1803.
NOAH PORTER died at Farmington, Conn., Sept. 24, 1866, aged 84 years He was the son of Deacon Noah Porter, and was born Dec. 15, 1781, in Farmington, of which place his ancestors were among the first settlers
After his graduation he taught, for some time, in the family of Mr Goldsborough, a gentleman living on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and then studied theology with Dr. Dwight, and Rev. Asahel Hooker, of Goshen, Conn. He declined the position of Tutor in this College, which was open to him, and was ordained over the Congregational Church in Farmington, Nov. 5, 1806. His long and successful ministry to this Church was terminated only by his death, though he was relieved from a portion of his labor by the settlement of a colleague, in 1861. For thirty-nine years, from 1823 to 1862, he was a member of the Corporation of Yale College, and was also long a member of the Prudential Committee. A number of his occasional discourses were published, and among them, a half-century discourse, preached Nov. 12, 1856. He received the degree of D. D. from Dartmouth College in 1828.
He married Miss Mehetable Meigs, of Middletown, Conn. He had seven children, all still living. Three of his sons are graduates of this College, — Prof. Noah Porter, Mr. Samuel Porter, Professor in the National Deaf Mute College at Washington,and Rev. Giles M. Porter, of Garnavillo, Iowa.
