Croswell, Harry, Dd

Croswell, Harry, D.D.

a Protestant Episcopal clergyman, was born at West Hartford, Connecticut, June 16, 1778. He was ordained deacon in 1814, and presbyter in 1815. He began his ministerial work in Christ Church, Hudson, N.Y., in May 1814, and on January 1 of the following year commenced his services in Church Street, New York city, and was instituted rector of the parish February 22, 1816. For more than forty years he was rector of Trinity Church, New Haven, Connecticut, and died there, March 13, 1858. See Amer. Quar. Church Rev. 1858, page 173.