Samuel Phillips Payson

Phillips Payson
Born January 18, 1736
Walpole, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Died January 11, 1801
Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
Education Harvard College (1754)
Spouse(s) Elizabeth Stone
Children Phillips Payson (1760-1809)
Parent(s) Phillips Payson, Anne Swift
Ordained Oct 26, 1757
Congregations served
Chelsea
Title Reverend

Phillips Payson (January 18, 1736 – January 11, 1801)[1] was an American Congregationalist minister who was the pastor for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1757 until his death. He was born in Walpole, the son of Rev. Phillips Payson Sr. (1704–1778) and Anne Swift (1706–1756). The Payson family originated from Nazeing, England, first settling in the Massachusetts Bay Colony as early as 1635. Payson graduated from Harvard in 1754.[2] He married Elizabeth Stone (1735–1800), daughter of Rev. James Stone and Elizabeth Swift. Payson was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780).[3]

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