Rev Ebenezer ROSSITER

1699 - 1762  (63 years)

• Name	Ebenezer ROSSITER  [1, 2]
  	Lived in Stonington, Conn. Yale College 1718, ordained 1722. Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter, b. Feb. 4, 1699, was the first of the name that came to Stonington, Conn. he was the seventeenth and youngest child of Josiah and Sarah (Sherman) Rossiter, and grandson of Dr. Benjamin and Elizabeth Rossiter, and great-grandson of Edward Rossiter of Plymouth, Eng., from which he came to this country in 1630, with the Rev. John Warham and others, and settled in Dorchester, Mass. Rev. Ebenezer Rossiter was a graduate of Yale College in 1718. he was the second minister of the First Congregational Church, Stonington, and was ordined Dec. 19, 1722, which relation he sustained until his death, Oct. 11, 1762. He was a devoted, earnest and successful minister of the gospel. He m. hannah White Oct. 7, 1723, daughter of the Rev. Ebenezer White of Long Island. [1, 2]
  Prefix	Rev
  Birth	4 Feb 1699	Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	11 Oct 1762  [1, 2]
  Person ID	I73235	Main Tree
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2016

  
  

  Father	Josiah ROSSITER,   b. 1646, Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, USA d. 31 Jan 1716, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Sarah S. SHERMAN,   b. 8 Feb 1654   d. 30 Mar 1712/13, Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	Bef 1677	Connecticut, USA
  Family ID	F02699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah WHITE
  Marriage	7 Oct 1723  [1, 2]
  Children	+ 1. Mary ROSSITER,   b. 08 Dec 1735, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut d. 08 Apr 1771, Stonington, New London Co., Connecticut (Age 35 years)  [Birth] + 2. John Cotton ROSSITER  [Birth]
  Family ID	F29671	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 4 Feb 1699 - Guilford, New Haven County, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S4793] Alvan Talcott, "Families of Early Guilford, Connecticut" Vol. II. [S9214] Richard Anson Wheeler, History of the Town of Stonington, County of New London, Connecticut.