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<p> a pioneer Presbyterian minister, was born in Ireland, September 21, 1710, but was educated in America. He was licensed by the [[Donegal]] [[Presbytery]] in 1738, sent to [[Deer]] Creek, Maryland, and in 1739 to Opequhon Irish Tract, and other places in western Virginia. In 1740 he was ordained pastor at [[Shenandoah]] and South River, resigned in 1754, and died April 21, 1774. He was a man mighty in the Scriptures, in perils often, in labors abundant. (W.P.S.) </p>
<p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in Dublin, Ireland. He came to Maryland, joined the Methodists, served on the British side in, the war of independence, went to Nova [[Scotia]] in 1784, travelled through the province as a preacher; was ordained pastor of a Baptist Church at [[Ragged]] Island; removed to [[Connecticut]] in 1732, and remained there two years. He then returned to Nova Scotia, where he died, December 13, 1737, in his eighty- eighth year. See Bill, Hist. of [[Baptists]] in the Maritime Provinces, page 232. </p>


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<ref name="term_35080"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/craig,+john+(2) John Craig from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_35082"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/craig,+john+(1) John Craig from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Revision as of 09:02, 15 October 2021

John Craig [1]

a Baptist minister, was born in Dublin, Ireland. He came to Maryland, joined the Methodists, served on the British side in, the war of independence, went to Nova Scotia in 1784, travelled through the province as a preacher; was ordained pastor of a Baptist Church at Ragged Island; removed to Connecticut in 1732, and remained there two years. He then returned to Nova Scotia, where he died, December 13, 1737, in his eighty- eighth year. See Bill, Hist. of Baptists in the Maritime Provinces, page 232.

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