Makemie

American  

[muh-kem-ee, -key-mee] / məˈkɛm i, -ˈkeɪ mi /

noun

1. Francis, 1658?–1708, American Presbyterian clergyman, born in Ireland: founded the first Presbyterian church in America.

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Example Sentences

Pioneer Makemie organized in Maryland the first five truly Presbyterian churches.

From Time Magazine Archive

Francis Makemie died in 1703 at his homestead in eastern Virginia, now called Makemie Park.

From Time Magazine Archive

These were represented, at the opening of the eighteenth century, by that forerunner of the Scotch-Irish immigration, Francis Makemie.

From A History of American Christianity by Bacon, Leonard Woolsey

Oh, who can tell how much we owe to thee, Makemie, and to labor such as thine, For all that makes America the shrine Of faith untrammelled and of conscience free?

From Historic Shrines of America Being the Story of One Hundred and Twenty Historic Buildings and the Pioneers Who Made Them Notable by Faris, John T. (John Thomson)

William Traill, another Scot, Moderator of the Presbytery of Laggan, was sent over shortly before Makemie but he confined his work to preaching.

From Scotland's Mark on America by Black, George Fraser