1708–1776

Introduction

Born: Cir­ca 1708, Nor­wich, Eng­land.

Died: June 13, 1776, We­thers­field, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Buried: We­thers­field Vil­lage Ce­me­te­ry, We­thers­field, Con­nec­ti­cut.

Biography

Elizabeth was the daugh­ter of In­de­pen­dent min­is­ter Tho­mas Scott of Nor­wich, Eng­land.

In 1750, she mar­ried Eli­sha Will­iams (rec­tor at Yale Col­lege, 1726–39), and moved with him to Con­nec­ti­cut. In 1761, af­ter Eli­sha’s death, she mar­ried Judge Will­iam Smith of New York, who also pre­de­ceased her.

Sources

Lyrics

  1. All Hail, In­car­nate God!
  2. Arise and Hail the Sac­red Day (at­trib­ut­ed)
  3. Dare We In­dulge to Wrath and Strife?
  4. Eternal Spir­it, ’Twas Thy Breath
  5. For Ever Shall My Faint­ing Soul
  6. Glittering Span­gles of the Sky, The
  7. God of Love Will Sure In­dulge, The
    • God of Mer­cy Will In­dulge, The
  8. God of My Life, to Thee Be­longs
  9. Great God, Thy Pe­ne­trat­ing Eye
  10. My God, Shall I for Ev­er Mourn?
  11. See How the Ris­ing Sun
  12. Thy Boun­ties, Gra­cious Lord
  13. When Ab­ra’m, Full of Sac­red Awe
  14. Where’er the Lord Shall Build My House
  15. Why, O My Heart, These An­xious Cares?

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