Leaming, Jeremiah, Dd

Leaming, Jeremiah, D.D.

an Episcopal clergyman, was born at Middletown, Conn., in 1717, graduated at Yale College in 1745, and, after entering the ministry, quickly rose to distinction. He was at one time spoken of for the office of first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church of America. He died at New Haven, Conn., in 1804. Among his publications are A Defence of Episcopal Government of the Church: — Evidences of the Truth of Christianity; etc. — Allibone, Dict. British and American Authors, vol. 2, s.v.