Benjamin Moore (October 5, 1748 - February 27, 1816) is the 2nd Episcopal bishop of New York. He is now especially remembered for having given Holy Communion to Alexander Hamilton on his deathbed.
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Early life and family
Moore was born in Newtown, New York, in 1748, the son of Samuel Moore and Sarah (Fish) Moore. He is the great-grandson of John Moore, the first Independent minister to be allowed in New England. He studied at King's College (now Columbia University), graduating in 1768 with the title AB. Moore returned to King's College for a master's degree in 1771. He went to England and was ordained a deacon at the Anglican Church by Bishop Richard Terrick at Fulham Palace on 24 June 1774. He advanced to the priesthood the next day.
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Ministry
On his return to America in 1775, Moore was made an assistant rector at Trinity Church in New York City, located in lower Manhattan, the area developed in the city at the time. In 1779, he married Charity Clarke, the daughter of British official Major Thomas Clarke, who remained in the colony after his ministry in the French and Indian Wars, in which England defeated France. Clarke has a large country estate known as Chelsea, named after the Royal Chelsea Hospital, a retirement home for soldiers in London, England. The plantation is located in what is now Chelsea, Manhattan. The Moores has one child together, Clement Clarke Moore.
While at Trinity Church, Moore was awarded a doctorate of sacred theology from Columbia College in 1789, after the American Revolutionary War. At that time, some Loyalists associated with college had left for Canada.
Moore continued to be officially neutral on the political questions surrounding the Revolution. He resumed his role as assistant rector under Samuel Provoost until 1800. When Provoost resigned, Moore was elected rector. The United States Episcopal Church (ECUSA) became independent of the Anglican Church after the war, setting up its own diocesan organization.
Bishop New York
Moore was elected coadjutor of the New York bishop in 1801 to assist Provoost, who wanted to retire. The New York Diocese covers the entire state and the population is rapidly rising in the north, with many migrants from New England. This area has been opened to settlements and development as agricultural land after the war because of the cession by the Iroquois League, the British ally, of nearly five million hectares of land.
Moore is the 9th bishop of ECUSA, and is ordained at St. Michael, Trenton, New Jersey by Bishop William White, Thomas John Claggett, and Abraham Jarvis. In the same year, Moore was elected President of Columbia College, a position he held for ten years.
In 1811, Moore suffered a stroke and asked for additional coajutor bishop elections to help him, and John Henry Hobart was elected bishop that year. In 1815, Bishop of Provoost died, and Moore succeeded in becoming the second bishop in New York. He died the following year in Greenwich Village, New York and was buried in Trinity Church.
The last alliance for Hamilton
On July 11, 1804, Moore was summoned to the deathbed of Alexander Hamilton, who was severely wounded in a duel with Aaron Burr; Hamilton was asked to receive Holy Communion. Moore makes two objections: that to participate in a duel is a grave sin, and that Hamilton, though he is undoubtedly a sincere Christian in his later years, is not an Episcopalian. Moore resigns, but is reassured by an urgent request of Hamilton's friends to return. On receiving Hamilton's serious assurance that he was converting for his part in a duel, Moore gave him a Communion.
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References
- Batterson, Hermon Griswold (1878). Episcopate American Sketchbook . Philadelphia: J. B. Lippencott & amp; Co . Retrieved 2010-09-27 .
- Brown, John Howard, ed. (1903). Lamb Biography Dictionary from the United States . 5 . Boston: Boston Federal Book Company . Retrieved 2010-09-27 .
- Perry, William Stevens (1895). Episcopate in America . New York: The Christian Literature Company . Retrieved 2010-09-27 .
External links
- Documents by and about Moore
- Report of President of Columbia University 2000
- Benjamin Moore noted in Trinity Wall Street Archives
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