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Jeremiah Dummer
Jeremiah Dummer (1681 – May 19, 1739) was an American-born politician and writer who was an important figure in the New England Colonies during the early 18th century. His most significant contributions to American history were his A Defense of the New England Charters and his role in the formation of Yale College.
Jeremiah Dummer's family history can be traced back to the Dummer village in England in the 12th century. Dummer's grandfather, Richard Dummer, was the first in the family to settle in New England, in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635. Richard had five children in Newbury by his second wife, Francis Burr Dummer. Richard's son, Jeremiah Dummer, Sr., was a prominent colonial craftsman and one of the original silversmiths born in the Americas. In 1672, he married Anna Atwater. Jeremiah Jr., the sixth of their nine children, was born in Boston in 1681. Jeremiah Jr.'s historical significance would eclipse that of his father, who has been said to have been "A man of rare versatility for the times, he learned and successfully pursued his profession of silversmith, producing pieces that today stand out in the work of the period for their dignity, simplicity, and artistic workmanship." Although Dummer's father had received little education while being raised in an agricultural setting in New England, he was able to see to it that his children were well educated.
Jeremiah Dummer graduated from Harvard College in 1699. Deciding to pursue a career in theology, Dummer traveled to Europe and matriculated July 28, 1702 at the University of Leiden. In the same year he also matriculated at the University of Utrecht.
In 1702 Jeremiah Dummer published: Disputatio Theologica de Christi ad inferos descensu. : quam ... sub praesidio ...D. Hermanni Witsii ... placidè ventilandam proponit, Jeremias Dummer, Americano-Anglus, Auctor et Respondens. – Lugduni Batavorum : apud Abraham Elzevier, 1702. – 24, [2] p. ; in-4.
Jeremiah Dummer received February 13, 1703 a doctorate from the University of Utrecht. The title description of his dissertation is: Disputatio Philosophica Inauguralis de animorum Mέταγγισμψ, Quam... pro Doctoratus in Philosophia Gradu ad Liberalium Artium Magisterio Jer. Dummer, Anglus Americanus... - Trajecti ad Rhenum : ex officina Guilielmi van de Water, 1703. 23 p. ; 4°.
Also in 1703 Jeremiah Dummer published the following publications: Dissertatio Theologico-Philologica, continens integritatis codicic S. adversus nuperas in eum censuras, defensionem. Pars I.: Quam … sub praesido … Jacobi Triglandii, I.F.I.N. …/ publice vetilandam proponit Jer. Dummer. – Lugduni Batavorum : apud Abrahamum Elzevier, 1703. – [20] p. ; in-4., and: De Jure Judaecorum Sabbati Brevis Disquisitio. – Lugduni Batavorum, 1703.
Dummer is widely believed to have been the first American-born individual to receive a Ph.D. from a European university, but Roland Cotton (born Hampton, N.H., August 29, 1674) received his Ph.D. at the University of Harderwijk on October 8, 1697.
In 1704, Dummer returned to the colonies and became a preacher in Boston. The theology he acquired in Europe was not particularly well received in Massachusetts. He did not make much of an impression from the pulpit and with the exception of his A Discourse on the Holiness of the Sabbath Day, printed in 1704, his preaching in New England had little impact. Around 1708 he left the profession to pursue a career in politics.
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Jeremiah Dummer
Jeremiah Dummer (1681 – May 19, 1739) was an American-born politician and writer who was an important figure in the New England Colonies during the early 18th century. His most significant contributions to American history were his A Defense of the New England Charters and his role in the formation of Yale College.
Jeremiah Dummer's family history can be traced back to the Dummer village in England in the 12th century. Dummer's grandfather, Richard Dummer, was the first in the family to settle in New England, in Newbury, Massachusetts in 1635. Richard had five children in Newbury by his second wife, Francis Burr Dummer. Richard's son, Jeremiah Dummer, Sr., was a prominent colonial craftsman and one of the original silversmiths born in the Americas. In 1672, he married Anna Atwater. Jeremiah Jr., the sixth of their nine children, was born in Boston in 1681. Jeremiah Jr.'s historical significance would eclipse that of his father, who has been said to have been "A man of rare versatility for the times, he learned and successfully pursued his profession of silversmith, producing pieces that today stand out in the work of the period for their dignity, simplicity, and artistic workmanship." Although Dummer's father had received little education while being raised in an agricultural setting in New England, he was able to see to it that his children were well educated.
Jeremiah Dummer graduated from Harvard College in 1699. Deciding to pursue a career in theology, Dummer traveled to Europe and matriculated July 28, 1702 at the University of Leiden. In the same year he also matriculated at the University of Utrecht.
In 1702 Jeremiah Dummer published: Disputatio Theologica de Christi ad inferos descensu. : quam ... sub praesidio ...D. Hermanni Witsii ... placidè ventilandam proponit, Jeremias Dummer, Americano-Anglus, Auctor et Respondens. – Lugduni Batavorum : apud Abraham Elzevier, 1702. – 24, [2] p. ; in-4.
Jeremiah Dummer received February 13, 1703 a doctorate from the University of Utrecht. The title description of his dissertation is: Disputatio Philosophica Inauguralis de animorum Mέταγγισμψ, Quam... pro Doctoratus in Philosophia Gradu ad Liberalium Artium Magisterio Jer. Dummer, Anglus Americanus... - Trajecti ad Rhenum : ex officina Guilielmi van de Water, 1703. 23 p. ; 4°.
Also in 1703 Jeremiah Dummer published the following publications: Dissertatio Theologico-Philologica, continens integritatis codicic S. adversus nuperas in eum censuras, defensionem. Pars I.: Quam … sub praesido … Jacobi Triglandii, I.F.I.N. …/ publice vetilandam proponit Jer. Dummer. – Lugduni Batavorum : apud Abrahamum Elzevier, 1703. – [20] p. ; in-4., and: De Jure Judaecorum Sabbati Brevis Disquisitio. – Lugduni Batavorum, 1703.
Dummer is widely believed to have been the first American-born individual to receive a Ph.D. from a European university, but Roland Cotton (born Hampton, N.H., August 29, 1674) received his Ph.D. at the University of Harderwijk on October 8, 1697.
In 1704, Dummer returned to the colonies and became a preacher in Boston. The theology he acquired in Europe was not particularly well received in Massachusetts. He did not make much of an impression from the pulpit and with the exception of his A Discourse on the Holiness of the Sabbath Day, printed in 1704, his preaching in New England had little impact. Around 1708 he left the profession to pursue a career in politics.