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DANFORTH, Joshua Noble, clergyman, born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1 April 1798; died in New Castle, Del., 14 November 1861. He was graduated at Williams in 1818, and spent, two years at the Princeton theological seminary. After being ordained by the New Brunswick presbytery, on 30 November 1825, he was installed pastor of the Church in New Castle, Del., where he remained until 1828, when He accepted a call to Washington. In 1832-'4 he was agent of the American colonization society, from 1834 till 1838 pastor of the Congregational Church in Lee, Massachusetts, and then for fifteen years in charge of the 2d Presbyterian Church in Alexandria, VA. In 1860 he again accepted an agency for the American colonization society. Dr. Danforth received in 1855 the degree of D. D. from Delaware College. He contributed largely to the religious and secular press, and wrote " Gleanings and Groupings from a Pastor's Portfolio" (New York, 1852).
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