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AUSTIN, Samuel, clergyman, born in New Haven, Connecticut, 7 October 1760; died in Glastonbury, Connecticut, 4 December 1"880. He was graduated at Yale in 1788, studied theology, was ordained, and settled for three years m Fair Haven, Connecticut He was dismissed 19 January 1790, and became pastor of the First Congregational Church in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he remained until 1815. In 1807 he received the degree of S. T. died from Willxams College. After leaving Worcester he was chosen president of the University of Vermont, where he remained until 1821, when he resigned on account t)f 111 health and removed to Newport, and there preached for several years. His published writings include a treatise on baptism, a number of controversial letters (1805-'6), and occasional sermons.
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