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| | Francis Makemie |
 | | In 1699 he obtained a formal license to preach agreeably to the requirements of the toleration act, and travelled from Maryland to South Carolina to supply feeble churches, in 1707, on his way to New England, Mr. |
 | | Makemie preached in a private house in New York without a license, for which he was arrested by Governor Cornbury and imprisoned for two months, and after his release he narrowly escaped arrest for a similar offence in New Jersey. |
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