Thomas Winthrop Coit

Background

Coit, Thomas Winthrop was born on June 28, 1803 in New London, Connecticut, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary Wanton (Saltonstall) Coit.

Education

Graduated from Yale, 1821. Attended Andover Theological Seminary, Princeton Seminary.

Career

Ordained deacon Episcopal Church, New Briton, Connecticut, 1826, priest, Salem, Massachusetts, 1827. President Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, 1834-1837. Professor church history Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, 1849-1854.

Rector Saint Paul’s Church, Troy, New York, 1854-1872.

Berkeley Divinity School, Middletown, Connecticut, 1872-1885. Author: Remarks on Norton’s Statement of Reasons, 1833.

Paragraph Bible, 1834. Townsend’s Bible, 2 volumes, 1837-1838.

Puritanism, 1845.

Achievements

• Thomas Winthrop Coit has been listed as a noteworthy clergyman, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Connections

Married Eleanor (Forrester) Carlile, June 28, 1828.

Father:

Thomas Coit

Mother:

Mary Wanton (Saltonstall) Coit

Spouse:

Eleanor