Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Burrell, Samuel an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Edmonton, Middlesex, Aug. 7, 1820. He was converted at the age of seventeen; spent three years at the Richmond Theological Institution; was sent in 1846 to Jamaica; labored there for fourteen years;’ returned to England and proved himself, in several home circuits, a faithful minister. -He … Continue reading “Burrell, Samuel”

Burrell, John Ilgen a Lutheran minister, was born in Centre County, Pa. (near Bellefonte), Feb. 5, 1829. He entered the preparatory department Pennsylvania College in 1849, and graduated in 1855. For two years he was principal of an academy in Aaronsburg, and then was appointed superintendent of schools for Centre County until 1860. For a … Continue reading “Burrell, John Ilgen”

Burr, Jonathan Kelsey, D.D a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Middletown, Conn., Sept. 21, 1825. He was converted when but thirteen years old, and in 1845 graduated from Wesleyan University at. Middletown. After his graduation, he taught for a time in the Adelphian Academy, Mass., and in 1846 became a student in Union Theological … Continue reading “Burr, Jonathan Kelsey, D.D”

Burr, Jonathan a Congregational minister, born in Redgrave, Suffolk Co., England. He preached in Reckingshal, Suffolk Co., until silenced for non-conformity, and in 1639 he came to New England. In Feb. 1640, he became associate pastor of the church in Dorchester, and died Aug. 9, 1641. Sprague, Annals, 1, 123. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Burr, Jonathan (2)”

Burr, Isaac a Congregational minister, was born in 1698. He graduated at Yale College in 1717; was ordained minister of the Church in Worcester, Mass., Oct. 13, 1725; was dismissed by an ecclesiastical council in November, 1744; then removed to Windsor, Vt.; and died in 1751. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer; Pulpit, i, 424. … Continue reading “Burr, Isaac”

Burr, Erastus Hamilton a Baptist minister, was born at Preble, N. Y., Feb. 9.1820, and was a graduate from Madison University in 1849. He pursued his theological studies at the Rochester Seminary, where he graduated in 1851. His ordination took place at Massillon, O., Jan. 7, 1852, where he was pastor in 1851 and 1852. … Continue reading “Burr, Erastus Hamilton”

Burr, Bradley L a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born at. Liberty, N. Y., Dec. 30,1817. He was considered an upright, moral youth in early life; experienced conversion in 1839; immediately began exercising his gifts in prayer and exhortation; but meeting discouragements, his zeal abated and he became a backslider. In 1840 he was reclaimed, and … Continue reading “Burr, Bradley L”

Burr, Aaron a distinguished Presbyterian divine, and father of the Vice-president of the same name, was born in Fairfield, Conn., Jan. 4, 1716, graduated at Yale College in 1735, and received license to preach in the following year. Having labored eleven years in Hanover and Newark, he became president of the College of New Jersey … Continue reading “Burr, Aaron (2)”

Burpo, Thomas a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church South, was born in North Carolina, Sept. 7, 1804. He was converted in 1820; and in 1823 entered the Tennessee Conference, and was transferred to the Mississippi Conference. After filling various appointments with success his health failed, and in 1837 he located. In 1847 he was … Continue reading “Burpo, Thomas”

Burpee, Richard a Baptist minister, was born in York County, N. B. He was for a short time pastor at St. Andrew’s; graduated at Acadia College in 1844, and in 1845 went out to Burmah under the auspices of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. His health soon became so … Continue reading “Burpee, Richard”