Timothy Dwight was born May 15, 1752 in Northampton, Massachusetts. The Dwight family had a long association with Yale College, as it was then known. His paternal grandfather…
Moore was born in Newtown, New York, in 1748, the son of Samuel Moore and Sarah Fish Moore and the great-grandson of John Moore, the first Independent minister…
Morgan Edwards (May 9, 1722 – January 25, 1795) was a Welsh historian of religion, Baptist pastor, and notable for his teaching on the ‘rapture’ before its popularization…
John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg (October 1, 1746{spaced ndash}October 1, 1807) was an American clergyman, Continental Army soldier during the American Revolutionary War, and political figure in the newly…
Reverend William Emerson Sr. was a minister. He was the father of William Emerson Jr. and grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson.Emerson Sr. served as chaplain of the Massachusetts…
John Murray (1741–1815) is the founder of the Universalist denomination in the United States, a pioneer minister and an inspirational figure.==Early life==He was born in Alton, Hampshire (fifteen…
Moses Allen (September 14, 1748 – February 8, 1779) was a minister of Midway, Georgia during the American Revolution.He was born in Northampton, Massachusetts and educated at the…
Finley was the second son from a family of at least 9 children of Michael Finley by Ann daughter of Samuel O’Neill. At least 2 of his brothers,…
Reverend Samuel Phillips Payson (January 18, 1736 – January 11, 1801) was a Harvard graduate who ministered for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts from 1757. The reverend, born…