History of the Pequea Presbyterian Church, Delivered September 8, 1876 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of the Pequea Presbyterian Church, Delivered September 8, 1876The first man who preached the Gospel 'at this place was the Rev. Adam Boyd. 'he was born'in Ballymeara, county of Antrim, Ireland, and came to New England as a probationer in 1722 or 1723. After remaining there for ashort time he concluded to return to his native country, and was furnished by the celebrated Cotton Mather with a certificate of his good character in the country, dated June 10, 1724. Having formed an attachment for a daughter of Mr. Craighead, one of the pioneers of the Irish Presby terians of New England, he relinquished his design of returning home, and came to Pennsylvania, whither Mr. Craighead and family had shortly pre ceded him. He brought with him the commendatory letter of Cotton Mather, as well as credentials from Ireland, and was received under the care of the Pres bytery of New Castle. He was received July 29, 1724.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.