Thomas Davies, Rev., papers
00-1997-12-0
Scope and Contents
A small notebook of handwritten sermons on The Commandments attributed to Rev. Davies and a published booklet "Biographical sketch of the Rev. Thomas Davies, A.M.: missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel in Foreign Parts, in several of the town of Litchfield County, Conn., from the year 1766" by a minister of the county. Published in New Haven by Stanley & Chapin, 1843. Davies was born in 1736/37 in Herefordshire, England, emigrated to Litchfield, CT in 1745, graduated from Yale in 1758, and was ordained a minister by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1761, afterwards he returned to Connecticut to become a missionary in Litchfield County. He married Mary Hervey of Sharon and had two children (William b. 1763 and Charlotte b. 1765) before dying in New Milford in 1766.
Dates
- created: 1843
- Other: Date acquired: 11/30/1996
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Extent
2.00 Linear Feet
0.00 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Source of Acquisition
Elton M. Davies
Existence and Location of Originals
http://www.litchfieldhistoricalsociety.org
Other Descriptive Information
This collection was processed with support from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).
- Title
- Thomas Davies, Rev., papers
- Date
- 01/01/2012
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Litchfield Historical Society Repository
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Litchfield CT 06759
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