Information provided by Nareen Lake indicates that Rev. PIERSON was the son of Rev. Abraham & Abigail PIERSON, born in Lynn, MA in 1645. A graduate of Harvard College in 1668, he became an ordained minister, likely after graduation from Harvard. He assisted his father in the pastorate at Newark, New Jersey from 1678 until his father's death, at which time he replaced his father until 1694. He was then appointed pastor at Killingworth (now Clinton), CT.
He is listed on a memorial stone with his father, and Abraham Pierson III in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT, though he is actually buried in the Indian River Cemetery.
Rev. PIERSON along with Rev. James PIERPONT was involved in the founding of a collegiate school in New Haven, later known as Yale University. He was one of the eleven trustees established by the school's charter of 1701 and was rector there until his death in 1707.
A bronze statue by Launt Thompson was erected to the memory of Rev. Abraham PIERSON on the Yale grounds in 1874. A residential college on the New Haven campus is named for him.
David Espenlaub adds that Rev. Pierson had an additional son, the Rev. John Pierson, 03 May 1689-23 Aug 1770. This latter Rev. Pierson was his 6xgreatgrandfather.
He is listed on a memorial stone with his father, and Abraham Pierson III in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT, though he is actually buried in the Indian River Cemetery.
Rev. PIERSON along with Rev. James PIERPONT was involved in the founding of a collegiate school in New Haven, later known as Yale University. He was one of the eleven trustees established by the school's charter of 1701 and was rector there until his death in 1707.
A bronze statue by Launt Thompson was erected to the memory of Rev. Abraham PIERSON on the Yale grounds in 1874. A residential college on the New Haven campus is named for him.
David Espenlaub adds that Rev. Pierson had an additional son, the Rev. John Pierson, 03 May 1689-23 Aug 1770. This latter Rev. Pierson was his 6xgreatgrandfather.
Information provided by Nareen Lake indicates that Rev. PIERSON was the son of Rev. Abraham & Abigail PIERSON, born in Lynn, MA in 1645. A graduate of Harvard College in 1668, he became an ordained minister, likely after graduation from Harvard. He assisted his father in the pastorate at Newark, New Jersey from 1678 until his father's death, at which time he replaced his father until 1694. He was then appointed pastor at Killingworth (now Clinton), CT.
He is listed on a memorial stone with his father, and Abraham Pierson III in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT, though he is actually buried in the Indian River Cemetery.
Rev. PIERSON along with Rev. James PIERPONT was involved in the founding of a collegiate school in New Haven, later known as Yale University. He was one of the eleven trustees established by the school's charter of 1701 and was rector there until his death in 1707.
A bronze statue by Launt Thompson was erected to the memory of Rev. Abraham PIERSON on the Yale grounds in 1874. A residential college on the New Haven campus is named for him.
David Espenlaub adds that Rev. Pierson had an additional son, the Rev. John Pierson, 03 May 1689-23 Aug 1770. This latter Rev. Pierson was his 6xgreatgrandfather.
He is listed on a memorial stone with his father, and Abraham Pierson III in Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT, though he is actually buried in the Indian River Cemetery.
Rev. PIERSON along with Rev. James PIERPONT was involved in the founding of a collegiate school in New Haven, later known as Yale University. He was one of the eleven trustees established by the school's charter of 1701 and was rector there until his death in 1707.
A bronze statue by Launt Thompson was erected to the memory of Rev. Abraham PIERSON on the Yale grounds in 1874. A residential college on the New Haven campus is named for him.
David Espenlaub adds that Rev. Pierson had an additional son, the Rev. John Pierson, 03 May 1689-23 Aug 1770. This latter Rev. Pierson was his 6xgreatgrandfather.
Inscription
First President of Yale College
Died at Killingworth Mar 5, 1707, Aged 61
Gravesite Details
This monument has memorial engravings for several of the Abraham PIERSONs who are not buried at Windsor. Rev. Pierson died at Killingworth (now Clinton), CT and has a marker at the Indian River Cemetery, where his wife Abigail is also buried.
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