Background
Barrett, Benjamin Fiske was born on June 24, 1808 in Dresden, Maine, United States. Son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Carleton) Barrett.
Barrett, Benjamin Fiske was born on June 24, 1808 in Dresden, Maine, United States. Son of Oliver and Elizabeth (Carleton) Barrett.
Graduate Bowdoin College, 1832. Graduated from Harvard Division School, 1838.
Became adherent of religious doctrines of Swedenborg early in life. Ordained to ministry New. Church Society, New York City, 1840, minister, 1840-1848.
In charge of New Church congregation, Cincinnati, 1848-1850.
Engaged in business, probably Cincinnati, 1850-1854. Engaged in preaching to New Church congregations and writing, 1854-1864.
Editor Swedenborgian periodical New Christianity, Philadelphia, 1870’son Author: Life of Emmanuel Swedenborg, 1841.
Binding and Loosing, 1857.
Swedenborg and Channing, 1877. Footprints of the New Age, 1884. The True Catholicism, 1886.
Autobiography, 1890.
Married Elizabeth Allen, 1840.