Burrows, Rev. Roswell, son of Rev. Silas Burrows, was born in Groton, Sept. 2, 1768…

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Burrows, Rev. Roswell, son of Rev. Silas Burrows, was born in Groton, Sept. 2, 1768… He was converted while a merchant’s clerk at Guilford, Conn., when home on a visit. Though he became a successful merchant in Hopkinton, R. I., he finally returned to the home of his father in Groton, where he yielded to his convictions and the per- suasions of his brethren, and received ordination in August, 1806, as associate pastor of the Second Baptist church in Groton, with his honored and aged father, whose place he filled after 1818, when his father died. After his ordination, by appoint- ment from the Groton Union Conference, he spent several months in a missionary tour, riding more than 1300 miles, and preaching once or twice daily, giving a great impulse to the cause of missions in the churches. He was always active and efficient in the Groton Union Conference, and in the Ston- ington Union Association. ‘Through his instru- mentality a church was organized in Preston, Conn., in 1812. He also labored somewhat at Greenport, L. I., and in Western New York, on missionary tours. In his later years he was aided in his own pulpit by Revs. Erastus Dennison and Tra R. Steward. His ministry at home was at- tended with seven special revivals, and he baptized 635 persons, and preached 2886 times. At the age of twenty-one he married Jerusha Avery, and was the father of seven children, one of whom became a member of Congress. He died May 28, 1837, in his sixty-ninth year. His funeral sermon was preached by Rev. Daniel Wildman, of New London. He was buried in the church-yard by the side of his father. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart photo from findagrave