Commonplace book, 1774-1782.
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Hopkins, Samuel, 1721-1803
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Author and clergyman. From the description of Letter of Samuel Hopkins, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450325 Samuel Hopkins, American clergyman and theologian, founder of Hopkinsianism. He graduated from Yale in 1741, and afterwards studied with Jonathan Edwards for two years. Afterwards Hopkins settled at Housatonic (later Great Barrington). In 1769, the privation of his congregation and an opposition to his intransigent doctrine led to his dismissal. He then accep...
Eckley, Joseph, 1750-1811
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Joseph Eckley (1750-1811) was born in London and moved to America to settle in New Jersey around 1767. He graduated from Princeton in 1772 and was licensed by the Presbytery of New York in 1776. In 1779, he was ordained pastor of the Old South Church in Boston, Mass., where he served until 1811. He received the degree of Doctor of Divinity from Princeton in 1793 and he died in Boston. From the description of Commonplace book, 1774-1782. (American Antiquarian Society). WorldCat record...
Presbyterian church in the U.S.A.
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The Transylvania Presbytery was organized by appointment of the synods of New York and Philadelphia. The Synod of New York made part of the Presbytery of Abingdon into the Transylvania Presbytery, which encompassed the district of Kentucky and the settlements on the Cumberland River. The Reverend David Rice, Adam Rankin, Andrew McClure, and James Crawford met at the Danville, Kentucky courthouse to organize the presbytery. The synods of New York and Philadelphia appointed David Rice as moderator...
