William Mansfield Groton

Background

Groton, William Mansfield was born on November 28, 1850 in Waldoboro, Maine, United States. Son of James Randall and Helen May (Richmond) Groton.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1873. Graduate Philadelphia Division School, 1876. (South.T.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1903).

Career

Deacon, 1876, priest, 1877, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Anne’s Church, South. Lincoln, Massachusetts, 1876-1878, Trinity Church, Saint Stephen, North.B., Canada, 1878-1881, Christ Church, Westerly, Rhode Island, 1881-1898. Professor systematic division, since 1898, dean, since 1900, Division School of Protestant Episcopal Church, Philadelphia Deputy to General Convention, 1895, 98, and since 1907.

Member standing committee Diocese Pennsylvania, 1904-1907.

Lecturer on Bohlen Foundation, Philadelphia, 1912. Editor: Sunday School Teachers Manual, 1909 (second edition

1911). Home: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Achievements

• William Mansfield Groton has been listed as a noteworthy theologian by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member standing committee Diocese Pennsylvania, 1904-1907.

Connections

Married Hannah Babcock, January 21, 1883.

Father:

James Randall Groton

Mother:

Helen May (Richmond) Groton

Spouse:

Hannah Babcock