MAKEMIE, FRANCIS

məkĕˈmē, c.1658–1708, American clergyman, considered the founder of Presbyterianism in America. Born in Ireland, he studied in Scotland and c.1682 was ordained a missionary to America. In 1683 he arrived in Maryland. He traveled and preached from the Carolinas to New York. Makemie organized Presbyterian churches at Snow Hill and Rehobeth, Md. In 1704 he went to England for funds and men to strengthen Presbyterianism in America; in 1706, through his efforts, the first presbytery in the country was organized in Philadelphia. Makemie was arrested and imprisoned (1707) by Governor Cornbury of New York on the charge of preaching there without a license. Though acquitted, he had to pay heavy costs. He died in Virginia.

See biography by I. M. Page (1938); biographical study ed. by B. S. Schlenther (1971); C. A. Briggs, American Presbyterianism (1985).

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The Journal and Letters of Francis Asbury - Vol. 2
Book by Elmer T. Clark, J. Manning Potts, Jacob S. Payton; Epworth Press; Abingdon Press, 1958
Subjects: Asbury, Francis--1745-1816, Christian Biography--United States, Methodist Episcopal Church--Clergy, Methodist Episcopal Church--History, United States--Church History
...County, Maryland. It is claimed that here the Rev. Francis Makemie, earliest apostle of Presbyterianism, erected the...Presbyterian church in America. Page: Life Story of Francis Makemie , 48, 138 ff.; Torrence: Old Somerset on the Eastern...
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One America: The History, Contributions, and Present Problems of Our Racial and National Minorities
Book by Francis J. Brown, Joseph Slabey Roucek; Prentice-Hall, 1945
Subjects: Minorities, United States--Emigration And Immigration, United States--Foreign Population, United States--Nationality, United States--Race Relations
...Corkery, and, clinging tenaciously to the faith of his fathers, he helped to keep religion an integral part of American life and to hold back for a generation the rising tide of materialism. As early as 1683 Francis Makemie, "father
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Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism
Book by Randall Balmer; Baylor University Press, 2004
Subjects: Evangelicalism--Encyclopedias, Evangelicalism--United States--Encyclopedias
...Reference: David R. Mainse, 100Huntley Street (1983). Makemie, Francis (1658 1708) Often acknowledged as the father of American Presbyterianism, Francis Makemie was born in County Donegal, Ireland, and educated...
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American Nicknames: Their Origin and Significance
Book by George Earlie Shankle; H. W. Wilson, 1955
Subjects: Names, Geographical--United States, Names, Personal, Nicknames--United States
...Majors. See Millsaps College Makemie, Francis The Apostle of Accomac and the...names which have been applied to Francis Makemie. Because of his religious activities...living in Accomac County, Va., Francis Makemie was known as the Apostle of...
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Index to Reproductions of American Paintings: A Guide to Pictures Occurring in More Than Eight Hundred Books
Book by Isabel Stevenson Monro, Kate M. Monro; H. W. Wilson, 1948
Subjects: Painters--United States, Painting, American
...by G. Fiske Major Dean in jail by G. C. Bingham Majorcan fishermen by J. S. Sargent Makemie, Francis, 1658?-1708 Ogden, H. A. Francis Makemie before the governor of New York Maker of romance by K. A. Buehr Making a train by S. J...
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Isaac Long on One End of a Log: the Founder and the Founding of Batesville's Arkansas College
Journal article by Brooks Blevins; The Arkansas Historical Quarterly, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Arkansas College, Colleges & universities, History, Long, Isaac, Personal profiles
...education resulted in a failed attempt to found an institution known as Makemie College. Like other western denominational schools, Makemie College, named for Francis Makemie, father of American Presbyterianism, was to be used to supply the states...
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The Legacy of Forsey V. Cunningham: Safeguarding the Integrity of the Right to Trial by Jury
Journal article by Thomas E. Carney, Susan Kolb; The Historian, Vol. 69, 2007
Subjects: Common law--Interpretation and construction, Right to trial by jury--Interpretation and construction, Right to trial by jury--Laws, regulations and rules
...of religion, ordered the prosecution of the Reverend Francis Makemie, an itinerant Presbyterian minister, for preaching...efforts, the trial jury refused to convict Reverend Makemie, thus thwarting Cornburys abuse of his political power...
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For God, King, and Country: Loyalism on the Eastern Shore of Maryland during the American Revolution
Journal article by Barry Paige Neville; International Social Science Review, Vol. 84, 2009
Subjects: American Revolution, 1775-1783--Analysis, British colonialism--Analysis, Dissenters--Social aspects, Maryland--History, Maryland--Military aspects, Patriotism--Analysis, Patriotism--Social aspects, United States history--Analysis, United States history--Revolution, 1775-1783
...introduction of Presbyterianism by Francis Makemie in 1683, and the immigration of...professed themselves to be Methodists. Francis Asbury, the man most responsible...Hamilton Callallo, Dr. Andrew Francis Cheney, Jesse Gray, Dr. John...
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Treasures Revealed from the Paul Mellon Library of Americana
Journal article by James C. Kelly; The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, 2001
Subjects: Collections, Exhibits, Mellon, Paul
...several works on religion. Thomas Brays A Memorial defends establishment of the Church of England, while a book by Francis Makemie-the founder of Presbyterianism in Virginia-argues that Virginias lack of towns makes it hard to achieve moral...
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Establishment and Disestablishment at the Founding, Part I: Establishment of Religion
Journal article by Michael W. Mcconnell; William and Mary Law Review, Vol. 44, 2003
Subjects: Church and state--History, Constitutional history--Analysis, Freedom of religion--History
...attacks. (376) The first dissenting minister to be authorized to preach openly in the settled region of Virginia was Francis Makemie, a Presbyterian of remarkable ability and character, who obtained a license without great apparent opposition...
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New Centre Will Recall Presbyterian Pioneers
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), January 2, 2006
...two Donegal natives, the Rev Francis Makemie and the Rev William Gregg, both...the North West to commemorate Makemie has been under consideration for four years. Francis Makemie is recognised as the founder of...
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LEADING ARTICLE: Morning View - Twelfth Could Be Province's Cash Boost
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), October 27, 2004
...Presbyterians, heading for life in the New World. Some of these hardy folk became American luminaries, such as the Rev Francis Makemie, founder of Presbyterian Church USA; Charles Thomson, secretary to the American Continental Congress and designer...


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Makemie, Francis
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
MAKEMIE, FRANCIS m ke me, c.1658 1708, American clergyman...preached from the Carolinas to New York. Makemie organized Presbyterian churches at Snow...country was organized in Philadelphia. Makemie was arrested and imprisoned (1707...
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Presbyterianism
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in America Presbyterians were to be found in most of the English colonies of North America. Through the efforts of Francis Makemie , a missionary from Ireland (1683), the first presbytery in America was formed at Philadelphia in 1706; a synod...


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