Biography of Rev. Francis Wayland
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A DESCRIPTIVE AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD
OF SARATOGA COUNTY, NEW YORK
PREPARED AND PUBLISHED UNDER THE
AUSPICES OF THE SARATOGIAN
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1899
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REV. FRANCIS WAYLAND. FRANCIS WAYLAND was born at home, Somersetshire, England, in 1772. He married in Norwich, Norfolk, Miss Sarah
Moore, a native of that city. In 1793 they came to this country, settling in the village of Saratoga Springs in
1821. Rev. Mr. Wayland was for several years pastor of the First Baptist church of Saratoga Springs, and after
retiring from his charge, having a competent income, continued to reside in this village, often supplying the desks
of neighboring destitute churches without compensation. He was a staunch advocate of the cause of temperance based
on Christian principle, and a man of great influence in the community; always ready to extend kindly ministration
to body or soul. He died at his home in Saratoga Springs in 1849.
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