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Romeyn, James

clergyman, author, was born in 1797 in Greenbush, N. Y. He published The Crisis, a sermon; and a Plea for the Evangelical Press. He died Sept. 7, 1859, in New Brunswick.

ROMEYN, JAMES VAN CAMPEN, clergyman, author, was born Nov. 14, 1765, in Minisink, N. Y. In 1799-1834 he was pastor of the united congregations of the Dutch reformed church in Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, N. J. He published an Address to the Students of the Theological Seminary. He died June 27, 1840, in Hackensack, N. J.

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