Samuel Davies (Presbyterian educator)
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Samuel Davies (1723–1761) was President of Princeton University, then known as the College of New Jersey.
Born to Baptist parents in New Castle County, Delaware, Davies received his early education under the tutelage of Rev. Samuel Blair at the academy he conducted in Faggs Manor, Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a Presbyterian by the New Castle presbytery in 1747 and settled to preach in Hanover, Virginia, in 1748. He had as one of his parishioners Patrick Henry.
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- Foote, W.H., Sketches of Virginia, first series (Philadelphia: 1850; Richmond, Va.: John Knox Press, 1966).
- Webster, Richard, A History of the Presbyterian Church in America From its Origin until the year 1760 (Philadelphia: 1857).
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| Preceded by Jacob Green (acting) |
President of the College of New Jersey 1759–1761 |
Succeeded by Samuel Finley |
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