Tennent, William, 1740-1777

Member of S.C. General Assembly and Pastor, 1772-1777, of Independent [or Circular Congregational] Church, Charleston, S.C.; native of Freehold, New Jersey; known as William Tennent III; ; graduate, 1758, of Princeton, with a Masters Degree, 1763, from Harvard; married, 1764, to Susan Vergereau (b. 1742); father of John Charles Tennent (b.1774) and four other children; son of William Tennent (1705-1777); grandson of William Tennent (1673-1746); died 11 Aug. 1777 at High Hills of the Santee (near Stateburg in Sumter County, S.C.)

Grandson of William Tennent (1673-1746, Presbyterian minister, founder of Log College at Princeton University) and the son of William Tennent (1705-1777, Presbyterian minister, Freehold, New Jersey) and Catherine VanBrugh. William Tennent (1740-1777) married Susannah Vergereau on July 12, 1764. Tennent preached briefly in Hanover, Virginia before serving as assistant minister of the Congregational Church in Norwalk, Connecticut. He arrived in Charleston, South Carolina in 1772 to serve as minister at the Independent (Congregational) Church of Charleston. A Whig, Tennent objected to British colonial policy after 1773. Tennent served as a South Carolina Congressman, and authored political speeches. Tennent had a son Charles, who married Ann Martha Smith.

Member of S.C. General Assembly and Pastor, 1772-1777, of Independent [or Circular Congregational] Church, Charleston, S.C.; native of Freehold, New Jersey; known as William Tennent III; graduate, 1758, of Princeton, with a Masters Degree, 1763, from Harvard; married, 1764, to Susan Vergereau (b. 1742); father of John Charles Tennent (b.1774) and four other children; son of William Tennent (1705-1777); grandson of William Tennent (1673-1746); died 11 Aug. 1777 at High Hills of the Santee (near Stateburg in Sumter County, S.C.)