Name | William TENNENT [1] | |
Suffix | III | |
Born | 3 Feb 1740 | Freehold, New Jersey |
Gender | Male | |
Education | he graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1758, he later obtained a Master of Arts degree from his alma mater (1761) and Harvard (1763) [1] | |
HIST | He remained at the Congregation Church in Norwalk, Connecticut, until he accepted a call issued by the Independent (Congregational) Church of Charleston, S. C. (Nov. 1771). He arrived in Charleston on March 18, 1772, and soon became one of South Carolina’s foremost clergymen. [1] | |
Occupation | he was ordained a minister by the presbytery of New Brunswick, New Jersey, he preached in Hanover, Virginia, for six months; by July 3, 1765, he was serving as assistant minister of the Congregational Church in Norwalk, Connecticut [1] | |
_UID | 18A2EB1E2A954BB08A5D20DE4F0A88286B5E | |
Died | 11 Aug 1777 | High Hills of Santee, Sumter County, South Carolina [1, 2] |
Buried | High Hills of Santee, Sumter County, South Carolina [1] | |
Person ID | I58102 | Singleton and other families |
Last Modified | 30 Aug 2006 |
Father | William TENNENT, Jr., b. 3 Jun 1705, County Antrim, Ireland , d. 8 Mar 1777, Freehold, New Jersey (Age 71 years) | |
Mother | Catherine VAN BRUGH, b. 16 Aug 1704, d. 1786, Pittigrove, New Jersey (Age 81 years) | |
Married | 23 Aug 1738 [3, 4] | |
_UID | 4C57F13F8BDB4076A0EEA772F053542653FA | |
Family ID | F60192 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family | Susanne VERGEREAU, b. 21 Dec 1742, New York City, New York , d. 10 Apr 1795, Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina (Age 52 years) | |||||||||||
Married | 12 Jul 1764 | New York City, New York [5] | ||||||||||
_UID | A00755FE20CD4C5E889BBA285F91DA1A7A28 | |||||||||||
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Last Modified | 30 Aug 2006 | |||||||||||
Family ID | F41101 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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