Aaron Burr, Sr.
| Aaron Burr Sr. | |
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Edward Ludlow Mooney, Aaron Burr Sr. (1716–1757), President (1748–57), Princeton University Art Museum
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| President of Princeton University | |
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In office 1748–1757 |
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| Preceded by | Jonathan Dickinson |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Edwards |
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January 4, 1716 Fairfield, Connecticut Colony |
| Died | September 24, 1757 (aged 41) Princeton, Province of New Jersey |
| Spouse(s) | Esther Edwards (m. 1752) |
| Children | Sarah Burr Aaron Burr |
| Parents | Daniel and Elizabeth Burr |
| Relatives | Theodosia Burr (granddaughter) |
| Religion | Christian (Calvinist) |
Aaron Burr Sr. (January 4, 1716 – September 24, 1757) was a notable Presbyterian minister and college educator in colonial America. He was a founder of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) and the father of the third U.S. Vice President, Aaron Burr (1756–1836), who dueled—and killed—Alexander Hamilton.
A native of Connecticut, Burr was born in 1716 in present-day Fairfield to Daniel and Elizabeth Burr; his father was a wealthy farmer. He was of English ancestry (his grandfather Jehu Burr had been born in Lavenham, Suffolk, England, in 1625, settled in the Connecticut Colony as a young man, and died there in 1692).
Aaron Burr attended Yale College (now Yale University), where he obtained a B.A. in 1735. After graduation, he studied theology in New Haven and witnessed the First Great Awakening, a significant religious and spiritual movement of the 1730s and 1740s. He was personally acquainted with Jonathan Edwards and his wife Sarah, daughter of James Pierpont, who is credited with founding Yale. Edwards, a leader of the Great Awakening, was Burr's mentor.
On December 21, 1736, Burr a became minister of the Presbyterian Church of Newark, Newark, New Jersey. He also taught Greek and Latin to youth, and co-authored Introduction to the Latin Tongue. After a few years, Burr rose to prominence in the Presbyterian circles of upper New Jersey and the New York City area.
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