Background
He was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut in August 1785. He was the son of John and Elizabeth Chester.
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John Chester
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He graduated from Yale College in 1804. He studied theology under Doctor Joseph Lyman of Hatfield, Massachusetts and received a license to preach in 1807 from the Hartford Association College.
Career
He first preached in several towns in Massachusetts and Connecticut and then moved to New York State, where he first preached in Cooperstown, New York and between 1810 and 1815 in Hudson, New New York He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity in 1821 from Union College. He was appointed president of Rensselaer on June 25, 1828.
He died in Philadelphia on January 12, 1829.
The papers include an 1821 letter to J. Romeyn Beck and a letter of introduction for Erastus Colton.
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Membership
Chester was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Societyin 1814.
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January 12, 1829 (aged 43)