Boswell, William

Boswell, William a Baptist minister. was born in Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 1776. His early life was devoted to business, but, having become a Christian, he united, in 1801, with the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He was licensed some time afterwards by the Church in Burlington, N. J., with which he had connected himself. He was ordained Sept. 6, 1809, as pastor of the Trenton and Lamberton Church, where he had a successful ministry. He was state librarian of New Jersey for several years, and chaplain to the state penitentiary. He died June 11, 1833. (J. C. S.)