Ebenezer Burgess (April 1, 1790 – December 5, 1870) was the minister of the Allin Congregational Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.
"[5] Besides three who died in childhood, they had four children: Miriam Mason, Ebenezer Prince, Edward Phillips, and Martha Crowell.
Mills to Africa, as an agent of the American Colonization Society, to explore the western coast of that continent, and joined the colony of Liberia.
[1] On their homeward voyage, Mills was taken sick and died, and his associate performed for him the last offices and committed his remains to the ocean.
[1][2] In the run up to the Civil War, "he did not support the anti-slavery movement" and segregated the pews in the church by race.
[11] However, when President Joseph Jenkins Roberts of Liberia would visit the United States, he would frequently preach from the Allin pulpit.
[9] If a congregant died, but owned a pew in another church, Burgess would not share in the funeral duties.
[9] When John Wade was sentenced to death for arson at the Phoenix Hotel, Burgess intervened on his behalf and helped get it commuted to life imprisonment.