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WHITAKER, Epher, clergyman, born in Fairfield, Cumberland County, New Jersey, 27 March, 1820. He was graduated at Delaware college in 1847 and at Union theological seminary in 1851, and since that date has been pastor of the 1st Presbyterian church, Southold, Long Island, New York He has been stated clerk of the Long Island presbytery since 1851, moderator of the synod of New York and New Jersey in 1860 and in 1861, has been a councillor of the Long Island historical society since 1862, and is a vice-president of the Suffolk county historical society and a founder of Southold academy. He received the degree of A. M. from Yale in 1867, and of D. D. from Delaware college in 1877. Dr. Whitaker has contributed constantly to the magazines for fifty years, and his writings in book-form include " New Fruits from an Old Field" (New York, 1865);" A Collection of Original Hymns " (printed privately, 1872) ; " History of Southold from 1640 till 1740" (1881) ; "Old Town Records" (1882); and "Bi-Centennial Celebration of Suffolk County, New York" (Babylon, L. I., 1883).
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