Lucius Bolles
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Lucius Bolles, D.D., S.T.D. (September 25, 1779 – January 5, 1844), sixth child of Rev. David Bolles, was born at Ashford, Connecticut. He was an 1801 graduate of Brown University
and a student of theology three years with Dr. Samuel Stillman
, of Boston, Massachusetts. He served more than 22 years as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Salem, Massachusetts
, and Corresponding Secretary of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions fourteen years. He was one of the founders of Newton Theological Institution.
When American foreign missionary Adoniram Judson
arrived in Burma after a change of views concerning baptism while aboard ship from the United States, he wrote to the Baptist church in Salem seeking financial support from Baptists and Bolles organized a fundraising effort for him.
He married his cousin Lydia, daughter of Deacon John Bolles of Hartford, Connecticut, on September 8, 1805, and had four children: (1) Lucius Stillman Bolles, pastor of the Baptist Church at Lynn, Massachusetts; (2) John E. Bolles; (3) William C. Bolles; and (4) Lydia A. Bolles. He died in Boston in 1844.
Brown University
Brown University is a private, Ivy League university located in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ,...
and a student of theology three years with Dr. Samuel Stillman
Samuel Stillman
Dr. Samuel Stillman was an American Baptist minister. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in South Carolina, he married Hannah Morgan and took a pastorate in South Carolina for several years....
, of Boston, Massachusetts. He served more than 22 years as pastor of the First Baptist Church of Salem, Massachusetts
Salem, Massachusetts
Salem is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,407 at the 2000 census. It and Lawrence are the county seats of Essex County...
, and Corresponding Secretary of the Baptist Board of Foreign Missions fourteen years. He was one of the founders of Newton Theological Institution.
When American foreign missionary Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson
Adoniram Judson, Jr. was an American Baptist missionary, who served in Burma for almost forty years. At the age of 25, Adoniram Judson became the first Protestant missionary sent from North America to preach in Burma...
arrived in Burma after a change of views concerning baptism while aboard ship from the United States, he wrote to the Baptist church in Salem seeking financial support from Baptists and Bolles organized a fundraising effort for him.
He married his cousin Lydia, daughter of Deacon John Bolles of Hartford, Connecticut, on September 8, 1805, and had four children: (1) Lucius Stillman Bolles, pastor of the Baptist Church at Lynn, Massachusetts; (2) John E. Bolles; (3) William C. Bolles; and (4) Lydia A. Bolles. He died in Boston in 1844.
Publications
- Sermon at the Dedication of the First Baptist Meeting-house, Salem [Massachusetts], January 1, 1806 (Boston, 1806)
- Discourse before the Members of the Salem Female Charitable Society, September 27, 1810 (Salem, 1810)
- Sermon at Newburyport December 9, 1818, at the Ordination of the Rev. Hosea Wheeler [over] the Baptist Church (Newburyport, 1819)