Makemie

American  

[muh-kem-ee, -key-mee] / məˈkɛm i, -ˈkeɪ mi /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

For example, in 1699, Francis Makemie was granted permission from the colonial authorities to preach Presbyterianism at Pocomoke and Onancock on the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

From Seaport in Virginia George Washington's Alexandria by Moore, Gay Montague

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

These were represented, at the opening of the eighteenth century, by that forerunner of the Scotch-Irish immigration, Francis Makemie.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey