He was an assistant teacher at Phillips Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire, until August 1793.
He started working as a preacher in Haverhill, Massachusetts, in 1794 and remained there through 1803, having been selected as pastor in 1795.
To recover his health he passed the winter of 1827–1828 in and near Charleston, South Carolina, and embarked for Cuba in the spring of 1828.
In Cuba he visited the cities, villages and plantations at Matanzas and Havana.
His remains were deposited in the cemetery on Staten Island, and the funeral service was performed by the Rev.