BIOGRAPHY: Graduated from Yale in 1735 and was a Berkeley Scholar for one year after. Licensed to preach in 1736 and two months later was approached by the Prebsyterian Church of Newark, New Jersey. He began preaching on Dec. 21, 1736 and was ordained on Jan. 25, 1737-38. Pastor for ten years in Newark, New Jersey and then President of Princeton College from 1748 to 1755 before the college was moved from Newark to Princeton.