Presbyterians of the Past

Archive - November 2018

Robert McCachren, 1798-1885

Robert was born the second son of John and Isabella Cunningham McCachren at the Forks of Brandywine, Chester County, Pennsylvania, September 24, 1798. When he was ten years old his father died leaving his mother with...

Thanksgiving, 2018

In celebration of Thanksgiving 2018 readers are referred also to the post for 2017, “The First Thanksgiving, Edward Winslow, 1621.”  The post for last year has not taken into account the CSPAN3 episode of...

Thomas Creigh, 1808-1880

Thomas was born September 9, 1808, to Dr. John and Eleanor Dunbar Creigh the seventh child in a family that would have six sons and four daughters. His paternal ancestors were Protestant Germans who fled their home in...