Biography:

Jedidiah Morse; grad. 1783; conducted school for young ladies in New Haven, 1783-84; in charge of academy in Norwich, Conn., 1785-1786; tutor at Yale, 1786-87; preached in Midway, Georgia and N.Y.C.; pastor First Congregational Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1789-1820; removed to New Haven 1820; b. Aug. 23, 1761; d. June 9, 1826