Background
Pierson, Abraham was born in 1645 in Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Pierson.
Pierson, Abraham was born in 1645 in Southampton, Long Island, New York, United States. Son of Abraham Pierson.
Graduated from Harvard, 1668.
Assistant pastor Congregational Church, Newark, New Jersey, 1669-1672, co-pastor, 1672-1678, pastor, 1678-1692. Preached (but not installed as pastor) at church at Greenwich, Connecticut, 1692-1694. Pastor in Killingworth (now Clinton), Connecticut, 1694-1707.
A founder Collegiate School of Connecticut (later Yale), 1701, trustee, rector, 1701-1707.
Married Abigail Clark, 1673.