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Andrew Lee
1745–1832
An early American Congregational minister and theological writer, he spent more than sixty years serving the church in Hanover, now Lisbon, Connecticut. His published sermons and religious essays show the kind of serious moral and doctrinal debate that shaped New England in the early republic.
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About the author
Born in Lyme, Connecticut, on May 7, 1745, he graduated from Yale in 1766, studied theology, and was ordained in 1768 as pastor of the Congregational church in Hanover, now part of Lisbon, Connecticut. He remained there for an unusually long ministry, continuing in that role for decades until shortly before his death in 1832.
As a writer, he is best known for Sermons on Various Important Subjects (1803), a collection that reflects his close reading of scripture and his interest in difficult theological questions. Reference works from the period also credit him with publishing An Inquiry whether it be the Duty of Man to be willing to suffer Damnation, a title that hints at the intense religious arguments of his time.
He was later made a member of the Yale College corporation, a sign of the respect he earned in Connecticut religious life. Although not widely known today, his work offers a vivid window into the world of early American preaching, where sermons were meant to instruct, challenge, and shape everyday belief.