Robert Woodruff Condit (1795 - 1871)

Born 17 Sep 1795 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Harriet (Whittlesey) Condit — married 20 Dec 1820 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Feb 1871 at age 75 in Oswego, New York, United States

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Biography

The Rev. Dr. Robert W. Condit was born at Stillwater, N. Y., September 17, 1795, and graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). Licensed to preach the gospel in 1818, he spent a year in travel through Virginia and other parts of the South, preaching as opportunity offered. Returning north, he was settled at Montgomery, Orange County, N. Y., from December 13, 1820, to April, 1830. He then spent a year principally in recuperating his strength, after which, in April 1831 he undertook the care of the First Presbyterian Church, Oswego, N. Y., and kept it for nearly forty years, until his death, February 11, 1871. He sat on the Board of Trustees of Hamilton College and Auburn Theological Seminary and was a corporate member of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions. ^[1]

Robert Woodruff Condit graduated from the College of New Jersey (now know as Princeton University) in 1814. He was elected tutor there in 1816, and received his A.M. in 1817. ^[2]

Burial

Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA.  ^[3]

Rev. Robert Woodruff Condit (17 Sep 1795–12 Feb 1871)

- Find A Grave: Memorial #141453546

Harriet Whittlesey Condit (12 May 1794–21 Oct 1859), (spouse)

- Find A Grave: Memorial #141453454

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.phcmontreat.org/bios/Bios-C.htm
2. ↑ General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746-1906 (Princeton, New Jersey, 1908) page 125.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141453546/robert-woodruff-condit: accessed 16 October 2022), memorial page for Rev Robert Woodruff Condit (17 Sep 1795–12 Feb 1871), Find A Grave: Memorial #141453546, citing Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, Oswego County, New York, USA.

• Genealogy of the Whittelsey - Whittlesey Family, 1898, page 139. https://ia801601.us.archive.org/31/items/genealogyofwhitte00whit/genealogyofwhitte00whit.pdf.
• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Danbury, Page 121.
• "Genealogical Record of the Condit Family 1678 to 1885", (Ward & Tichenor, Newark, New Jersey, 1885), page 55.