Samuel Magaw

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Samuel Magaw (1735 – 1 December 1812) was a clergyman and educator from Pennsylvania. He was a member of the American Philosophical Society and served as Vice Provost of the University of Pennsylvania (1782–1791).

Born in Pennsylvania, he was a son of William Magaw of Shippensburg. His brothers were Dr. William Magaw and Colonel Robert Magaw, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War.

Samuel traveled to England in 1767 to be ordained as an Anglican priest, and then returned to the colonies to serve as a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel.

References

Entry on Magaw from the University of Pennsylvania
Appleton's entry via Google Book Search
The Scotch-Irish in America (Pennsylvania, 1902). The author notes that "The Magaws were a Church of England family, which indicates, perhaps, that they were not Scotch-Irish."

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