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<p> a Presbyterian divine, born in Newcastle County, Delaware, July 15, 1734; graduated at [[Princeton]] College, N. J., in 1757; settled near [[Newark]] in 1759; was employed as a missionary to North Carolina in 1764-6; was chaplain to Knox's [[Brigade]] in 1778; settled in Charlotte, N. C., in 1779, but removed in 1780 to Newark, N. J., where he preached until his death, July 20, 1807. In 1788 he was prominent in settling the [[Confession]] of | Alexander Macwhorter <ref name="term_49339" /> | ||
==References == | <p> a Presbyterian divine, born in Newcastle County, Delaware, July 15, 1734; graduated at [[Princeton]] College, N. J., in 1757; settled near [[Newark]] in 1759; was employed as a missionary to North Carolina in 1764-6; was chaplain to Knox's [[Brigade]] in 1778; settled in Charlotte, N. C., in 1779, but removed in 1780 to Newark, N. J., where he preached until his death, July 20, 1807. In 1788 he was prominent in settling the [[Confession]] of Faith and forming the [[Constitution]] of the Presbyterian Church. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Yale College in 1776. See Sprague, Annals, 3:208 sq. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_49339"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/macwhorter,+alexander,+d.d. Alexander Macwhorter from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_49339"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/macwhorter,+alexander,+d.d. Alexander Macwhorter from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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