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William Ellery
William Ellery

William Ellery (December 22, 1727–February 15, 1820), was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Rhode Island. Image File history File links Question_book-3. ... Image File history File links William_Ellery. ... Image File history File links William_Ellery. ... is the 356th day of the year (357th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events 1727 to 1800 - Lt. ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The United States Declaration of Independence was an act of the Second Continental Congress, adopted on July 4, 1776, which declared that the Thirteen Colonies in North America were Free and Independent States and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to... This article is about the U.S. State. ...


The son of William Ellery, he was born in Newport. He worked first as a merchant, next as a customs collector, and lastly as Clerk of the Rhode Island General Assembly. He started the practice of law in 1770. He was active in the Rhode Island Sons of Liberty, and replaced Samuel Ward, who had died, in the Continental Congress in 1776. He became judge of the Supreme Court of Rhode Island and by 1785 he had become an abolitionist. He was the first customs collector of the port of Newport under the Constitution, serving there until his death. Ellery was among the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence. Newport, Rhode Island Newport is a city in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Providence. ... Customs is an authority or agency in a country responsible for collecting customs duties and for controlling the flow of animals and goods (including personal effects and hazardous items) in and out of a country. ... The Rhode Island General Assembly is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Rhode Island. ... This article discusses the early American patriot group. ... Samuel Ward (May 25, 1725 – March 26, 1776) was an American farmer, shop keeper, and statesman from Westerly, Rhode Island. ... The Continental Congress was the first national government of the United States. ... For other uses, see 1776 (disambiguation). ... This article is about the abolition of slavery. ... A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. ...


Some of his descendants were William Ellery Channing, Richard Henry Dana, Edie Sedgwick and actress Kyra Sedgwick. Ellery Avenue in Middletown, Rhode Island is named in his honor. Dr. William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianisms leading theologians. ... Richard Henry Dana Jr. ... Sedgwick in 1966, by Jerry Schatzberg/Corbis Edith Minturn Edie Sedgwick (April 20, 1943 – November 16, 1971)[1] was an American actress, socialite, and heiress who starred in many of Andy Warhols short films in the 1960s. ... Kyra Sedgwick (born August 19, 1965)[1] is an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe Award-winning American actress. ... Middletown is a town located in Newport County, Rhode Island. ...


References and external links

  • Charles Augustus Goodrich "Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence," (T. Mather, New York: 1840) pg. 153
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William Ellery Channing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (519 words)
William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842) was the foremost Unitarian preacher in the United States in the early nineteenth century and, along with Andrews Norton, one of Unitarianism's leading theologians.
William Ellery Channing (1818–1901), usually known as Ellery Channing, was the son of his brother Walter Channing (1786–1876, a Boston doctor);
William Henry Channing was the son of his brother Francis Dana Channing.
William Ellery Channing (4099 words)
William Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780-October 2, 1842), minister of the Federal Street Church in Boston, Massachusetts, 1803-42, was a spokesman during the Unitarian controversy for those liberal—or Unitarian—churches within Massachusetts' Standing Order of churches.
William was born to a prosperous and distinguished family in Newport, Rhode Island, the third child of William and Lucy Ellery Channing.
Overwhelmed by the fiery sermon, William felt "a curse seemed to rest on the earth and darkness and horror to veil the face of nature." His father's remark at the sermon's end—"Sound doctrine that!"—led the boy to expect that upon reaching home they must fall on their knees and pray for deliverance from impending doom.
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