~Son of:
David Vinton [1774-1833] &
Mary Atwell [1773-1854]
~Husband of:
Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson: m. 15 Oct 1835
~Father of:
Frederick Schwarz Vinton [1836-1843]
Eleanor Vinton [1838-1903]
Mary Vinton [1840-]
+ sp: Capt. Randolph Marshall Clark [1835-1873]
Anna Vinton [1843-1843]
Alexander Vinton [1844-1881]
Emily Vinton [1849-1849]
Gertrude VINTON (b.1851 d.1934)
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ALEXANDER HAMILTON VINTON, the son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton, was born in Providence, R. I., May 2, 1807. After taking his diploma, he settled in the parish of Abington, in Pomfret, Conn., where he practiced medicine for about three years. His attention was then strongly attracted to the sacred ministry, and he abandoned his original profession, and after having finished the usual course of study in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was ordained in New York City by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, June 28, 1835. Almost immediately afterwards, he took charge of Grace Church, New York City, during the absence of the lector, and in October went to Portland, Me., where he officiated for a few months until he became rector of Grace Church, in Providence, R. I. In February, 1842, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s, in Boston. During his connection with St. Paul’s, he was invited no less than fourteen times to other pulpits, and finally in October, 1858, accepted a pressing invitation to take charge of the new parish of the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Philadelphia. On the death of the Rev. Dr. Anthon, rector of St Mark’s Church in the Bowery, New York City, Dr. Vinton, impelled by the condition of his wife’s health, which was believed to require a change of climate, accepted the charge of St. Mark’s, where he officiated from May, 1861, until November, 1869, when he returned to Boston, as the rector of Emmanuel Church. Here he continued to labor until, in accordance with a long-contemplated purpose of relinquishing active parochial service on the attainment of his 70th year, he resigned in December, 1877, and retired to his country house in Pomfret, Conn., which he had retained ever since his residence and marriage there. During the following winters he lectured on Systematic Divinity to the students of the Episcopal Theological School, in Cambridge, Mass. In April, 1881, he went to Philadelphia, to preach at the consecration of his old church on Thursday, the 21st of that month. He was attacked two days later with pneumonia, which terminated fatally on the morning of the 26th. His wife, Miss Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson, of Providence, died in the summer of 1878. A son and daughter survive him. Dr. Vinton was a man of great personal dignity, combined with rare attractiveness of manner, a profound thinker, an eloquent speaker, preeminent in influence among his generation in the church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of the City of New York in 1843, and again from Harvard University in 1853. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
David Vinton [1774-1833] &
Mary Atwell [1773-1854]
~Husband of:
Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson: m. 15 Oct 1835
~Father of:
Frederick Schwarz Vinton [1836-1843]
Eleanor Vinton [1838-1903]
Mary Vinton [1840-]
+ sp: Capt. Randolph Marshall Clark [1835-1873]
Anna Vinton [1843-1843]
Alexander Vinton [1844-1881]
Emily Vinton [1849-1849]
Gertrude VINTON (b.1851 d.1934)
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~
ALEXANDER HAMILTON VINTON, the son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton, was born in Providence, R. I., May 2, 1807. After taking his diploma, he settled in the parish of Abington, in Pomfret, Conn., where he practiced medicine for about three years. His attention was then strongly attracted to the sacred ministry, and he abandoned his original profession, and after having finished the usual course of study in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was ordained in New York City by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, June 28, 1835. Almost immediately afterwards, he took charge of Grace Church, New York City, during the absence of the lector, and in October went to Portland, Me., where he officiated for a few months until he became rector of Grace Church, in Providence, R. I. In February, 1842, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s, in Boston. During his connection with St. Paul’s, he was invited no less than fourteen times to other pulpits, and finally in October, 1858, accepted a pressing invitation to take charge of the new parish of the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Philadelphia. On the death of the Rev. Dr. Anthon, rector of St Mark’s Church in the Bowery, New York City, Dr. Vinton, impelled by the condition of his wife’s health, which was believed to require a change of climate, accepted the charge of St. Mark’s, where he officiated from May, 1861, until November, 1869, when he returned to Boston, as the rector of Emmanuel Church. Here he continued to labor until, in accordance with a long-contemplated purpose of relinquishing active parochial service on the attainment of his 70th year, he resigned in December, 1877, and retired to his country house in Pomfret, Conn., which he had retained ever since his residence and marriage there. During the following winters he lectured on Systematic Divinity to the students of the Episcopal Theological School, in Cambridge, Mass. In April, 1881, he went to Philadelphia, to preach at the consecration of his old church on Thursday, the 21st of that month. He was attacked two days later with pneumonia, which terminated fatally on the morning of the 26th. His wife, Miss Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson, of Providence, died in the summer of 1878. A son and daughter survive him. Dr. Vinton was a man of great personal dignity, combined with rare attractiveness of manner, a profound thinker, an eloquent speaker, preeminent in influence among his generation in the church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of the City of New York in 1843, and again from Harvard University in 1853. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
~Son of:
David Vinton [1774-1833] &
Mary Atwell [1773-1854]
~Husband of:
Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson: m. 15 Oct 1835
~Father of:
Frederick Schwarz Vinton [1836-1843]
Eleanor Vinton [1838-1903]
Mary Vinton [1840-]
+ sp: Capt. Randolph Marshall Clark [1835-1873]
Anna Vinton [1843-1843]
Alexander Vinton [1844-1881]
Emily Vinton [1849-1849]
Gertrude VINTON (b.1851 d.1934)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
ALEXANDER HAMILTON VINTON, the son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton, was born in Providence, R. I., May 2, 1807. After taking his diploma, he settled in the parish of Abington, in Pomfret, Conn., where he practiced medicine for about three years. His attention was then strongly attracted to the sacred ministry, and he abandoned his original profession, and after having finished the usual course of study in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was ordained in New York City by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, June 28, 1835. Almost immediately afterwards, he took charge of Grace Church, New York City, during the absence of the lector, and in October went to Portland, Me., where he officiated for a few months until he became rector of Grace Church, in Providence, R. I. In February, 1842, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s, in Boston. During his connection with St. Paul’s, he was invited no less than fourteen times to other pulpits, and finally in October, 1858, accepted a pressing invitation to take charge of the new parish of the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Philadelphia. On the death of the Rev. Dr. Anthon, rector of St Mark’s Church in the Bowery, New York City, Dr. Vinton, impelled by the condition of his wife’s health, which was believed to require a change of climate, accepted the charge of St. Mark’s, where he officiated from May, 1861, until November, 1869, when he returned to Boston, as the rector of Emmanuel Church. Here he continued to labor until, in accordance with a long-contemplated purpose of relinquishing active parochial service on the attainment of his 70th year, he resigned in December, 1877, and retired to his country house in Pomfret, Conn., which he had retained ever since his residence and marriage there. During the following winters he lectured on Systematic Divinity to the students of the Episcopal Theological School, in Cambridge, Mass. In April, 1881, he went to Philadelphia, to preach at the consecration of his old church on Thursday, the 21st of that month. He was attacked two days later with pneumonia, which terminated fatally on the morning of the 26th. His wife, Miss Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson, of Providence, died in the summer of 1878. A son and daughter survive him. Dr. Vinton was a man of great personal dignity, combined with rare attractiveness of manner, a profound thinker, an eloquent speaker, preeminent in influence among his generation in the church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of the City of New York in 1843, and again from Harvard University in 1853. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
David Vinton [1774-1833] &
Mary Atwell [1773-1854]
~Husband of:
Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson: m. 15 Oct 1835
~Father of:
Frederick Schwarz Vinton [1836-1843]
Eleanor Vinton [1838-1903]
Mary Vinton [1840-]
+ sp: Capt. Randolph Marshall Clark [1835-1873]
Anna Vinton [1843-1843]
Alexander Vinton [1844-1881]
Emily Vinton [1849-1849]
Gertrude VINTON (b.1851 d.1934)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~
ALEXANDER HAMILTON VINTON, the son of David and Mary (Atwell) Vinton, was born in Providence, R. I., May 2, 1807. After taking his diploma, he settled in the parish of Abington, in Pomfret, Conn., where he practiced medicine for about three years. His attention was then strongly attracted to the sacred ministry, and he abandoned his original profession, and after having finished the usual course of study in the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he was ordained in New York City by Bishop B. T. Onderdonk, June 28, 1835. Almost immediately afterwards, he took charge of Grace Church, New York City, during the absence of the lector, and in October went to Portland, Me., where he officiated for a few months until he became rector of Grace Church, in Providence, R. I. In February, 1842, he accepted a call to St. Paul’s, in Boston. During his connection with St. Paul’s, he was invited no less than fourteen times to other pulpits, and finally in October, 1858, accepted a pressing invitation to take charge of the new parish of the Church of the Holy Trinity, in Philadelphia. On the death of the Rev. Dr. Anthon, rector of St Mark’s Church in the Bowery, New York City, Dr. Vinton, impelled by the condition of his wife’s health, which was believed to require a change of climate, accepted the charge of St. Mark’s, where he officiated from May, 1861, until November, 1869, when he returned to Boston, as the rector of Emmanuel Church. Here he continued to labor until, in accordance with a long-contemplated purpose of relinquishing active parochial service on the attainment of his 70th year, he resigned in December, 1877, and retired to his country house in Pomfret, Conn., which he had retained ever since his residence and marriage there. During the following winters he lectured on Systematic Divinity to the students of the Episcopal Theological School, in Cambridge, Mass. In April, 1881, he went to Philadelphia, to preach at the consecration of his old church on Thursday, the 21st of that month. He was attacked two days later with pneumonia, which terminated fatally on the morning of the 26th. His wife, Miss Eleanor Stockbridge Thompson, of Providence, died in the summer of 1878. A son and daughter survive him. Dr. Vinton was a man of great personal dignity, combined with rare attractiveness of manner, a profound thinker, an eloquent speaker, preeminent in influence among his generation in the church. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the University of the City of New York in 1843, and again from Harvard University in 1853. (Yale University Graduates Obituary Records, 1880 – 1890).
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