Otis, Nathaniel (1753-1837)

Farmer and church leader in Montville, Connecticut.


When Burke met1780
Where Burke metMontville, CT
OccupationAgriculture
Interaction with BurkeLocal deacon who counseled Burke
Identity StatusConfirmed
GenealogyWikitree
Memoir Pages26, 32, 36, 42-4

Notes

Nathaniel Otis (March 26, 1742 – March 1832 or March 7, 1834) was a farmer and church leader born in Montville, Connecticut, to Joseph Otis and Elizabeth Little. Around 1764, he married Amy Gardner, with whom he had multiple children, and the couple settled on a farm west of Gardner Lake in Montville’s New Salem Society. A dedicated figure in the local religious community, Otis was chosen as a deacon of the Montville Congregational Church in 1770, a position he held for the remainder of his life


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.

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