Abiel Holmes (December 24, 1763-June 4, 1837) was an American Congregational clergyman and historian in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. is the 358th day of the year (359th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1763 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... June 4 is the 155th day of the year (156th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 (MDCCCXXXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation indepedently and autonomously runs its own affairs. ...

He was born in Woodstock, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale College in 1783. In 1784, while ministering in South Carolina, he was recruited to be the minister at the Congregational Church in Midway, Georgia. He returned to New England to be ordained in 1785 and once for health reasons between 1786 and 1787, but returned to Midway and remained there until 1791. Holmes married Mary Stiles, the daughter of Ezra Stiles, the president of Yale. Mr. Stiles was the subject of a laudatory biography penned by Holmes. Woodstock is a town located in Windham County, Connecticut. ... For other uses, see Yale (disambiguation). ... Official language(s) English Capital Charleston(1670-1789) Columbia(1790-present) Largest city Columbia Largest metro area Columbia Area  Ranked 40th  - Total 34,726 sq mi (82,965 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 260 miles (420 km)  - % water 6  - Latitude 32° 2′ N to 35° 13′ N  - Longitude... Midway is a city located in Liberty County, Georgia. ... The Rev. ...

In 1792, Rev. Holmes became the minister at First Church in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In 1805, he published a history entitled American Annals. Amid a theological controversy between Calvinism and Arminianism, Holmes resigned from the ministry in 1831. He died June 4, 1837. The First Parish in Cambridge, a Unitarian Universalist church, is located in Harvard Square in Cambridge, Massachusetts. ... Location in Massachusetts Coordinates: , Country United States State Massachusetts County Middlesex County Settled 1630 Incorporated 1636 Government  - Type Mayor-council city  - Mayor Kenneth Reeves (D) Area  - City  7. ... Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch of Constantinople Christianity Portal This box:      Calvinism is a theological... For the Armenian nationality, see Armenia or the Armenian language. ...

Holmes married Mary Stiles, daughter of Ezra Stiles, in 1790 and second to Sarah Wendell. By the second marriage, Abiel was the father of Oliver Wendell Holmes. The Rev. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes was the name of two prominent men, father and son: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. ...

Works

• The Life of Ezra Stiles (1798)
• The History of Cambridge (1801)
• American Annals (1805)

References

White, G. Edward, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: Law and the Inner Self (1993)