Background
Beasley, Frederick was born in 1777 in Edenton, North Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary (Blount) Beasley.
Beasley, Frederick was born in 1777 in Edenton, North Carolina, United States. Son of John and Mary (Blount) Beasley.
Graduated from College of New Jersey (now Princeton), 1797.
Ordained to ministry Episcopal Church, 1802. Rector St. John’s Church, Elizabethtown (now Elizabeth), New Jersey, St. Peter’s Church, Albany, New York, 1803-1809, St. Paul’s Church, Baltimore, 1809-1813, St. Michael’s Church, Trenton, New Jersey, 1829-1836. Provost, professor philosophy University of Pennsylvania, 1813-1828.
Theological writings characterized by conservatism and opposition to idealist thinkers. Author: A Search of Truth in the Science of the Human Mind, 1822. A Vindication of the Fundamental Principles of Truth…from the Allegations of the Reverend William E. Channing, 1830.
An Examination of Northern 90 of the Tracts for the Times, 1842.
Married Susan Dayton, August 22, 1803, 1 child. Married second, Maria Williamson, November 27, 1804, 9 children.