This is the grave of Eleazar Wheelock. Born in Windham, Connecticut in 1711, Wheelock grew up in what passed for the elite of the early 18th century, which wasn't really that wealthy. But his family had a pretty big farm and he got to go...
great awakening
This is the church that holds the grave of George Whitefield. Born in 1714 in Gloucester, England, Whitefield lost his father at the age of two. His parents owned an.
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Jonathan Edwards, 1741
This is the grave of Jonathan Edwards. Born in 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut to a minister and the daughter of another minister, Edwards grew up in a family deeply committed to education to all their children, including the girls. He entered Yale in 1716....