WlLLISTON, Seth, clergyman, born in Suffield, Connecticut, 4 April, 1770; died in Guilford Centre, Chenango County, New York, 2 March, 1851. His father was a farmer and saddler, and the son assisted him in both occupations. He was graduated at Dartmouth in 1791, taught at Windsor and New London, Connecticut, and, after studying theology with Reverend Dr. Charles Backus at Somers, was licensed to preach in 1794. After occupying several pulpits in Connecticut temporarily, he went to Chenango county, New York, and labored as an evangelist, being ordained in 1797. He organized several churches, including that of Lisle, New York, where he became minister in 1799. On 4 July, 1810, Mr. Williston was installed over a Presbyterian church in Durham, New York, where he remained till his dismissal, at his own request, on 22 December, 1828, after which he preached in various places, chiefly in the state of New York, and also devoted much time to literature, Hamilton college gave him the degree of D. D. in 1838. Dr. Williston published "Address to Parents" (Suffield, Connecticut, 1799; Greenock, Scotland, 1802); "Sermons oil Doctrinal and Experimental Religion" (1812); "Five Discourses oil the Sabbath" (1813); "Vindication of Some of the Most Essential Doctrines of the Reformation" (1817); "Sermons on the Mystery of the Incarnation and the Special Influences of the Spirit" (1823); "Sermons adapted to Revivals" (1828); "Harmony of Divine Truth" (1836); "Discourses on the Temptations of Christ" (1837); "Christ's Kingdom not of This World," three discourses (1843); "Lectures on the Moral imperfections of Christians" (1846); and "Millennial Discourses," which he sold for the benefit of missions (1848).