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Abraham Pierson (1646 – March 5, 1707) was an American Congregational minister who served as the first rector, from 1701 to 1707, and one of the founders of the Collegiate School — which later became Yale University.
Abraham Pierson, the elder (1611–1678) was an English Nonconformist clergyman, known as a Congregational minister in New England. He reportedly came to the American colonies in 1639 to escape persecution for his Puritan views.
When Abraham Pierson Sr was born before 21 September 1611, in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, his father, Abraham Pearson, was 31 and his mother, Christiana Johnston, was 27. He married Abigail Mitchell in 1641, in Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America.
22 de jun. de 2023 · Rev. Abraham PIERSON was born about 1609 in Yorkshire, England and was christened on 23 Sep 1609 in Branford, Yorkshire, England. He died on 9 Aug 1678 in Newark, New Jersey and was buried in 1678 in Newark Burying Ground, Newark, NJ.
Abraham Pierson (1646 - 5 de marzo de 1707) fue un ministro congregacional estadounidense que se desempeñó como primer rector, de 1701 a 1707, y uno de los fundadores de la Escuela Colegiada, que luego se convirtió en Universidad de Yale.
Abraham Pierson was appointed by Yale's original trustees as the first rector (or president) of Yale college, from 1701-1707. He served concurrently as the minister of the Killingworth (now Clinton) Congregational church, where Yale college was based during his tenure.
One of its ten founding ministers, Abraham Pierson, became its first Rector, the administrative and ecclesiastical head of the college. After Pierson, four more ministers served as rectors of the collegiate school, until 1745 when Yale College was chartered by the Colony of Connecticut and Thomas Clap's title was changed to president.
