Person:Job Martyn (1)

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Rev. Job Henry Martyn, M.D.
 
  • F.  Jeremiah Martin (add)
  • M.  Sabrina Miller (add)
  1. Rev. Job Henry Martyn, M.D.Abt 1798 -
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Name[1] Rev. Job Henry Martyn, M.D.
Alt Name[1] Job Henry Martin
Gender Male
Birth[1] Abt 1798 Northfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage to Sarah T Smith
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 STUDENTS. 1819., in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    106.

    Job Henry Martin, 1 21, Granville, N.Y. M. 1825. *1868

    Son of Jeremiah Martin and Sabrina Miller.
    Born in Northfield.
    Apprenticed to trade of carriage-maker.
    — Graduated 1821.
    — Princ. Theol. Sem. (1828.)
    Pastor, Edgartown; Little Falls, Buffalo, Chatham St. chapel (succeeding Dr. Finney), New York, N.Y.; Winter St. church, Haverhill; Chrystie St. church, New York ; Waukesha, Wis.
    Studied medicine, graduating at Castleton Med. Coll. 1856, and afterwards resided mostly in New York City, often lecturing on hygienic subjects.
    Established, 1846, and published for five years, the Ladies' Wreath, of which his wife, Mrs. Sarah T. Martyn (sister of his schoolmate, Stephen S. Smith, below), was editor.
    A noted revivalist preacher, and ahead of his time in his radical advocacy of various reforms.

    1 Name afterwards written Martyn.
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    [M = Middlebury]