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”’Chauncey Lee”’ (November 9, 1763 – December 5, 1842) was an American [[Congregationalism|Congregationalist]] preacher who served as pastor in churches across [[New England]] and [[New York (state)|New York]] for nearly 50 years. A writer on religious and secular subjects, his 1797 book on [[arithmetic]] is one of the (dubiously) proposed origins for the [[dollar sign]] ($). |
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Chauncey Lee was born in [[Salisbury, Connecticut|Salisbury,]] [[Litchfield County, Connecticut|Litchfield County,]] [[Connecticut]], on November 9, 1763.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sprague |first=William Buell |author-link=William Buell Sprague |url=https://books.google.li/books?id=nsTYAAAAMAAJ |title=Annals of the Pulpit: Trinitarian Congregational |publisher=Robert Carter & Brothers |year=1859 |volume=2 |location=New York |pages=288–291 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Herringshaw |first=Thomas William |author-link=Thomas William Herringshaw |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Herringshaw%27s_National_Library_of_American_Biography_-_volume_3.pdf/517 |title=Herringshaw’s National Library of American Biography |publisher=[[American Publishers Association]] |year=1909 |volume=3 |location=Chicago |pages=517 |language=en}}</ref> He was the ninth child fathered by Jonathan Lee of [[Coventry]], but the first by Jonathan’s second wife, the also-widowed Love Graham Brinckerhoff.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lee |first=Sarah Marsh |url=https://archive.org/details/johnleeoffarming00lees/page/n5/mode/2up?q=hof |title=John Lee, of Farmington, Hartford County, Conn. and His Descendants |publisher=The Bulletin Company |year=1878 |location=Norwich, Connecticut |pages=8–9; 119–120 |language=en}}</ref> Jonathan founded and was the first minister of the church at Salisbury, for which he was suspended by the [[Established Congregationalism in New England|established Congregationalist church]] because he was a [[Old and New Lights|New Light]] who supported the [[Cambridge Platform]] to the [[Saybrook Platform]] of government that demanded [[ordination]] be performed by the county ecclesiastical council, or Consociation. Love’s father was John Graham of [[Edinburgh]], who was contrastingly an austere Congregationalist preacher in [[Southbury, Connecticut|Southbury]], registrar of the Litchfield County Consociation and pamphleteer. Incidentally, both Graham and Lee served as chaplains for the colonial troops during the expeditions against [[Crown Point, New York|Crown Point]] in the [[French and Indian War]]. |
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Jonathan graduated from [[Yale College]] in 1742 and personally prepared Chauncey for the same. He matriculated in 1780 as Yale was moving from a strictly seminarian to a general institute and graduated four years later. Afterwards, Lee began [[reading law]] under John Canfield, a [[Patriot (American Revolution)|Patriot]], deacon and the first lawyer of [[New Milford, Connecticut]]. Lee’s fellow student was [[John Cotton Smith]], the 23rd Governor of Connecticut. Lee was [[Bar examination in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and began operating a private practice in Salisbury. |
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Almost immediately, Lee came to dislike law, and, with the encouragement of his close family friend, the Rev. Daniel Farrand, he gave up his practice to study theology under the moderate [[New England theology#New Divinity|New Divine]] [[Samuel Hopkins (theologian)|Hopkinsian]] minister Stephen West, of [[Stockbridge, Massachusetts]]. On June 3, 1789 Lee was licensed to preach by the [[ministerial association]] of Litchfield County and filled for a time ”ad interim” in Salisbury the vacancy left after his father’s death on October 8, 1788. He served there ably and there was a movement to install Lee in the position permanently but he was apparently personally ambivalent. For the remainder of his life, he would move across the northeastern states. |
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Lee married thrice: first, Abigail Stanton, daughter of Joshua Stanton of [[Burlington, Vermont]], a [[Captain (United States O-3)|Captain]] during the [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]]. Together they had Abigail Eliza, Theodore Stanton and Chauncey Graham (b. 1795), the lattermost of whom was a pastor in Connecticut. Abigail Stanton died in 1805, and Lee remarried to the widow Olive Spencer of [[Amenia (town), New York|Amenia, New York]], whose brother-in-law was [[New York Supreme Court|New York]] Chief Justice [[Ambrose Spencer]]. Together they had Juliet Love (b. 1808), Frederick Albert (b. 1810) and Oliver Harrison (b. 1814). Olive died in January 1818 and Lee married a final time in the autumn to Rebecca Green of [[New London, Connecticut|New London]], who also predeceased him. Together they had no children. |
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Latest revision as of 21:40, 30 September 2025
American clergyman and author (1763–1842)
Chauncey Lee (November 9, 1763 – December 5, 1842) was an American Congregationalist preacher who served as pastor in churches across New England and New York for nearly 50 years. A writer on religious and secular subjects, his 1797 book on arithmetic is one of the (dubiously) proposed origins for the dollar sign ($).
Early life, education and legal career
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Chauncey Lee was born in Salisbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, on November 9, 1763.[1][2] He was the ninth child fathered by Jonathan Lee of Coventry, but the first by Jonathan’s second wife, the also-widowed Love Graham Brinckerhoff.[3] Jonathan founded and was the first minister of the church at Salisbury, for which he was suspended by the established Congregationalist church because he was a New Light who supported the Cambridge Platform to the Saybrook Platform of government that demanded ordination be performed by the county ecclesiastical council, or Consociation. Love’s father was John Graham of Edinburgh, who was contrastingly an austere Congregationalist preacher in Southbury, registrar of the Litchfield County Consociation and pamphleteer. Incidentally, both Graham and Lee served as chaplains for the colonial troops during the expeditions against Crown Point in the French and Indian War.
Jonathan graduated from Yale College in 1742 and personally prepared Chauncey for the same. He matriculated in 1780 as Yale was moving from a strictly seminarian to a general institute and graduated four years later. Afterwards, Lee began reading law under John Canfield, a Patriot, deacon and the first lawyer of New Milford, Connecticut. Lee’s fellow student was John Cotton Smith, the 23rd Governor of Connecticut. Lee was admitted to the bar and began operating a private practice in Salisbury.
Almost immediately, Lee came to dislike law, and, with the encouragement of his close family friend, the Rev. Daniel Farrand, he gave up his practice to study theology under the moderate New Divine Hopkinsian minister Stephen West, of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. On June 3, 1789 Lee was licensed to preach by the ministerial association of Litchfield County and filled for a time ad interim in Salisbury the vacancy left after his father’s death on October 8, 1788. He served there ably and there was a movement to install Lee in the position permanently but he was apparently personally ambivalent. For the remainder of his life, he would move across the northeastern states.
His first was to follow his father-in-law,
Marriages and children
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Lee married thrice: first, Abigail Stanton, daughter of Joshua Stanton of Burlington, Vermont, a Captain during the Revolutionary War. Together they had Abigail Eliza, Theodore Stanton and Chauncey Graham (b. 1795), the lattermost of whom was a pastor in Connecticut. Abigail Stanton died in 1805, and Lee remarried to the widow Olive Spencer of Amenia, New York, whose brother-in-law was New York Chief Justice Ambrose Spencer. Together they had Juliet Love (b. 1808), Frederick Albert (b. 1810) and Oliver Harrison (b. 1814). Olive died in January 1818 and Lee married a final time in the autumn to Rebecca Green of New London, who also predeceased him. Together they had no children.
