Background
May, Samuel Joseph was born on September 12, 1797 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Colonel Joseph and Dorothy (Sewall) May.
- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Samuel Joseph May
Edit ProfileEducation
Graduated from Harvard, 1817. Studied theology under Norton Ware.
Career
Assistant to William Ellery Channing in his parish, Boston. Ordained to ministry Unitarian Church, 1822. Pastor, Brooklyn, Connecticut, 1822-1836, South Scituate, Massachusetts, 1836-1842, Syracuse, New York, 1845-1867.
Organizer Windham County (Connecticut) Peace Society, 1826. Advocate of temperance, women’s rights. Principal Normal School, Lexington, Massachusetts, 1842-1844.
Made his home a link in Underground R.R.
Connections
Married Lucretia Flagge Coffin, June 1, 1825.
