History of the Old Tennent ChurchWilliam Tennent was born in Ireland about 1672 and died in Neshaminy, Pennsylvania, 1745. He married Catharine Kennedy on 15 May 1702. They had five children. |
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... April 18 , 1686 after coming to this country , and by her came into posses- sion of a large tract of land of thousands of acres . He practiced medicine , and was prominent as a public official . He had six sons , John , Andrew , William ...
... April 18 , 1686 after coming to this country , and by her came into posses- sion of a large tract of land of thousands of acres . He practiced medicine , and was prominent as a public official . He had six sons , John , Andrew , William ...
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... April 18 , 1731 was the first Time that there was Service in the New Meeting House on White Hill . " " May 2th 1731 Charles Gordon was Ordained an Elder of this Con- gregatn . Jonathan Forman & Archibald Craig Esqrs . & Timothy Lloyd ...
... April 18 , 1731 was the first Time that there was Service in the New Meeting House on White Hill . " " May 2th 1731 Charles Gordon was Ordained an Elder of this Con- gregatn . Jonathan Forman & Archibald Craig Esqrs . & Timothy Lloyd ...
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... April 23 , 1732 entered his eternal rest . The peo- ple , who had greatly respected and trusted him , mourned deeply over his early departure . This is expressed by John Henderson in his congregational record , " Lords Day April 23th ...
... April 23 , 1732 entered his eternal rest . The peo- ple , who had greatly respected and trusted him , mourned deeply over his early departure . This is expressed by John Henderson in his congregational record , " Lords Day April 23th ...
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... April 1801. In May 1791 at Philadelphia he was chosen Moderator of the General Assembly , and the following year he opened the Assembly with a sermon from II Tim . 4 : I , 2. Col. John Covenhoven , Dr. Woodhull's elder , attended the ...
... April 1801. In May 1791 at Philadelphia he was chosen Moderator of the General Assembly , and the following year he opened the Assembly with a sermon from II Tim . 4 : I , 2. Col. John Covenhoven , Dr. Woodhull's elder , attended the ...
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... April 20 , 1853. From 1853 to '54 he was a tutor in mathe- matics in Princeton College , and at the same time he acted as Stated Supply to the Witherspoon Street church ( colored ) in Princeton . April 19 , 1854 , he was ordained as an ...
... April 20 , 1853. From 1853 to '54 he was a tutor in mathe- matics in Princeton College , and at the same time he acted as Stated Supply to the Witherspoon Street church ( colored ) in Princeton . April 19 , 1854 , he was ordained as an ...
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