Joseph Lyman (1749-1828)

Biography
The Huntington family in America says:
 * He was graduated at Yale, in 1767, with high honor. After a tutorship there, he was ordained March 4, 1772, pastor of the Congregational church in Hatfield, Mass., where, for over a half century he served the church and society with great ability, and wielded a marked influence among the ministry and churches of Western Massachusetts. He used to ascribe much of his pastoral success to his wife, whose ruling aim seemed to be to promote his usefulness. He was really one of the most commanding men in the ministry in his day; and in nothing of a worldly nature did he show more power over his contemporaries than in giving shape to pulpit influence during our revolutionary struggle.

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