Background
Ransom, David P. was born on November 22, 1932 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Howard Stephen Ransom and Mabel Lorraine (Soden) Ransom-Foley.
Ransom, David P. was born on November 22, 1932 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Son of Howard Stephen Ransom and Mabel Lorraine (Soden) Ransom-Foley.
Bachelor, Dartmouth College, 1954. Bachelor's Degree, Andover Theological Seminary, Newtown Centre, Massachusetts, 1960. Doctor of Ministry, Andover Theological Seminary, Newtown Centre, Massachusetts, 1973.
Chaplain's assistant, Base Chapel/United States Army, Camp Rilmer, New Jersey, 1955-1956; interim pastor, East Barre (Vermont) Congregational Church, summer 1957; student assistant, Second Congregational Church, Medfield, Massachusetts, 1957-1958; pastor, Shrewsbury Community Church, Cuttingsville, Vermont, 1958-1960; pastor, Federated Church, Avon, Illinois, 1961-1963; director and minister of Christian education, First Congregational Church, Willimantic, Connecticut, 1964-1967; associate pastor, minister of Christian education, First Congregational Church, Stoneham, Massachusetts, 1968-1973; various others to pastor, Pilgrim United Church of Christ, New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1973-1983; various others to pastor, The Second Congregational United Church of Christ, Jeffersonville, Vermont, since 1988.
Member Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, American Association Pastoral Counselors.
Married Louise Freeman Swett, June 16, 1956. Children: Stephen Barre, Sarah Elisabeth, Geoffrey Jon, Peter William.