Rev. Daniel Haskell

1784 - 1848  (64 years)

• Name	Daniel Haskell  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Rev.
  Birth	Jun 1784	Preston, New London, Connecticut   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Aug 1848	Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [3]
  Burial	10 Aug 1848	Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York   [4]
  Person ID	I3554	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Roger Haskell,   b. 8 Nov 1736, Norwich, New London, Connecticut d. 14 Aug 1791, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 54 years)
  Mother	Anna Mix
  Family ID	F2936	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Leavitt,   b. 1 Apr 1786, Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut d. 11 Dec 1875, Brooklyn, Kings, New York (Age 89 years)
  Alt. Marriage	17 Oct 1810	Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut   [3]
  Alt. Marriage	17 Oct 1810	..., Litchfield, Connecticut   [2]
  Marriage	Abt 24 Nov 1810	Bethlehem, Litchfield, Connecticut   [3]
  Children	1. Elizabeth Leavitt Haskell,   b. 2 Aug 1811, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont d. 10 Mar 1874, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut (Age 62 years)   2. Mary Ann Haskell,   b. 31 Dec 1813   d. 21 Sep 1814 (Age 0 years)   3. Henry Haskell,   b. Mar 1816   d. 2 Aug 1821 (Age 5 years)   4. David Leavitt Haskell,   b. 20 Aug 1818, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont d. 4 Feb 1897, Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey (Age 78 years)   5. Cornelia Haskell,   b. Feb 1821   d. 7 Apr 1823 (Age 2 years)   6. Cornelia Leavitt Haskell,   b. 11 Mar 1824, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont d. 29 Mar 1876 (Age 52 years)   7. Henry Leavitt Haskell,   b. 11 Mar 1824, Burlington, Chittenden, Vermont d. 4 Aug 1886, ..., Richmond, New York (Age 62 years)
  Family ID	F2938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jun 2017

  
  

• Notes

  HASKELL, Daniel, clergyman, born in Preston, Connecticut, in 1784; died in Brooklyn, New York, 9 August, 1848. His early life was spent in laboring on his father's farm. He was graduated at Yale in 1802, taught in a public school in Norwich, and had for one of his scholars Lydia Huntley, afterward Mrs. Sigourney. He was assistant teacher in Bacon academy, Colchester, in 1806-'7, then studied theology, and was licensed to preach by the Litchfield association of ministers. He was successively pastor at Middletown, Litchfield, St. Albans, and Burlington, Vermont, holding the latter charge from 1810 till 1821, when he was appointed president of the University of Vermont. This post he held till he resigned in 1824. For several years he suffered from mental disorder and was separated from his family, but subsequently joined them in Brooklyn, where he devoted himself to literary work. The degree of LL. D. was given him by Olivet college, Michigan He published an ordination sermon (1814); a "Gazetteer of the United States," with J. Calvin Smith (New York, 1843); "Chronological View of the World" (1845); and edited McCulloch's "Geographical Dictionary" (New York, 1843-'4). Reference Virtual American Biographies, Appleton's Encyclopedia

  
  

• Sources

  [S27353] Genealogy of Roger Haskell of Salem, Massachusetts to November 1925, (Compiled by George L. Randall for the Haskell Family Association. 1926.). [S42966] RootsWeb.com, Palfenier Connections (Otto Palfenier). [S27360] Genealogy of the descendants of Roger Haskell and Elizabeth Hardy, (compiled by Marion S. Anderson for the Haskell Family Association). [S48113] Cemetery index, Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, (Find-a-Grave).