Lemuel Haynes (1753-1833)

As the first black in America to serve as pastor of a white congregation, Haynes ministered to Rutland‘s West Parish for thirty years starting in 1783.

The illegitimate child of a black and the daughter of a socially prominent white family in Hartford, Connecticut, the five-month-old baby Lemuel was abandoned by his parents and indentured to a white family in Massachusetts. Studying Latin, Greek and theology in his twenties, and was licensed to preach in 1780.

He fell in love with a young white woman in his Connecticut congregation; she proposed to him, and they were married in 1783, producing ten children.

Middlebury College gave Haynes an honorary degree (another unprecedented event) at its second commencement in 1804. He filled pulpits in BenningtonManchester, and Granville, New York, before his death at the age of eighty.

Vintage Scrapbook 1930s era Cats Subject incl Lemuel Thomas Prints #2809 picture

Vintage Scrapbook 1930s era Cats Subject incl Lemuel Thomas Prints #2809

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Fontanini LEMUEL Angel *Artist Signed* W/ Horn Nativity Village 1999 6½

Fontanini LEMUEL Angel *Artist Signed* W/ Horn Nativity Village 1999 6½" 65301

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Judge Lemuel Allan Wilmot House Stereoview Fredericton NB c1870 Y15131 picture

Judge Lemuel Allan Wilmot House Stereoview Fredericton NB c1870 Y15131

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Marine Corps Commander & General Lemuel C. Sheperd Jr. Autographed Photo (JSA) picture

Marine Corps Commander & General Lemuel C. Sheperd Jr. Autographed Photo (JSA)

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Rare Photo of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Lemuel Mathewson On Tank Armored picture

Rare Photo of U.S. Army Lieutenant General Lemuel Mathewson On Tank Armored

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1954 Press Photo Lemuel Shepherd Jr & Mrs. Cates award husband Clifton Cates, VA picture

1954 Press Photo Lemuel Shepherd Jr & Mrs. Cates award husband Clifton Cates, VA

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Fontanini 1999 Nativity Figurine Angel Lemuel Collectors Club Figure #65301 picture

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