Sanford Smith Martyn who was born July 23, 1839, in Haverhill, Mass., was the son of Rev. Job Henry Martyn (B.A. Middlebury 1825) and Grace Fletcher (Smith) Martyn. His father studied at Princeton Theological Seminary during 1826-1827, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1827, and afterwards held pastorates in Massachusetts and New York. The latter part of his life was spent as a publisher in New York City. His (Job Henry Martyn*) parents were Jeremiah and Sabrina (Miller) Martyn, and he was a descendant of John Martyn, one of the founders of the town of Swansea, Mass. Grace (Smith) Martyn was the daughter of Rev. Ethan Smith, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and Bathsheba (Sanford) Smith. Her paternal grandparents were Capt Elijah Smith and Sybil (Worthington) Smith, and she traced her ancestry to Richard Smith, who came to America from Ipswich England in 1632 and was one of the first settlers in a town in the Connecticut Valley to which he gave the name of Wethersfield. Her mother was the daughter of Rev David Sanford (B.A. 1755), for a short time a Chaplain in the Continental Army, and Bathsheba (Ingersoll) Sanford. David Sanford's parents were Elihu and Rachel (Strong) Sanford, the latter a daughter of Elnathan and Patience (Jenner) Strong, and a sister of Rev Nathan Strong (B.A. 1742). The earliest member of the family in this country was Thomas Sanford, who came from Gloustershire, England, in 1631 and eight years later settled at Milford, Conn, where his name appears on the earliest records as a leader in organizing the town.
His (Sanford's) youth was spent mostly in New York City. He read law with his brother-in-law, Judge Wright, of Waterbury, Conn, during 1858-1858, and then spent a year in the office of the Springfield Republican, where he received a training that he considered invaluable in after life. He entered Yale in 1861 from the Hopkins Grammar School and in Freshman year he divided with a classmate the third prize in the Bishop prize debate of Linonia. In Sophomore year he won the second prize in the same debate, received a first prize for declamation, and divided with Payson Merrill the third prize for English composition in the second term, and the second prize for the same subject in the third term. His Junior appointment was a first colloquy and he received a second colloquy Senior year. He was elected valedictory orator of Linonia in Senior year.
In the fall of 1865 he returned to Yale and entered the Divinity School, from which he received the degree of B.D. in 1868. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church at Newington, Conn, April 29, 1868, and served there until 1870. His other pastorates were: New Hartford, Conn 1870-74; Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, NH 1874-1876; First Congregational Church, Terre Haute, IN 1876-1880; High Street Congregational Church, Columbus, OH; Peacham, VT 1882-87; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Derby, CT 1895-1900; and Haydenville, MA 1900-1904. Failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish all pastoral duties in 1904 and he removed to Plantsville, Conn. During his active ministry his work in religious revivals resulted in having some six hundred received into church membership on confession of faith. During his college course he is said to have paid his expenses largely by writing for sundry papers, and he later contributed various articles to newspapers, as well as to religious and secular magazines.
He died suddenly of cardiac embolism December 5, 1919, at his home in Plantsville. Interment was in the Quinnipiac Cemetery at Plantsville.
Mr Martyn was married April 11, 1866 in Southington, Conn to Frances Louisa, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet (Clark) Cummings, who survives him with five children: Grace Fletcher Martyn, who married George Crowe, September 17, 1914. William Cummings Martyn, who graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1896 and received a degree of B.A. From Bowdoin in 1898. Herbert Sedgewick Martyn ( B.A. Dartmouth 1893, M.D. Baltimore Medical College 1898). Frederick Sanford Martyn (B.A. Dartmouth 1894, LL.B. Yale 1896). Harriet Louise Martyn. A fourth son, Lyndon Worthington Martyn, born August 2, 1876, died December 28, 1891. One sister, Mrs. Sarah Louise Martyn Wright, of Lynn, Mass, is living. A brother, Rev Carlos Martyn, D.D., LL.D, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in 1869 and well known as a Presbyterian minister and historical writer, died in 1917.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of graduates deceased during the year ending July 1, 1920. Where text is confusing, the name of the individual is added in parentheses.
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His (Sanford's) youth was spent mostly in New York City. He read law with his brother-in-law, Judge Wright, of Waterbury, Conn, during 1858-1858, and then spent a year in the office of the Springfield Republican, where he received a training that he considered invaluable in after life. He entered Yale in 1861 from the Hopkins Grammar School and in Freshman year he divided with a classmate the third prize in the Bishop prize debate of Linonia. In Sophomore year he won the second prize in the same debate, received a first prize for declamation, and divided with Payson Merrill the third prize for English composition in the second term, and the second prize for the same subject in the third term. His Junior appointment was a first colloquy and he received a second colloquy Senior year. He was elected valedictory orator of Linonia in Senior year.
In the fall of 1865 he returned to Yale and entered the Divinity School, from which he received the degree of B.D. in 1868. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church at Newington, Conn, April 29, 1868, and served there until 1870. His other pastorates were: New Hartford, Conn 1870-74; Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, NH 1874-1876; First Congregational Church, Terre Haute, IN 1876-1880; High Street Congregational Church, Columbus, OH; Peacham, VT 1882-87; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Derby, CT 1895-1900; and Haydenville, MA 1900-1904. Failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish all pastoral duties in 1904 and he removed to Plantsville, Conn. During his active ministry his work in religious revivals resulted in having some six hundred received into church membership on confession of faith. During his college course he is said to have paid his expenses largely by writing for sundry papers, and he later contributed various articles to newspapers, as well as to religious and secular magazines.
He died suddenly of cardiac embolism December 5, 1919, at his home in Plantsville. Interment was in the Quinnipiac Cemetery at Plantsville.
Mr Martyn was married April 11, 1866 in Southington, Conn to Frances Louisa, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet (Clark) Cummings, who survives him with five children: Grace Fletcher Martyn, who married George Crowe, September 17, 1914. William Cummings Martyn, who graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1896 and received a degree of B.A. From Bowdoin in 1898. Herbert Sedgewick Martyn ( B.A. Dartmouth 1893, M.D. Baltimore Medical College 1898). Frederick Sanford Martyn (B.A. Dartmouth 1894, LL.B. Yale 1896). Harriet Louise Martyn. A fourth son, Lyndon Worthington Martyn, born August 2, 1876, died December 28, 1891. One sister, Mrs. Sarah Louise Martyn Wright, of Lynn, Mass, is living. A brother, Rev Carlos Martyn, D.D., LL.D, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in 1869 and well known as a Presbyterian minister and historical writer, died in 1917.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of graduates deceased during the year ending July 1, 1920. Where text is confusing, the name of the individual is added in parentheses.
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Sanford Smith Martyn who was born July 23, 1839, in Haverhill, Mass., was the son of Rev. Job Henry Martyn (B.A. Middlebury 1825) and Grace Fletcher (Smith) Martyn. His father studied at Princeton Theological Seminary during 1826-1827, and was ordained as a Congregational minister in 1827, and afterwards held pastorates in Massachusetts and New York. The latter part of his life was spent as a publisher in New York City. His (Job Henry Martyn*) parents were Jeremiah and Sabrina (Miller) Martyn, and he was a descendant of John Martyn, one of the founders of the town of Swansea, Mass. Grace (Smith) Martyn was the daughter of Rev. Ethan Smith, who served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and Bathsheba (Sanford) Smith. Her paternal grandparents were Capt Elijah Smith and Sybil (Worthington) Smith, and she traced her ancestry to Richard Smith, who came to America from Ipswich England in 1632 and was one of the first settlers in a town in the Connecticut Valley to which he gave the name of Wethersfield. Her mother was the daughter of Rev David Sanford (B.A. 1755), for a short time a Chaplain in the Continental Army, and Bathsheba (Ingersoll) Sanford. David Sanford's parents were Elihu and Rachel (Strong) Sanford, the latter a daughter of Elnathan and Patience (Jenner) Strong, and a sister of Rev Nathan Strong (B.A. 1742). The earliest member of the family in this country was Thomas Sanford, who came from Gloustershire, England, in 1631 and eight years later settled at Milford, Conn, where his name appears on the earliest records as a leader in organizing the town.
His (Sanford's) youth was spent mostly in New York City. He read law with his brother-in-law, Judge Wright, of Waterbury, Conn, during 1858-1858, and then spent a year in the office of the Springfield Republican, where he received a training that he considered invaluable in after life. He entered Yale in 1861 from the Hopkins Grammar School and in Freshman year he divided with a classmate the third prize in the Bishop prize debate of Linonia. In Sophomore year he won the second prize in the same debate, received a first prize for declamation, and divided with Payson Merrill the third prize for English composition in the second term, and the second prize for the same subject in the third term. His Junior appointment was a first colloquy and he received a second colloquy Senior year. He was elected valedictory orator of Linonia in Senior year.
In the fall of 1865 he returned to Yale and entered the Divinity School, from which he received the degree of B.D. in 1868. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church at Newington, Conn, April 29, 1868, and served there until 1870. His other pastorates were: New Hartford, Conn 1870-74; Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, NH 1874-1876; First Congregational Church, Terre Haute, IN 1876-1880; High Street Congregational Church, Columbus, OH; Peacham, VT 1882-87; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Derby, CT 1895-1900; and Haydenville, MA 1900-1904. Failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish all pastoral duties in 1904 and he removed to Plantsville, Conn. During his active ministry his work in religious revivals resulted in having some six hundred received into church membership on confession of faith. During his college course he is said to have paid his expenses largely by writing for sundry papers, and he later contributed various articles to newspapers, as well as to religious and secular magazines.
He died suddenly of cardiac embolism December 5, 1919, at his home in Plantsville. Interment was in the Quinnipiac Cemetery at Plantsville.
Mr Martyn was married April 11, 1866 in Southington, Conn to Frances Louisa, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet (Clark) Cummings, who survives him with five children: Grace Fletcher Martyn, who married George Crowe, September 17, 1914. William Cummings Martyn, who graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1896 and received a degree of B.A. From Bowdoin in 1898. Herbert Sedgewick Martyn ( B.A. Dartmouth 1893, M.D. Baltimore Medical College 1898). Frederick Sanford Martyn (B.A. Dartmouth 1894, LL.B. Yale 1896). Harriet Louise Martyn. A fourth son, Lyndon Worthington Martyn, born August 2, 1876, died December 28, 1891. One sister, Mrs. Sarah Louise Martyn Wright, of Lynn, Mass, is living. A brother, Rev Carlos Martyn, D.D., LL.D, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in 1869 and well known as a Presbyterian minister and historical writer, died in 1917.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of graduates deceased during the year ending July 1, 1920. Where text is confusing, the name of the individual is added in parentheses.
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His (Sanford's) youth was spent mostly in New York City. He read law with his brother-in-law, Judge Wright, of Waterbury, Conn, during 1858-1858, and then spent a year in the office of the Springfield Republican, where he received a training that he considered invaluable in after life. He entered Yale in 1861 from the Hopkins Grammar School and in Freshman year he divided with a classmate the third prize in the Bishop prize debate of Linonia. In Sophomore year he won the second prize in the same debate, received a first prize for declamation, and divided with Payson Merrill the third prize for English composition in the second term, and the second prize for the same subject in the third term. His Junior appointment was a first colloquy and he received a second colloquy Senior year. He was elected valedictory orator of Linonia in Senior year.
In the fall of 1865 he returned to Yale and entered the Divinity School, from which he received the degree of B.D. in 1868. He was ordained and installed as pastor of the Congregational Church at Newington, Conn, April 29, 1868, and served there until 1870. His other pastorates were: New Hartford, Conn 1870-74; Olive Street Congregational Church, Nashua, NH 1874-1876; First Congregational Church, Terre Haute, IN 1876-1880; High Street Congregational Church, Columbus, OH; Peacham, VT 1882-87; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Windsor, VT 1887-1894; Derby, CT 1895-1900; and Haydenville, MA 1900-1904. Failing eyesight compelled him to relinquish all pastoral duties in 1904 and he removed to Plantsville, Conn. During his active ministry his work in religious revivals resulted in having some six hundred received into church membership on confession of faith. During his college course he is said to have paid his expenses largely by writing for sundry papers, and he later contributed various articles to newspapers, as well as to religious and secular magazines.
He died suddenly of cardiac embolism December 5, 1919, at his home in Plantsville. Interment was in the Quinnipiac Cemetery at Plantsville.
Mr Martyn was married April 11, 1866 in Southington, Conn to Frances Louisa, daughter of Hezekiah and Harriet (Clark) Cummings, who survives him with five children: Grace Fletcher Martyn, who married George Crowe, September 17, 1914. William Cummings Martyn, who graduated from Bangor Theological Seminary in 1896 and received a degree of B.A. From Bowdoin in 1898. Herbert Sedgewick Martyn ( B.A. Dartmouth 1893, M.D. Baltimore Medical College 1898). Frederick Sanford Martyn (B.A. Dartmouth 1894, LL.B. Yale 1896). Harriet Louise Martyn. A fourth son, Lyndon Worthington Martyn, born August 2, 1876, died December 28, 1891. One sister, Mrs. Sarah Louise Martyn Wright, of Lynn, Mass, is living. A brother, Rev Carlos Martyn, D.D., LL.D, a graduate of Union Theological Seminary in 1869 and well known as a Presbyterian minister and historical writer, died in 1917.
Source: Yale University Obituary Record of graduates deceased during the year ending July 1, 1920. Where text is confusing, the name of the individual is added in parentheses.
-per Lara (#48767837)
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