Makemie

[muh-kem-ee, -key-mee]

noun

1. Francis, 1658?–1708, American Presbyterian clergyman, born in Ireland: founded the first Presbyterian church in America.

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Francis Makemie was sent as a result.

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For some years Makemie travelled from place to place, preaching and organizing churches as he went, but from 1699 to 1708, except in 1704 and 1705, when he visited Europe, he lived in the neighborhood and preached at Rehoboth whenever he was at home.

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Makemie's name will ever be connected with the struggle for religious liberty.

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Makemie again challenged Lord Cornbury to show "any Pernicious Doctrine in the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church."

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A few months later Makemie died.

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