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Peters, Samuel Andrew 1735- Clergyman; born in Hebron, Conn., Dec. 12, 1735; graduated at Yale College in 1757; became a clergyman of the Church of England; and in 1762 took charge of the Episcopal churches at Hebron and Hartford. He opposed the movements of the patriots; became exceedingly obnoxious to them; and in 1774 was obliged to flee to England. In 1781 he published A General history of Connecticut, which has been characterized as the most unscrupulous and malicious of lying narratives. In it he gave pretended extracts from the blue laws, and the whole narrative shows an independence of time, place, and probabilities. In 1794 he was chosen bishop of Vermont, but was never consecrated. In 1805 he returned to the United States, and towards the latter years of his life he lived in obscurity in New York City, where he died, April 19, 1826.