Background
Harris, Thaddeus Mason was born on July 7, 1768 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Rebekah (Mason) Harris.
Harris, Thaddeus Mason was born on July 7, 1768 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of William and Rebekah (Mason) Harris.
Graduated from Harvard, 1787, Master of Arts, 1790, South.T.D. (honorary), 1813.
Ordained minister Unitarian Church, 1793. Pastor 1st Church, Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1793-1839. Disliked denominational titles, believed doctrine of Trinity to be contradictory, believed in atonement and supernatural grace.
Edited Massachusetts Magazine, 1795, 96.
Librarian Massachusetts History Society, 1837-1842. Superintendent public schools, Dorchester.
Satirized by Leonard Withington (writing under name John Oldbury) as Doctor Snivelwell in The Puritan. Author: Discourses in Favor of Free.
Married Mary Dix, January 28, 1795, 1 son, Thaddeus William.