Biography

Mentioned in 18240103BJS_WHS. "After graduation at Princeton with the highest honor in 1819, he studied Hebrew, entered the general theological seminary of the Episcopal church, then in New Haven, Connecticut, and was admitted to holy orders in Baltimore in 1823. He was an assistant minister at Trinity church, New York city, from 1824 till 1838, when he travelled in Europe. On his return in 1839 he resigned his charge at Trinity church, and established in Flushing, L. I., a school for girls, which he called St. Ann's hall, and which he removed to New York in 1846, when he was made rector of the Church of the Crucifixion, and to Brooklyn, when he was called to St. Thomas's church in 1852, which charge he resigned shortly before his death. He delivered many lectures, was a member of the New England historic genealogical society, active in public charities, and rendered much service during the cholera epidemics of 1832-'4. Princeton and Yale gave him the degree of A.M. in 1823 and Washington (now Trinity) college that of S. T. D. in 1836. He edited a volume of original essays and dissertations on biblical literature by a society of clergymen, to which he contributed treatises translated from the German, on "The Authenticity and Canonical Authority of the Scriptures of the Old Testament" and the " Use of the Syriae Language." Dr. Schroeder published a "Discourse before the New York Historical Society" (New York, 1828); "A Useful Chart of the Diocese of New York from 1830 to 1850"; "Memoir of Mrs. Mary Anna Boardman" (New Haven, 1849) ; and " Maxims of Washington" (New York, 1855); and several other books. He left unfinished " The Life and Times of Washington," which was completed by others (1857-'61)." An extensive biography of Rev. John Frederick Schroeder can also be found on his findagrave page.