David Abeel, D. D., an American clergyman, born in New Brunswick, N. J., June 12, 1804, died in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1846. He studied theology at the seminary in New Brunswick, and after preaching for more than two years at the village of Athens, N. Y., his health gave way, and in October, 1829, he sailed for Canton as a chaplain of the seaman's friend society, but at the end of a year's labor placed himself under the direction of the American board. He visited Java, Singapore, and Siam, studying the Chinese tongue, when his health failed him entirely, and he returned home in 1833 by way of England, visiting Holland, France, and Switzerland, and everywhere urging the claims of the heathen. He also assisted in England in forming the society for promoting female education in the East. In America he published a description of his life in China and the adjacent countries, and a work entitled "The Claims of the World to the Gospel." In 1838 he returned to Asia, and visited Malacca, Borneo, and other places, settling at Kolingsu. Once more his health gave way, and he returned home in 1845.