1837.
ROBERT COIT LEARNED died at Plymouth, Conn., April 19,
1867, aged 49 years.
He was the son of Edward and Nancy (Coit) Learned, and
was born in New London, Conn, Aug. 31, 1817. The first
year after graduation he was an assistant teacher in Mr. Hart's
school, in Farmington, Conn. He then pursued a course of
theological study m the Yale and Andover Theological Seminaries,
spending two years in the former, and a third year in
the latter. After preaching some months in Newton Falls and
Vienna, Ohio, he was ordamed pastor of the Presb. (N.S.)
church at Twinsburg, in the same state, Sept. 27, 1843, and
continued in this relation until April, 1846. Returning to
Connecticut, he became pastor of the Congregational Church
in Canterbury, his ministry lasting from Dec, 1847, till Nov,
1858 Two other settlements, in Berlin and Plymouth, of two
and four years respectively, followed. He was dismissed from
the latter of these, July 15, 1865, but continued to reside in
Plymouth until his death.
He was twice married ; first, to Miss Sarah B. Whitney, of
Northampton, by which marriage there were six children, and
after her death, to Miss Lora E. Talcott, of Plymouth.
