Samuel Rockwell

Samuel Rockwell (April 18, 1803 – December 25, 1880) was an American minister and politician. Rockwell, second son of Alpha and Rhoda (Ensign) Rockwell, of Winchester, Conn., was born in that town, April 18, 1803. He graduated from Yale College in 1825. He spent the two years after graduation in the Andover Theological Seminary, but finished his professional studies at the Yale Divinity School in 1828. His first pastorate was over the Congregational Church in Plainfield, Conn., from April 11, 1832, to April 16, 1841. At the end of his tenure as a pastor, Rockwell published a sermon entitled "Influence of Religion upon National Prosperity and True Liberty" in 1841. He was installed pastor of the South Congregational Church in New Britain, Conn., Jan 4, 1843, and resigned this charge, June 20, 1858. His residence continued in New Britain.