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Line 1: − {{Infobox Bishop+ − | honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend − | name = Samuel Provoost − | honorific-suffix = D.D. − | title = [[List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|3rd Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church]] − | image = [[Samuel Provoost]] || [[File:Samuel Provoost-Bishop Episcopal Church USA.jpg|50px]] − | caption = Samuel Provoost − | church = [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] − | diocese = − | see = − | term = 1792-1795 − | predecessor = [[Samuel Seabury (bishop)|Samuel Seabury]] − | successor = [[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]] − | ordination = March 25, 1766 − | ordained_by = [[Edmund Keene]] − | consecration = February 4, 1787 − | consecrated_by = [[John Moore (archbishop of Canterbury)|John Moore]] − | other_post = [[Episcopal Diocese of New York|Bishop of New York]] <small>''(1787-1815)''</small> − | birth_name = − | birth_date = March 11, 1742 − | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[Province of New York]], [[Kingdom of Great Britain]] − | death_date = {{Death date and age|1815|09|06|1742|03|11}} − | death_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]] − | buried = [[Trinity Church Cemetery]] − | nationality = [[Americans|American]] − | religion = [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] − | residence = − | parents = John Provoost & Eva Rutgers − | spouse = {{marriage|Maria Bousfield|June 8, 1766}} − | children = − | occupation = − | profession = − | alma_mater = − | signature = Signature of Bishop Samuel Provoost.png − }} − − ==Early life==+ − Samuel Provoost was born in New York City, New York to John Provoost and Eva Rutgers in 26 Feb. 1742. He was baptized in 28 Feb. 1742 (The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902). He was a descendant of William Provoost, who was of a Huguenot family (some of the early settlers in Quebec). His paternal grandmother was [[Mary Alexander|Mary (née Spratt) Alexander]] (1693–1760). − Samuel was educated at [[Columbia University|King's College]], which is now known as Columbia University. Provoost graduated from King's College in 1758. In 1761 he arrived in England and continued his studies at [[Peterhouse, Cambridge|St. Peter's College, Cambridge]].<ref>Sprague, William B., [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/sprovoost/annals1859.html "Rt Rev. Samuel Provoost"] "Project Canterbury" 2008</ref> Samuel was fluent in Hebrew, Greek and Latin, and while he was at the College he learned French and Italian gaining the distinction as a linguist.<ref>{{acad|id=PRVT761S|name=Provost (or Provoost), Samuel}}</ref> Samuel Provoost also matriculated at the University of [[Leiden]], July 28, 1764.<ref>Album Studiosorum Academiae Lugduno Batavae MDLXXV-MDCCCLXXV, kol. 1082.</ref><ref>Index to English speaking students who have graduated at Leyden university / by Edward Peacock, F.S.A. - London : For the Index society, by Longmans, Green & co. 1883, p. 80, 1082.</ref>+ − ==Career==+ − In 1766, Provoost was ordained a deacon at the [[Chapel Royal]] of [[St James's Palace]] in Westminster. In September 1766, Provoost sailed to New York with his wife and in December he became an assistant minister of Trinity parish, a post he retained until 1774 when he withdrew. He declined to serve as delegate to the [[First Continental Congress|Continental Congress]], though his patriotic impulses led him to join his neighbors in their pursuit of the British after the burning of the town of [[Kingston, New York|Esopus]]. He did not resume the active ministry until the close of the war.<ref>Wilson, James G., [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/sprovoost/wilson1886.html "A Sketch of the First Bishop of New York"] "Project Canterbury" 2008</ref> − − In 1784, he became [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]] of [[Trinity Church, New York]] and, in 1785, chaplain of the [[Congress of the Confederation|Continental Congress]]. Provoost was elected first Bishop of New York at the [[Diocesan Synod|Diocesan Convention]] in 1786.<ref>Chorley, E. C., [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/sprovoost/chorley1933.html "Samuel Provoost: First Bishop of New York"] "Project Canterbury" 2010</ref> A short while later, he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity from the [[University of Pennsylvania]]. In 1787, Provoost was consecrated with Dr. William White at Lambeth Place by Dr. John Moore. Provoost was elected [[Chaplain of the United States Senate|Chaplain to the Senate]] in 1789. Due to health issues, he resigned the rectorship of Trinity in 1800. The following year, Provoost sought to relinquish his episcopal office, but the [[House of Bishops]] declined his resignation, instead appointing an Assistant Bishop. Provoost retired in 1801.<ref name="britannica"/><ref name="Ryder1886">{{cite journal|last1=Ryder|first1=George T.|title=The First Bishop of New York|journal=The Churchman|date=August 21, 1886|pages=201–202|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a2kgAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&lpg=PA201|accessdate=21 June 2017|publisher=Churchman Company|language=en}}</ref> − − ==Personal life== − On June 8, 1766, he married Maria Bousfield (d. 1799)<ref name="Ryder1886"/> who was the daughter of Thomas Bousfield, a rich Irish banker and the sister of Benjamin Bousfield,<ref name="britannica">[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Samuel-Provoost "Samuel Provoost; American Clergyman"] "Encyclopædia Britannica"</ref> a [[Sheriff of Cork City]]. Their children were:<ref name="Greene1880">{{cite book|last1=Greene|first1=Richard Henry|last2=Stiles|first2=Henry Reed|last3=Dwight|first3=Melatiah Everett|last4=Morrison|first4=George Austin|last5=Mott|first5=Hopper Striker|last6=Totten|first6=John Reynolds|last7=Pitman|first7=Harold Minot|last8=Ditmas|first8=Charles Andrew|last9=Forest|first9=Louis Effingham De|last10=Maynard|first10=Arthur S.|last11=Mann|first11=Conklin|title=The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record|date=1880|publisher=New York Genealogical and Biographical Society|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=05gyAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA176&lpg=RA1-PA176|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Valentine's1916">{{cite book|title=Valentine's Manual of Old New York|date=1916|publisher=Valentine's manual, Incorporated|page=228|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BTNDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> − − * Maria Provoost (1770–1837), who married [[Cadwallader D. Colden]] (1769–1834)<ref name="Greene1880"/> in 1793.<ref name="Whittelsey1902"/><ref name="Adams2014">{{cite book|last1=Adams|first1=Louisa Catherine|title=A Traveled First Lady|date=2014|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|isbn=9780674369276|page=305|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GGfnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA305&lpg=PA305|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> − * Benjamin Bousfield Provoost (1776–1841), who married Nellie French (d. 1863) in 1803,<ref name="Whittelsey1902"/> and had 8 children.<ref name="Greene1880"/> − * John Provoost (d. 1800), who died young.<ref name="Greene1880"/> − * Susanna Elizabeth Provoost, who married George Rapalje (1771–1885) in 1798. and later Dr. Julian Xavier Charbet (1792–1859).<ref name="Greene1880"/><ref name="Whittelsey1902">{{cite book|last1=Whittelsey|first1=Charles Barney|title=The Roosevelt Genealogy, 1649-1902|date=1902|publisher=Press of J.B. Burr & Company|url=https://archive.org/details/rooseveltgenealo00whit|page=[https://archive.org/details/rooseveltgenealo00whit/page/33 33]|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Fisher2015">{{cite book|last1=Fisher|first1=James|title=Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Beginnings|date=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810878334|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_6dCAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99&lpg=PA99|accessdate=21 June 2017|language=en}}</ref> − − His wife died in August 1799.<ref name="Ryder1886"/> Bishop Provoost died in 1815 due to a stroke.<ref name="britannica"/> − − ==Consecrators== − * [[John Moore (Archbishop)|John Moore]], 88th [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] − * [[William Markham (bishop)|William Markham]], 77th [[Archbishop of York]] − * [[Charles Moss (bishop of Bath and Wells)|Charles Moss]], [[Bishop of Bath and Wells]] − − − ==See also== − * [[List of presiding bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] − * [[List of Episcopal bishops of the United States]] − * [[List of bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Historical list of the Episcopal bishops of the United States]] − − ==References== − ;Notes − {{reflist|30em}} − − ;Sources − * [[William Stevens Perry|W. S. Perry]], ''The History of the American Episcopal Church, 1587-1883'' (Boston, 1885) − * ''The Centennial History of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of New York, 1785-1885'', edited by [[James Grant Wilson|J. G. Wilson]], (New York, 1886) − − ==External links== − * [http://anglicanhistory.org/usa/sprovoost/ Historical Documents about Provoost] from [[Project Canterbury]] − *[https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Senate_Chaplain.htm U.S. Senate Chaplains] − *[https://www.trinitywallstreet.org/about/history/guide-to-archives/rectors-office#provoost Samuel Provoost records at Trinity Wall Street Archives] − {{S-start}}+ − {{S-rel|ep}} − {{succession box|title=[[Episcopal Diocese of New York|1st Bishop of New York]]|before=(none)|after=[[Benjamin Moore (bishop)|Benjamin Moore]]|years=1787–1815}} − {{succession box|title=[[List of Presiding Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America|3rd Presiding Bishop]]|before=[[Samuel Seabury (1729–1796)|Samuel Seabury]]|after=[[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]]|years=September 13, 1792 – September 8, 1795}} − {{succession box|title=[[United States Senate Chaplain|1st US Senate Chaplain]]|before=(none)|after=[[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]]|years=April 25, 1789 – December 9, 1790}} − {{S-end}} − {{Presiding Bishops in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America}} − {{Authority control}} − − {{DEFAULTSORT:Provoost, Samuel}} − [[Category:1742 births]] − [[Category:1815 deaths]] − [[Category:American people of Dutch descent]] − [[Category:American people of Scottish descent]] − [[Category:Religious leaders from New York City]] − [[Category:Chaplains of the United States Senate]] − [[Category:Episcopal bishops of New York]] − [[Category:Presiding Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] − [[Category:Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America]] − [[Category:18th-century Anglican bishops]] − [[Category:18th-century American Episcopalians]] − [[Category:British North American Anglicans]] − [[Category:Huguenot participants in the American Revolution]] − [[Category:Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge]] − [[Category:Leiden University alumni]] − [[Category:Burials at Trinity Church Cemetery]] −
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'''Samuel Provoost''' (1742-1815) was the first [[Episcopal]] [[bishop]] of New York and a graduate of King's College, now [[Columbia University]]. He was ordained in 1766 after studying in Cambridge.
'''Samuel Provoost''' (March 11, 1742 - September 6, 1815) was an American Clergyman. He was the first [[Bishop]] of the [[Episcopal Diocese of New York]], as well as the third (possibly the second{{clarify|date=June 2019|reason=second bishop or second Presiding Bishop?}}) [[Presiding Bishop]] of the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church, USA]]. He was consecrated as bishop of New York in 1787 with Bishop [[William White (Bishop of Pennsylvania)|William White]].<ref name="britannica"/> He was the first Episcopal Bishop of Dutch and Huguenot ancestry.
He became assistant minister of the renowned Trinity parish in New York City, but was forced to resign in 1771 due to his sympathy with the Patriots against the British. He returned as Trinity's rector in 1784, became bishop of New York in 1786 and was consecrated in England in 1787.
In 1785, Provoost served as [[chaplain]] to the [[Continental Congress]]. In 1789, he served as the first chaplain of the [[U.S. Senate]].
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Samuel Provoost was the [[Succession of Bishops of the Episcopal Church in the United States|3rd]] [[bishop]] consecrated for the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church of the United States]].
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[[Category:People of colonial New York]]