waldo, was an American essayist, lecturer, philosopher, abolitionist, and poet who led the transcendentalist movement of the mid-19th century. He was seen as a champ ...
.
Emerson Sr. served as chaplain of the
Massachusetts Provincial Congress
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and chaplain of the
Continental Army
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.
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See also
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The Old Manse
The Old Manse is a historic manse in Concord, Massachusetts, United States, notable for its literary associations. It is open to the public as a nonprofit museum owned and operated by the Trustees of Reservations. The house is located on Monumen ...
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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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