Sanger, Zedekiah Dd

Sanger, Zedekiah. D.D., A Unitarian Congregational minister, was born at Sherburne, Mass., Oct. 4, 1748 , entered Cambridge July, 1767, and graduated with high honors in 1771. His theological studies were pursued under the direction of Rev. Jason Haven, of Dedham. On July 3, 1776, he was ordained and installed pastor of the church in Duxbury. He resigned his charge in April, 1786, on account of impaired eyesight, and engaged in secular pursuits for two or three years. On Dec. 17, 1788, he was installed as the colleague of Rev. John Shaw, South Bridgewater, where he spent the rest of his days. He received the degree of D.D. from Brown University in 1807. He died, after a short illness, Nov. 17, 1820. His published works are five Ordination Sermons (1792-1812). See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 8, 99.