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Solomon Stoddard (September 27, 1643, baptized October 1, 1643 – February 11, 1729) was the pastor of the First Church of Christ in Northampton, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He succeeded Rev. Eleazer Mather, and later married his widow around 1670.
Joseph Hawley III was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, a son of Joseph Hawley II (28 August 1682 - 1 June 1735) and Rebekah Stoddard (d. 1766), the daughter [2] of Solomon Stoddard (1643-1729). Stoddard, a minister who held the pulpit of Northampton's First Congregational Church for sixty years, was succeeded in his pulpit by his grandson ...
Northampton pastor Solomon Stoddard (1643–1729) attacked both the Half-Way practice and the more exclusive admission policy, writing that the doctrine of local church covenants "is wholly unscriptural, [it] is the reason that many among us are shut out of the church, to whom church privileges do belong."
The following year, he and several other church leaders extended a call to Solomon Stoddard, who formally accepted in 1672, and was ordained by John Strong. Stoddard served as pastor for many years, until his death in 1729, and was succeeded by his grandson, Jonathan Edwards , whose subsequent ministry in Northampton would play a major role in ...
Solomon Stoddard (1643–1729), American Congregational preacher Sophia D. Stoddard née Sarah D. Hazen (d. 1891), American educator, a principal of Mount Holyoke Thomas Benton Stoddard (1800–1876), first mayor of La Crosse, Wisconsin; Wisconsin State Assembly and namesake of Stoddard, Wisconsin
1601 – Louis XIII of France (d. 1643) 1627 – Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet, French bishop and theologian (d. 1704) 1643 – Solomon Stoddard, American pastor and librarian (d. 1729) 1657 – Sofia Alekseyevna of Russia (d. 1704) 1677 – Giovanni Carlo Maria Clari, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1754)
In a glimpse of what was to become the First Great Awakening (1740–1743), twenty-four year old Stephen Williams witnessed the ‘harvest of souls’ after observing his grandfather, the Rev. Solomon Stoddard, preaching about "the Lord’s Great Goodness." [16]
Joseph Parsons Jr. (1647–1729) was an early settler and prominent colonial leader in Northampton, Massachusetts. Parsons Jr. was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 1, 1647. His father, Cornet Joseph Parsons Sr., immigrated to America from England around 1635, and was one of the witnesses to the deed that transferred ownership of ...