A HISTORY OF THE Presbyterian Church in America, FROM ITS ORIGIN UNTIL THE YEAR 1760. LATE PASTOR OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, MAUCH CHUNK, PA. WITH A Memoir of the Author, BY THE REV. C. VAN RENSSELAER, D.D. AND An Historical Introduction, BY THE REV. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, D.D. PÚBLISHED BY AUTHORITY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. PHILADELPHIA: No. 27 SOUTH TENTH STREET, BELOW CHESTNUT ST. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by JOSEPH M. WILSON, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. STEREOTYPED BY L. JOHNSON & CO. PHILADELPHIA. NOTICE. THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY resolved, in 1853, to publish the Rev. RICHARD WEBSTER'S "History of the Presbyterian Church." A committee, consisting of C. VAN RENSSELAER, JOHN C. BACKUS, and SAMUEL AGNEW, was appointed, with power to take measures to carry the resolution into effect. Various circumstances interfered to prevent the publication of the work until the present time. Since the committee was appointed, the basis of the Presbyterian Historical Society has been enlarged so as to include other branches of the Presbyterian church. It is, therefore, proper to state that the Society itself is not to be considered as committed to any of the controversial statements of the present history; but merely as issuing it under its general patronage and authority, after the manner of other Historical Societies. This volume of Church History is the first volume of the PUBLICATIONS OF THE PRESBYTERIAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY. C. VAN RENSSELAER, Chairman Ex. Com. of P. H. S. DECEMBER 22, 1856. 3 State of Ulster during the Reigns of James I. and Charles I.--Trials of the Ulster Presbyterians-The Eagle's Wing-Bishop Bramhall-Mr. Castell- His plan for introducing the Gospel into the Colonies-The Battle of Dunbar -Scots Prisoners sent to the Colonies-1670 to 1680, Scottish Presbyterians settle in Virginia, and procure a Minister from Ireland-Settlements in Maryland-1680, Colonel Stevens applies to Laggan Presbytery for a Minis- ter-Efforts of Scottish noblemen and others to settle Carolina-1684, Other prisoners sent from Scotland to Carolina-Lord Cardross-Settlements on the Potomac and Patuxent-Scotsmen join in purchasing the Jerseys-Scott, of Pitlochie-Voluntary exiles-Barclay, of Urie-Hume, of Paisley-Emi- gration to Jersey, Delaware, and Virginia-Dutch Reformed Congregations -Society of Friends-Ranters-John Labadie-Delusion in New England- Efforts made in Massachusetts to send the Gospel to Virginia-Episcopal Churches Baptists-Presbyterianism in Philadelphia-Francis Makemie— Other Ministers-State of Morals-Religious Liberty in the Colonies........65–78 Opening of Eighteenth Century-High-Churchism again in power-New Jersey |