A Congregational minister, author, and religious leader in Hartford, Ct, who was the founding secretary of the Connecticut Missionary Society, helped manage the Connecticut Bible Society., and edited the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine.
| When Burke met | 1812 |
| Where Burke met | Hartford, CT |
| Occupation | Clergy |
| Interaction with Burke | Gave Burke materials to distribute |
| Identity Status | Confirmed |
| Genealogy | WikiTree |
| Memoir Pages | 86 |
Notes
Abel Flint (born 1765 or 1766 in Windham, Connecticut; died March 7, 1825, in Hartford, Connecticut) was a Congregational minister, author, and religious leader. The son of James Flint, he graduated from Yale in 1785 and served as a tutor at Brown University from 1786 to 1790. He married Amelia (also recorded as Amanda) Bissell in 1791, the same year he was ordained pastor of the Second (or South) Congregational Church in Hartford. He ministered there until a period of declining health prompted his dismissal in 1824. Flint held prominent institutional roles, serving as the founding secretary of the Connecticut Missionary Society (1798–1822) and helping manage the Connecticut Bible Society. He was an editor for the Connecticut Evangelical Magazine and, in addition to publishing numerous sermons, authored a widely used Treatise on Surveying (1804). Flint received an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Union College in 1818.
Sources
Burke, William. Memoir of William Burke: A Soldier of the Revolution, Reformed from Intemperance, and for Many Years a Consistent and Devoted Christian; Carefully Prepared from a Journal Kept by Himself; to Which Is Added, an Extract from a Sermon Preached at His Funeral, by Rev. Nathaniel Miner. Hartford, CT: Case, Tiffany, 1837.