Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
Attention!
Take your personal ministry to the Next Level by helping StudyLight build churches and supporting pastors in Uganda.
Click here to join the effort!

Bible Encyclopedias
Boswell, William

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Search for…
or
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z
Prev Entry
Boswell, John (2)
Next Entry
Bosworth, F.
Resource Toolbox

a Baptist minister. was born in Philadelphia, Jan. 8, 1776. His early life was devoted to business, but, having become a Christian, he united, in 1801, with the First Baptist Church in Philadelphia. He was licensed some time afterwards by the Church in Burlington, N. J., with which he had connected himself. He was ordained Sept. 6, 1809, as pastor of the Trenton and Lamberton Church, where he had a successful ministry. He was state librarian of New Jersey for several years, and chaplain to the state penitentiary. He died June 11, 1833. (J. C. S.)

Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Boswell, William'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​b/boswell-william.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile