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Genealogy.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Capron Family papers, 1777-1950.

 Collection
Identifier: MS0044
Abstract William Banfield Capron was born in Uxbridge, Massachusetts on April 14, 1824. Sarah Brown Hooker was born in Lanesboro, Massachusetts, on April 24, 1828. Sarah and William met while both were teaching at the Hartford High School. They were married on October 1, 1856. Almost immediately after their marriage, the couple were assigned to the Madurai (then called Madura) Mission of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. They worked in Madurai and Manamadurai until 1872....
Dates: 1777-1950

Woods Family papers, 1796-1896.

 Collection
Identifier: MS1009
Abstract Leonard Woods was born in Princeton, Massachusetts and eventually graduated from Harvard in 1796. He was ordained at Second Church of West Newbury, Massachusetts on December 5, 1798; He held onto that position until May 25, 1808 to become Professor of Theology at the Andover seminary and stayed there until his resignation in 1846. Leonard Woods received his Doctor of Divinity from Dartmouth in 1810 and another D.D. soon after from Nassau Hall. He played a role in the Unitarian controversy in...
Dates: 1796-1896