S/o John Laurie and Jemima Kirk.
Married Ellen Amanda Ellis May 25, 1848 in Chelsea, MA.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission , Last Name: LAURIE
First Name: THOMAS
Relation: SP/O ELLEN A ELLIS;C/O JOHN & JEMIMA (KIRK)
Cemetery Number: PV003
Cemetery Name: SWAN POINT CEMETERY
Birth Day: 19
Birth Month: MAY
Birth Year: 1821
Death Day: 10
Death Month: OCT
Death Year: 1897
Gravestone Details: Section 388, Lot Map 7808
Notes born: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND; ; cause of death: Cystitis died: PROVIDENCE,RI
Transcribed By: RECORD.
The following contributed by David M Morin (47707736)
Rev. Dr. Thomas Laurie - Class of 1841.
Son of John Laurie and Jemima Kirk; born in Craigleith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, May 19, 1821; came to this country at the age of nine years with his parents, who settled at Jacksonville, Ill.; studied in the preparatory department of Illinois College, and graduated at that College, 1838; took the full course in this Seminary, 1838-41; licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson at Andover, April 13, 1841. He was ordained as a foreign missionary by the Presbytery of Illinois, at Jacksonville, 1ll., March 6, 1842, and after supplying for a few months the Eliot Church in Roxbury, Mass., entered the service of the American Board, laboring among the Mountain Nestorians until the death of Dr. Grant and the discontinuance of that mission in 1844, afterward in the Syrian Mission until 1846. Returning to the United States, he supplied the Winthrop Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1847; was pastor at South Hadley, Mass., 1848-51, and at West Roxbury, Mass., 1851-67; after a long trip to the Mediterranean and to his native land, supplied the church in Arlington, Mass. (during the absence of the pastor, Rev. D. R. Cady, Class of 1845), 1867-68, residing at Chelsea; supplied the High Street Church, Providence, R.I., 1868-69; was first pastor of the Pilgrim Church, Providence, 1869-85, and afterward pastor emeritus until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in 1865. He was corporate member of the American Board from 1875, an
Dr. Laurie was married, July 21, 1842, to Martha Fletcher Osgood, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of John Osgood and Patty Fletcher of Westford, Mass., a graduate of Ipswich Seminary, under Miss Grant and Miss Lyon. She died in Mosul, December 16, 1843. He married, second, May 25, 1848, Ellen Amanda Ellis, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of Francis Dana Ellis and Sally Fiske. She died March 2, 1896. Two married daughters survive him.
Dr. Laurie died of paralysis, at Providence, R.I., October 10, 1897, aged seventy-six years, four months, and twenty-one days.
Married Ellen Amanda Ellis May 25, 1848 in Chelsea, MA.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission , Last Name: LAURIE
First Name: THOMAS
Relation: SP/O ELLEN A ELLIS;C/O JOHN & JEMIMA (KIRK)
Cemetery Number: PV003
Cemetery Name: SWAN POINT CEMETERY
Birth Day: 19
Birth Month: MAY
Birth Year: 1821
Death Day: 10
Death Month: OCT
Death Year: 1897
Gravestone Details: Section 388, Lot Map 7808
Notes born: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND; ; cause of death: Cystitis died: PROVIDENCE,RI
Transcribed By: RECORD.
The following contributed by David M Morin (47707736)
Rev. Dr. Thomas Laurie - Class of 1841.
Son of John Laurie and Jemima Kirk; born in Craigleith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, May 19, 1821; came to this country at the age of nine years with his parents, who settled at Jacksonville, Ill.; studied in the preparatory department of Illinois College, and graduated at that College, 1838; took the full course in this Seminary, 1838-41; licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson at Andover, April 13, 1841. He was ordained as a foreign missionary by the Presbytery of Illinois, at Jacksonville, 1ll., March 6, 1842, and after supplying for a few months the Eliot Church in Roxbury, Mass., entered the service of the American Board, laboring among the Mountain Nestorians until the death of Dr. Grant and the discontinuance of that mission in 1844, afterward in the Syrian Mission until 1846. Returning to the United States, he supplied the Winthrop Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1847; was pastor at South Hadley, Mass., 1848-51, and at West Roxbury, Mass., 1851-67; after a long trip to the Mediterranean and to his native land, supplied the church in Arlington, Mass. (during the absence of the pastor, Rev. D. R. Cady, Class of 1845), 1867-68, residing at Chelsea; supplied the High Street Church, Providence, R.I., 1868-69; was first pastor of the Pilgrim Church, Providence, 1869-85, and afterward pastor emeritus until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in 1865. He was corporate member of the American Board from 1875, an
Dr. Laurie was married, July 21, 1842, to Martha Fletcher Osgood, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of John Osgood and Patty Fletcher of Westford, Mass., a graduate of Ipswich Seminary, under Miss Grant and Miss Lyon. She died in Mosul, December 16, 1843. He married, second, May 25, 1848, Ellen Amanda Ellis, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of Francis Dana Ellis and Sally Fiske. She died March 2, 1896. Two married daughters survive him.
Dr. Laurie died of paralysis, at Providence, R.I., October 10, 1897, aged seventy-six years, four months, and twenty-one days.
S/o John Laurie and Jemima Kirk.
Married Ellen Amanda Ellis May 25, 1848 in Chelsea, MA.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission , Last Name: LAURIE
First Name: THOMAS
Relation: SP/O ELLEN A ELLIS;C/O JOHN & JEMIMA (KIRK)
Cemetery Number: PV003
Cemetery Name: SWAN POINT CEMETERY
Birth Day: 19
Birth Month: MAY
Birth Year: 1821
Death Day: 10
Death Month: OCT
Death Year: 1897
Gravestone Details: Section 388, Lot Map 7808
Notes born: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND; ; cause of death: Cystitis died: PROVIDENCE,RI
Transcribed By: RECORD.
The following contributed by David M Morin (47707736)
Rev. Dr. Thomas Laurie - Class of 1841.
Son of John Laurie and Jemima Kirk; born in Craigleith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, May 19, 1821; came to this country at the age of nine years with his parents, who settled at Jacksonville, Ill.; studied in the preparatory department of Illinois College, and graduated at that College, 1838; took the full course in this Seminary, 1838-41; licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson at Andover, April 13, 1841. He was ordained as a foreign missionary by the Presbytery of Illinois, at Jacksonville, 1ll., March 6, 1842, and after supplying for a few months the Eliot Church in Roxbury, Mass., entered the service of the American Board, laboring among the Mountain Nestorians until the death of Dr. Grant and the discontinuance of that mission in 1844, afterward in the Syrian Mission until 1846. Returning to the United States, he supplied the Winthrop Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1847; was pastor at South Hadley, Mass., 1848-51, and at West Roxbury, Mass., 1851-67; after a long trip to the Mediterranean and to his native land, supplied the church in Arlington, Mass. (during the absence of the pastor, Rev. D. R. Cady, Class of 1845), 1867-68, residing at Chelsea; supplied the High Street Church, Providence, R.I., 1868-69; was first pastor of the Pilgrim Church, Providence, 1869-85, and afterward pastor emeritus until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in 1865. He was corporate member of the American Board from 1875, an
Dr. Laurie was married, July 21, 1842, to Martha Fletcher Osgood, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of John Osgood and Patty Fletcher of Westford, Mass., a graduate of Ipswich Seminary, under Miss Grant and Miss Lyon. She died in Mosul, December 16, 1843. He married, second, May 25, 1848, Ellen Amanda Ellis, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of Francis Dana Ellis and Sally Fiske. She died March 2, 1896. Two married daughters survive him.
Dr. Laurie died of paralysis, at Providence, R.I., October 10, 1897, aged seventy-six years, four months, and twenty-one days.
Married Ellen Amanda Ellis May 25, 1848 in Chelsea, MA.
Rhode Island Historical Cemetery Commission , Last Name: LAURIE
First Name: THOMAS
Relation: SP/O ELLEN A ELLIS;C/O JOHN & JEMIMA (KIRK)
Cemetery Number: PV003
Cemetery Name: SWAN POINT CEMETERY
Birth Day: 19
Birth Month: MAY
Birth Year: 1821
Death Day: 10
Death Month: OCT
Death Year: 1897
Gravestone Details: Section 388, Lot Map 7808
Notes born: EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND; ; cause of death: Cystitis died: PROVIDENCE,RI
Transcribed By: RECORD.
The following contributed by David M Morin (47707736)
Rev. Dr. Thomas Laurie - Class of 1841.
Son of John Laurie and Jemima Kirk; born in Craigleith, near Edinburgh, Scotland, May 19, 1821; came to this country at the age of nine years with his parents, who settled at Jacksonville, Ill.; studied in the preparatory department of Illinois College, and graduated at that College, 1838; took the full course in this Seminary, 1838-41; licensed by the Andover Association, meeting with Rev. Samuel C. Jackson at Andover, April 13, 1841. He was ordained as a foreign missionary by the Presbytery of Illinois, at Jacksonville, 1ll., March 6, 1842, and after supplying for a few months the Eliot Church in Roxbury, Mass., entered the service of the American Board, laboring among the Mountain Nestorians until the death of Dr. Grant and the discontinuance of that mission in 1844, afterward in the Syrian Mission until 1846. Returning to the United States, he supplied the Winthrop Church, Charlestown, Mass., 1847; was pastor at South Hadley, Mass., 1848-51, and at West Roxbury, Mass., 1851-67; after a long trip to the Mediterranean and to his native land, supplied the church in Arlington, Mass. (during the absence of the pastor, Rev. D. R. Cady, Class of 1845), 1867-68, residing at Chelsea; supplied the High Street Church, Providence, R.I., 1868-69; was first pastor of the Pilgrim Church, Providence, 1869-85, and afterward pastor emeritus until his death.
He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Williams College in 1865. He was corporate member of the American Board from 1875, an
Dr. Laurie was married, July 21, 1842, to Martha Fletcher Osgood, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of John Osgood and Patty Fletcher of Westford, Mass., a graduate of Ipswich Seminary, under Miss Grant and Miss Lyon. She died in Mosul, December 16, 1843. He married, second, May 25, 1848, Ellen Amanda Ellis, of Chelsea, Mass., daughter of Francis Dana Ellis and Sally Fiske. She died March 2, 1896. Two married daughters survive him.
Dr. Laurie died of paralysis, at Providence, R.I., October 10, 1897, aged seventy-six years, four months, and twenty-one days.
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