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    Samuel Provoost (March 11, 1742 – September 6, 1815) was an American Clergyman. He was the first Chaplain of the United States Senate and the first Bishop...
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    Diocese of Rhode Island. In 1792, he joined with Bishops William White, Samuel Provoost, and James Madison who had all received English consecration, thus...
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  • Provoost is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Jan Provoost (1465–1529), Flemish painter Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), third Presiding...
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    the choice, and in early 1784 Moore agreed to step aside in favor of Samuel Provoost, the only Anglican priest in New York who had openly supported the...
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    Mary Spratt Provoost Alexander (April 16, 1693 – April 18, 1760) was an influential colonial era merchant in New York City. Mary was born in New York City...
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  • 24th mayor of New York. His great grandson, Samuel Provoost, became the first bishop of New York. David Provoost was born in Amsterdam on 11 August 1611....
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  • University: 17  Eva Rutgers, m. John Provoost: 17  Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), Bishop of the Episcopal Church: 32–33  Maria Provoost, m. Cadwallader D. Colden,...
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  • evacuation with the whole congregation of Trinity Church. The Rev. Samuel Provoost was appointed Rector of Trinity (1784–1800) in 1784, and the New York...
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    a committee to recommend a chaplain, selecting the Right Reverend Samuel Provoost, Episcopal Bishop of New York. When the Senate moved to Philadelphia...
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    in America. Through his father's sister, he was a first cousin of Samuel Provoost, the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New York. He was a third...
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    of Scotland who consecrated Samuel Seabury and through the English bishops who consecrated William White, Samuel Provoost, and James Madison. All bishops...
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    the episcopate upon men who were not subject to the British Crown, Samuel Provoost was consecrated as the first Bishop of New York in 1787. Two years...
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  • of Scotland that consecrated Samuel Seabury. Through the English church that consecrated William White and Samuel Provoost. All bishops in the Episcopal...
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    White, first and fourth Presiding Bishop, first Bishop of Pennsylvania Samuel Provoost, third Presiding Bishop, first Bishop of New York Abraham Jarvis, second...
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    Denison (U.S. Representative from Vermont). On May 10, 1798, Bishop Samuel Provoost ordained Chase deacon at St. George's Chapel on Long Island, New York...
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    Paul's Chapel, to hear divine service." Accordingly, the Right Rev. Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), newly appointed chaplain of the United States Senate and...
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    England with Dr. Samuel Provoost of New York, seeking consecration. After passage of a special enabling act by Parliament, White and Provoost were consecrated...
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    Wingate) Secretary: Samuel A. Otis, elected April 8, 1789 Doorkeeper: James Mathers, elected April 7, 1789 Chaplain: Samuel Provoost (Episcopalian), elected...
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    second bishop consecrated for the Episcopal Church of the United States. Samuel Seabury of Connecticut had been first, consecrated in 1784 in Aberdeen,...
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    William Magee Seton, aged 25, a wealthy businessman in the import trade. Samuel Provoost, the first Episcopal bishop of New York, presided at their wedding...
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    named after the 14th-century Welsh poet, Dafydd ap Gwilym. Gallery Samuel Provoost, First Chaplain of the Continental Congress, 1789 Maryland, Germantown...
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    DePuyster uncles drafted the prenuptial agreements. Mary was the widow of Samuel Provoost (d. 1719), the younger brother of David Proovost, the 24th mayor of...
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  • 1789 Pennsylvania 67 days 2 Samuel Seabury October 5, 1789 September 8, 1792 Connecticut 2 years, 339 days 3 Samuel Provoost September 13, 1792 September...
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  • Pelloutier (1694–1757), French pastor in Berlin. Jean Pradel, pastor. Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), American clergyman. Paul Rabaut (1718–1794), pastor. Jacques...
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    Church went to Nova Scotia. The new rector (1784) of Trinity Church was Samuel Provoost, the first Episcopal Bishop of New York (1787). On 11 August 1787,...
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    married to Maria Provoost (1770–1837), the daughter of Rt. Rev. Dr. Samuel Provoost, 1st Bishop of New York and Maria Bousefield Provoost. Together, they...
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    into the newly independent U.S. Episcopal Church by bishops Samuel Seabury and Samuel Provoost, resulting in it becoming the first Unitarian church in the...
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    (term used in lieu of "archbishop") and first Bishop of Pennsylvania. Samuel Provoost, third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church and first Bishop of...
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    Church in 1786. This application was rejected by Bishops Samuel Seabury and Samuel Provoost after Freeman refused to assent to the Episcopalians' own...
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  • Jake Dobkin (1998), co-founder and publisher of Gothamist franchise Samuel Provoost (1758), third Presiding Bishop of the American Episcopal Church John...
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