Background
Wharton, Charles Henry was born on June 5, 1748 in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Son of Jesse and Anne (Bradford) Wharton.
Wharton, Charles Henry was born on June 5, 1748 in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, United States. Son of Jesse and Anne (Bradford) Wharton.
Attended Jesuit College, Saint Omer, France, 1760-1762.
Early In 1760 he was sent to the English Jesuit College at Street Omer, where he was very studious, and became fluent in Latin, so as to even be able to converse in lieutenant At the close of the American Revolution Wharton resided at Worcester, England, as chaplain to the Roman Catholics in that city. There he addressed a poetical epistle to George Washington, with a sketch of his life, which was published for the benefit of American prisoners in England (Annapolis, 1779.
London, 1780).
Wharton returned to what had become the United States in 1783 in the first vessel that sailed after the peace. In 1786 he was elected a mere-bet of the American Philosophical Society. After ten years" further residence in Delaware, in 1798 Wharton accepted a position as rector of Saint Mary"s Church, Burlington, New Jersey, where he would serve the rest of his life.
In 1813-1814 he was co-editor, with Reverend Doctor Abercrombie, of the Quarterly Theological Magazine and Religious Repository.
His "Remains," with a memoir, were published by Bishop George West. Doane (2 vols, Philadelphia, 1834). In 1801 Review Wharton accepted the presidency of Columbia College, New York, conditioned upon his ability to also continue his position in Burlington.
He was to assume the position at Columbia"s August commencement ceremonies, but either failed to appear, or only delivered that commencement oration, for he resigned as Columbia"s president by December. He is buried in the graveyard of the church he led for 35 years.
Member of the Protestant Church, 1784.
Married Mary Weems, June 2, 1798. Married second, Ann Kinsly.