Brett family 1743-1880

Waters, George, fl 1743

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Williamson, Thomas, fl 1743

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Gordon, Robert, d 1779

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Brett, Thomas, 1667-1744

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Author, non-juring devine. From the description of Fly-leaf from a book, 1741. (Florida State University). WorldCat record id: 50656163 ...

Brett, Nicholas, d 1776

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Jones, William, fl 1773

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Brett, family, non-jurors

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'Non-jurors' was the name given to the Anglican Churchmen who in 1689 refused to take the oath of allegiance to William and Mary, and their successors under the Protestant Succession Act of that year. Years of sporadic persecution followed, during which they were deprived of their benefices and held secret services of their own which they believed maintained the true Anglican succession. Their difficulties terminated in 1788, when on the death of Charles Edward they saw no further reason for wit...