Rev. Samuel Newell

Rev Samuel Newell. Birth: Mar. 1, 1711 Connecticut, USA Death: Feb. 10, 1789 Bristol Hartford County Connecticut, USA First Minister of Bristol Samuel is the second son of Samuel and Sarah Norton Newell. He graduated from Yale in 1739. Ordained 1747 Congregational Church, Bristol, CT. Calvinist, Loyalist. He is a brother to Isaac, David, Sarah, Josiah, Asahel and Solomon. He married Mary Hart in 1749. He is the only Congregational clergyman buried in this cemetery. See "Thomas Newell and his Descendants" by Mary A Hart and Newell Hart 1878 for more details about this Newell family. DAR has identified him as the first minister of Bristol, and added a small plaque by his grave. Family links: Spouse: Mary Hart Newell (1717 - 1797) Inscription: "Here lieth interred the body of ye Rev. Samuel Newell, A.M., late pastor of the church in New Cambridge. A gentleman of good genius, solid judgement; sound in the faith; a fervent experimental preacher; of unaffected piety; kindest of husbands, tenderest of fathers; the best of friends, and an ornament of the ministry; and having served his generation faithfully, by the will of God, with serenity and calmness fell on sleep February 10, 1789 in the 75th year of his age and the 42nd of his ministry. Death, great proprieter of all, ‘tis thine "to tread out empires and to quench the stars.'" Burial: Old South Cemetery Bristol Hartford County Connecticut, USA