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HASSARD, Samuel, clergyman, born in Jamaica, West Indies, 21 January, 1806; died in Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 13 January, 1847. He came to the United States in 1812, studied in the academy at Westerly, Rhode Island, was graduated at Yale in 1826, and engaged in literary pursuits in New Haven. He was admitted to deacon's orders by Bishop Brownell, of Connecticut, in 1835, ordained priest by Bishop Griswold, and became rector of St. Thomas's church, Taunton, Massachusetts After a service of three years he resigned this charge, and in 1839 became rector of St. James's church, Great Barrington, where he continued until his death. He was largely instrumental in promoting the growth of the Protestant Episcopal church in New England. A volume of his sermons was published after his death, with a memoir by Henry W. Lee (Boston).
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