Background
Tyng, Stephen Higginson was born on March 1, 1800 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dudley Atkins and Sarah (Higginson) Tyng.
Tyng, Stephen Higginson was born on March 1, 1800 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Dudley Atkins and Sarah (Higginson) Tyng.
Graduated from Harvard, 1817.
Ordained as deacon Episcopal Church, 1821, priest, 1824. Pastor St. John’s Church, Georgetown, District of Columbia, 1821-1823, Queen Ann’s Parish, Prince Georges County, Maryland., 1823-1829, St. Paul’s Church, Philadelphia, Church of Epiphany, Philadelphia, 1834-1845, St. George’s Church, New York City, 1845-1878. One of 1st to recognize importance of Sunday schools and city missions.
Editor Episcopal Recorder, Philadelphia, Protestant Churchman, New York Author: Lectures on the Law and the Gospel, 3d edit., 1844. The Israel of God, 1849.
Married Anne Griswold, August 5, 1821. Married second, Susan Mitchell, July 1833.