Background
Coit, Joshua was born on February 4, 1832 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Charlotte (Coit) Coit.
Coit, Joshua was born on February 4, 1832 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of Robert and Charlotte (Coit) Coit.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1853. Graduate Andover Theological Seminary, 1856. Student University of Halle, 1857, University of Berlin, 1858.
Ordained Congleton ministry, 1860. Pastor Brookfield, Massachusetts, 1860-1870. Secretary Massachusetts Prison Commission, 1870-1873.
Pastor Lawrence Saint Church, Lawrence, Massachusetts, 1873-1883.
Secretary, 1883-1905, treasurer, since 1905, Massachusetts Home Missionary Society Home: Winchester, Massachusetts
Married Mary L. Chandler, October 10, 1860.