Difference between revisions of "William Andrews"

From BiblePortal Wikipedia
Line 1: Line 1:


William Andrews <ref name="term_19869" />
William Andrews <ref name="term_19875" />
<p> Andrews, [[William]] (2), </p> <p> a missionary of the Church of [[England]] and a native of Ireland, after having. been for some time in America, went to England in 1770; was ordained by the bishop of London, and appointed to Schenectady, N. Y., by the Society for the Propagation of the [[Gospel]] in Foreign Parts. In 1771 he opened a grammar-school, but ill-health led him in 1773 to migrate to Virginia, and he resided for some time in Williamsburg. The mission of [[Johnstown]] having become vacant, he applied for it. See Sprague Annals of the Amer. Pulpit. 5. 91. </p>
<p> Andrews, [[William]] (1), </p> <p> a missionary of the Church of England, came to preach to the [[Mohawk]] Indians in New York as a successor to the Rev. Thoroughgood Moore. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs held in Albany, he was greeted by the sachems with great respect; but his mission proving unsuccessful, he abandoned it in 1719. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 5, 91. </p>


== References ==
== References ==
<references>
<references>
<ref name="term_19869"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrews,+william+(2) William Andrews from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_19875"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/andrews,+william+(1) William Andrews from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
</references>
</references>

Revision as of 07:50, 15 October 2021

William Andrews [1]

Andrews, William (1),

a missionary of the Church of England, came to preach to the Mohawk Indians in New York as a successor to the Rev. Thoroughgood Moore. At a meeting of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs held in Albany, he was greeted by the sachems with great respect; but his mission proving unsuccessful, he abandoned it in 1719. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 5, 91.

References