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Romeyn, Jeremiah

clergyman, linguist, was born Dec. 24, 1768, in Woodstock, N. Y. He was an eminent linguist, and from 1797 till his death was professor of Hebrew in the Dutch reformed church.

He died July 17, 1818, in Woodstock, N. Y.

ROMEYN, THEODORIC (called Dirck) (ro-miné), clergyman, was born June 12, 1744, in Hackensack, N. J. He was one of the founders of the academy that subsequently became Union college, and from 1797 till 1804 was professor of theology in the general synod of the reformed Dutch church. He died April 16, 1804, in Schenectady, N. Y.

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