Edward Payson

Edward Payson (1783-1827) was an American Congregational preacher who was born on July 25, 1783 at Rindge, New Hampshire, where his father, Seth Payson (1758-1820), was pastor of the Congregational Church. His uncle, Phillips Payson (1736-1801), pastor of a church in Chelsea, Massachusetts, was a physicist and astronomer. Edward Payson graduated from Harvard in 1803, and then became principal of a school in Portland, Maine. In 1807, he started as junior pastor of the Congregational Church in Portland, where he beccame senior pastor in 1811. Payson stayed at Congregational Church until his death on October 22, 1827.