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Forbes, Eli, D.D.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a Congregational minister, was: born at Westborough, Mass., October 1726; graduated at Harvard College, 1751; and in 1752 became pastor of the church at Brookfield, Massachusetts. In 1762 he went on a mission among the Oneida Indians. In 1776 he was installed as pastor at Gloucester, having left his former parish on account of a false charge of Toryism. He died December 15, 1804. He published The Family Book (1801, 12mo), and a number of occasional sermons. Sprague, Annals, 1:493.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Forbes, Eli, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​f/forbes-eli-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Forbes, Eli, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​f/forbes-eli-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.