Benjamin, Eastburn

Benjamin, Eastburn a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of New York, began his ministry as rector of Christ Church, Ramapo, N. Y., in 1862. In 1864 he was assistant minister of St. Ann's, New York city; in 1868 he officiated in New York without a regular charge; in 1870 was rector of the Church of the Holy Light, New York city, a position which he retained until 1872, continuing thereafter to reside in New York. He died Sept. 8, 1874, aged thirty-eight years. See Prot. Episc. Almanac, 1875, p. 145.