Samuel Penny was an American Episcopal clergyman. Born to Presbyterian parents in New York

New York

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, he attended Lane Theological Seminary

Lane Theological Seminary

Lane Theological Seminary was established in the Walnut Hills section of Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1829 to educate Presbyterian ministers. It was named in honor of Ebenezer and William Lane, who pledged $4,000 for the new school, which was seen as a forward outpost of the Presbyterian Church in the...

 before joining the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. A graduate of Columbia University

Columbia University

Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...

 and the General Theological Seminary

General Theological Seminary

The General Theological Seminary of the Episcopal Church is a seminary of the Episcopal Church in the United States and is located in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan in New York....

 of the Episcopal Church, Penny was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1838. He served most of his ordained ministry in charge of Emmanuel Church, Manville, Rhode Island

Manville, Rhode Island

Manville is a village in the town of Lincoln in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. It is located at latitude 41.9616° North, longitude 71.4744° West. It has been assigned the ZIP Code 02838....

, leaving briefly to accompany Bishop Horatio Southgate

Horatio Southgate

Horatio Southgate was born in Portland, Maine and studied for the ordained ministry at Andover Theological Seminary as a Congregationalist. In 1834 he became a member of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, and was subsequently ordained to the diaconate in 1835...

 on a missionary journey to the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

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External links

• An Address delivered in St. Stephen's Church, Providence, R.I., on Wednesday, September 21, 1853, at Services Held in Commemoration of the Late Rev. Samuel Penny, Rector of Emanuel Church, Manville, Rhode Island by Henry Waterman (1853)
• The Silent Preacher: Being Posthumous Sermons of the Rev. Samuel Penny 1854