Before providing a biography of William Mackay Tennent, it is helpful to consider the frequently used name William by the Tennent family. It is all too easy to confuse one William with another. William, Sr. (1673-1745)...
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A Pastor’s Defense of the Covenant of Works, Alexander McWhorter
Alexander was born July 15, 1734, to Hugh and Jane McWhorter in New Castle, Delaware. Hugh was a successful farmer who settled in America after having made a sizeable sum selling linen in County Armagh, Ireland. The...
John McDowell, Blessed are the Peace Makers
John was born to Matthew and Elizabeth (Anderson) McDowell in Bedminster, New Jersey, September 10, 1780. His ancestors were Scots implanted in Ulster by James I in the seventeenth century. He was baptized and raised in...
Aaron W. Leland, Congregationalism and Grassroots Presbyterianism
Aaron Whitney was born to Rev. John and Hephzibah (Leland) Leland in Peru, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, October 1, 1787. John was pastor of the Congregational Church in town and his wife was a second cousin. The...
William McWhir, Educator and Florida Missionary
William was born to James and Jean (Gibson) McWhir in Moneyreagh Parish, County Down, Ireland, September 9, 1759. James was a Presbyterian elder as was his father. Both parents hoped that one of their sons would become...
S. Beach Jones, 1811-1883, Presbytery of Patapsco
Samuel Beach was born November 23, 1811 in Charleston, South Carolina to Paul Townsend and Mary Lamball (Beach) Jones. His paternal grandfather owned a rice plantation and his mother’s ancestors maintained a large...
