Born in Cornish, New Hampshire; graduated from Andover Theological Seminary in 1841; sailed to Hawai‘i the next year with his wife, Malvina, as members of tenth company of missionaries sent by ABCFM; stationed at Waialua, O‘ahu, 1842–1843, Wai‘oli, Kaua‘i, 1843–1846, and Waimea, Kaua‘i, 1846–1865; led brotherhood of independent churches after ending association with ABCFM; died at Koloa, Kaua‘i. (See Day, History Makers of Hawaii, 110; Missionary Album, 166; Grimshaw, Paths of Duty, 245; GQC journal, Jan. 30, 1854.)