Samuel Kirkland
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Mohawk Valley connection:
Founder of the Oneida Township.

Claim to fame:
Missionary to the Oneida Indians, Founder of Hamilton-Oneida Academy

Did you know?
Kirkland was granted 4,000 acres of land by New York State.

Quote:
"Few personages figure more prominently in the early history of this region than the Reverend Samuel Kirkland." --Reverend AD Gridley, 1874.

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Photo by HEATHER MARTIN
The tombstone of Samuel Kirkland sits beside the stone of Oneida Chief Skenandoa at the Hamilton College Cemetery in Clinton.

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Born in Connecticut, Kirkland was a commisioned missionary to the Oneida Indians. During the Revolutionary War he served as a chaplain. He was granted 4,000 acres of land by New York State in reward for his mediation efforts during the War.

Kirland founded the Hamilton-Oneida Academy on the land which eventally became Hamilton College.

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