Makemie
Americannoun
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Pioneer Makemie organized in Maryland the first five truly Presbyterian churches.
From Time Magazine Archive
Francis Makemie died in 1703 at his homestead in eastern Virginia, now called Makemie Park.
From Time Magazine Archive
To minister to them the Rev. Francis Makemie and the Rev. William Traill were sent out by the Presbytery of Laggan in Ulster.
From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser
The Rev. Francis Makemie, who is styled the father of the American Presbyterian Church, was settled in Accomac County before the year 1690, when his name first appears upon the county records.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
Makemie again challenged Lord Cornbury to show "any Pernicious Doctrine in the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church."
From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)
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