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| | David Abeel |
 | | ABEEL, David, missionary, born in New Brunswick, New Jersey, 12 June, 1804; died in Albany, New York, 4 September, 1846. |
 | | He was educated at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, and studied at the Theological Seminary of the Reformed church in that place. |
 | | His first pastoral charge was at Athens, New York, where he remained for two years, and then sailed for Canton, China, in October, 1829, under the auspices of the Seaman's Friend society, but after a year's service placed himself under the direction of the American board of commissioners for foreign missions. |
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