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List of clergy in the American Revolution

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Rev. Joseph Thaxter Jr., Congregational Minister from Edgartown Federated Church on Martha's Vineyard. Fought in the battle of Concord on the bridge and was injured in the battle at Bunker Hill. 1780–1825. Gave dedication to plaque at Bunker Hill
250:, a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of New Jersey. He was both the only active clergyman and college president to sign the Declaration 58:, pastor of the Congregational church of Redding, Connecticut, officiated as military chaplain to Putnam's Division during their encampment in Redding the winter of 1778/79 232:, a clergyman in colonial South Carolina who championed the causes of the evangelical style of the Great Awakening and later American independence 76:, A Catholic priest in Maryland, later the first Catholic bishop and archbishop in the United States and founder of Georgetown University 333: 211: 220:, the first American Episcopal bishop, the second Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA, and the first Bishop of Connecticut 338: 244:, invited to North Carolina by that colony's provincial congress to convince loyalist congregations to join the patriot cause 103: 276: 145: 280: 235: 163: 313: 223: 184:, a pioneer minister; sometimes recalled as founder of the Universalist denomination in the United States 67: 229: 151: 217: 193: 37: 172:, an American Presbyterian minister and a delegate to the Continental Congress from Pennsylvania 187: 181: 31: 210:) Church. A supporter of American independence who marched to Lexington and served on Lynn's 207: 73: 8: 256:, a Moravian clergyman and missionary among the Native Americans in the Thirteen Colonies 203: 115: 23: 226:, Presbyterian minister, Fishing Creek Church, Fishing Creek, SC, graduate of Princeton. 61: 55: 169: 109: 46:, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States 253: 247: 175: 91: 88:, an American clergyman, a Congress representative and a founder of Ohio University 139: 85: 127: 43: 97: 327: 241: 133: 157: 79: 49: 199: 148:, a First Congregational Church minister in Charlestown, Massachusetts 166:, a Lutheran clergyman and called the "Father of American Entomology" 121: 314:"The American Revolution in South Carolina - Fishing Creek Church" 154:, the first Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives 124:, the founding pastor of the First Baptist Church in New York City 142:, a Presbyterian missionary among the Oneida and Tuscarora people 19: 112:, a Congregationalist minister, and president of Yale College 136:, a missionary to the Iroquois Indians in Massachusetts 238:, the first provost of the University of Pennsylvania 118:, a minister and grandfather of Ralph Waldo Emerson. 190:, ministered for the town of Chelsea, Massachusetts 325: 40:, a Presbyterian minister in Trenton, New Jersey 196:, the rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia. 160:, clergyman and educator from Pennsylvania 82:, an Anglican priest in colonial New York 326: 106:, chaplain to the Continental Congress 100:, chaplain to the Continental Congress 104:George_Duffield_(minister,_born_1732) 263: 64:, Presbyterian clergyman in New York 146:John Larkin (Deacon of Charlestown) 13: 14: 350: 334:Clergy in the American Revolution 267: 236:William Smith (Anglican priest) 34:, a minister in Midway, Georgia 306: 164:Frederick Valentine Melsheimer 1: 339:American Revolution chaplains 299: 178:, a clergyman in Pennsylvania 94:, Presbyterian Church pastor 7: 10: 355: 68:James Caldwell (clergyman) 70:, clergyman in New Jersey 230:Josiah Smith (clergyman) 194:Richard Peters (priest) 38:James Francis Armstrong 188:Samuel Phillips Payson 182:John Murray (minister) 130:, a Jesuit missionary 74:John Carroll (bishop) 281:adding missing items 206:' Third Parish (now 52:, a Baptist preacher 212:Committee of Safety 204:Lynn, Massachusetts 116:William Emerson Sr. 24:American Revolution 279:; you can help by 62:Blackleach Burritt 56:Nathaniel Bartlett 297: 296: 170:Joseph Montgomery 110:Timothy Dwight IV 346: 318: 317: 310: 292: 289: 271: 270: 264: 254:David Zeisberger 248:John Witherspoon 176:Peter Muhlenberg 92:Naphtali Daggett 354: 353: 349: 348: 347: 345: 344: 343: 324: 323: 322: 321: 312: 311: 307: 302: 293: 287: 284: 268: 140:Samuel Kirkland 86:Manasseh Cutler 12: 11: 5: 352: 342: 341: 336: 320: 319: 304: 303: 301: 298: 295: 294: 274: 272: 262: 261: 257: 251: 245: 239: 233: 227: 221: 218:Samuel Seabury 215: 202:, minister of 197: 191: 185: 179: 173: 167: 161: 155: 149: 143: 137: 131: 128:Pierre Gibault 125: 119: 113: 107: 101: 95: 89: 83: 77: 71: 65: 59: 53: 47: 44:Francis Asbury 41: 35: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 351: 340: 337: 335: 332: 331: 329: 315: 309: 305: 291: 288:February 2011 282: 278: 275:This list is 273: 266: 265: 258: 255: 252: 249: 246: 243: 242:Elihu Spencer 240: 237: 234: 231: 228: 225: 222: 219: 216: 213: 209: 205: 201: 198: 195: 192: 189: 186: 183: 180: 177: 174: 171: 168: 165: 162: 159: 156: 153: 150: 147: 144: 141: 138: 135: 134:Gideon Hawley 132: 129: 126: 123: 120: 117: 114: 111: 108: 105: 102: 99: 96: 93: 90: 87: 84: 81: 78: 75: 72: 69: 66: 63: 60: 57: 54: 51: 48: 45: 42: 39: 36: 33: 30: 29: 28: 26: 25: 21: 308: 285: 224:John Simpson 158:Samuel Magaw 152:William Linn 80:Myles Cooper 50:Isaac Backus 17: 15: 200:Joseph Roby 98:Jacob Duché 32:Moses Allen 328:Categories 300:References 277:incomplete 16:This is a 260:monument. 122:John Gano 18:list of 22:in the 208:Saugus 20:clergy 283:. 330:: 27:: 316:. 290:) 286:( 214:.

Index

clergy
American Revolution
Moses Allen
James Francis Armstrong
Francis Asbury
Isaac Backus
Nathaniel Bartlett
Blackleach Burritt
James Caldwell (clergyman)
John Carroll (bishop)
Myles Cooper
Manasseh Cutler
Naphtali Daggett
Jacob Duché
George_Duffield_(minister,_born_1732)
Timothy Dwight IV
William Emerson Sr.
John Gano
Pierre Gibault
Gideon Hawley
Samuel Kirkland
John Larkin (Deacon of Charlestown)
William Linn
Samuel Magaw
Frederick Valentine Melsheimer
Joseph Montgomery
Peter Muhlenberg
John Murray (minister)
Samuel Phillips Payson
Richard Peters (priest)

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