Samuel Seabury
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Samuel Seabury was the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and the first Bishop of Connecticut. He was a leading Loyal
Portrait by Ralph Earl, c. 1785
Tablet marking Seabury's consecration at Marischal College, Aberdeen
The consecration of Seabury depicted in stained glass at All Saints Church, Jordanhill, Glasgow
Seabury is portrayed in the 2015 Broadway musical Hamilton and the 2020 film Hamilton by Thayne Jasperson.
William White was the first and fourth Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church of the United States, the first bishop of the Diocese of Pennsylvania, and the second United States Senate Chaplain. He
Samuel Seabury
…increase and multiply till time shall be no more." In 1790, Seabury also took charge of the Diocese of Rhode Island. In 1792, he joined with Bishops William White, Samuel Provoost, and James Madison who had all received English consecration, thus uniting the Scottish and the English apostolic successions. Seabury…
White in 1795 (oil on canvas)
Bishop William White House