Brace, Joab Dd

Brace, Joab D.D.

a Congregational minister, was born at West Hartford, Conn., June 13, 1781. He studied theology, was licensed on Jan. 16, 1805, and was ordained and installed pastor of the Congregational Church in the parish of Newington, and there continued until he had completed fifty years of active and useful service as pastor. Jan. 16, 1855, he delivered a half-century discourse, reviewing the history of the Church and society from the earliest times. This has been printed. Still retaining a nominal connection with his parish, he removed to Pittsfield, Mass., where he passed the last six years of his life. He died April 20, 1861. See Obituary Record of Yale College, 1861.