STODDARD, Solomon, clergyman, born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1643" died in Northampton, Massachusetts, 11 February, 1729. His father, Anthony, came from England to Boston about 1630, was a member of the general court from 1665 till 1684, and married a sister of Sir George Downing. Their son Solomon was graduated at Harvard in 1662, was appointed "fellow of the house," and was the first librarian of the college from 1667 till 1674. His health being impaired, he went to Barbadoes as chaplain to the governor, and preached to the dissenters there for nearly two years. In 1669 he began to preach in Northampton, and on 11 September, 1672, he was ordained pastor of the Congregational church there, retaining this charge till his death. In February, 1727, Jonathan Edwards, his grandson, at that time a tutor in Yale, became his colleague. In addition to sermons, tie published "Doctrine of Instituted Churches explained and proved from the Word of God," which was a reply to Increase Mather's "Order of the Gospel," and occasioned an exciting controversy (London, 1700)" "Appeal to the Learned" (1709)" "Guide to Christ" (1714); "Answer to Cases of Conscience " (Boston, 1722)" "Question on the Conversion of the Indians" (1723)" and "Safety in the Righteousness of Christ" (4th ed., with preface by John Erskine, D. D., Edinburgh, 1792).--His son, Anthony, clergyman, born in Northampton, Massachusetts, 9 August, 1678" died in Woodbury, Connecticut, 6 September, 1760, was graduated at Harvard in 1697, and was minister at Woodbury, Connecticut. from 27 May, 1702. till his death. He was clerk of probate forty years, was the lawyer and physician of his people, and one of the most extensive farmers in the town. He published an "Election Sermon" (New London, 1716). --Another son, John, born 11 February, 1681" died in Boston, 19 June, 1748, was graduated at Harvard in 1701, was for many years a member of the council of Massachusetts, chief justice of the court of corn, non pleas, and colonel of militia. His" Journal of an Expedition to Canada, 1713-'14," was printed in the " Genealogical Register" for January, 1851.-Anthony's grandson, Amos, soldier, born in Wood-bury, Connecticut. 26 October, 1762' died in Fort Meigs, Ohio, 11 May, 1813, was a soldier from 1779 till the close of the war of independence, then clerk of the supreme court in Boston, and practised as a lawyer in Hallowell. Me., in 1792-'8. He was appointed a captain of artillery, 1 June, 1798, was governor of Missouri territory in 1804-'5, became major, 30 June, 1807, and deputy quartermaster, 16 July, 1812. At the siege of Fort Meigs (see HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY) he received a wound that resulted in his death. He wrote " Sketches, Historical and Descriptive, of Louisiana" (Philadelphia, 1812) and "The Political Crisis" (London). His papers are in the archives of the Western Reserve historical society, Cleveland, Ohio.--John's great-grandson, Solomon, educator, born in Northampton in 1800; died there, 11 November, 1847, was graduated at Yale in 1820, and became professor of languages at Middlebury college, Vermont He was coauthor with Ethan Allen Andrews of a "Grammar of the Latin Language" (Boston, 1836), which was at one time almost universally used in this country, and had passed through sixty-five editions in 1857.--Solomon's descendant, David Tappan, missionary, born in Northampton, Massachusetts, 2 December, 1818; died at Oroomiah, Persia, 22 January, 1857, attended Williams college in 1834-'5, and then went to Yale, where he constructed with his own hands two telescopes, by means of which he afterward made several discoveries. He was graduated in 1838, became tutor in Marshall college, Pennsylvania, and afterward prosecuted his Latin studies. Declining the professorship of natural history in Marietta college, Ohio, he entered Andover theological seminary in 1839, and became tutor at Yale in 1840. He was licensed to preach in 1842, and ordained at New Haven in January, 1843. He married in February and sailed from Boston as a missionary to the Nestorians at Oroomiah, Persia, in March. In 1848 his wife died of cholera, his health failed, and he visited his brother in Scotland on his way home. He remained in the United States in the service of the mission board till 1851, when, in March of that year, after marrying again, he sailed for Persia. His labors at Oroomiah were successful, many of his pupils becoming Christian teachers and preachers. In 1853 he completed a "Grammar of Modern Syrian Language," which was published at New Haven in the "Journal of the American Oriental Society" in 1855. He also prepared numerous educational and religious works in Syrian, which were issued from the mission press. See memoir, by the Reverend Joseph P. Thompson, D.D. (New York, 1858).