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 William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania
William White was born in Philadelphia in 1747, went to England in 1770 to be ordained deacon and priest, returned in 1772 and became first an assistant and then the rector of the Church of Christ and Saint Peter in Philadelphia.
White was Presiding Bishop of Pecusa at its first General Convention in 1789, and again from 1795 till his death on 17 July 1836.
White was largely responsible for the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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 William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania
William White was born in Philadelphia in 1747, went to England in 1770 to be ordained deacon and priest, returned in 1772 and became first an assistant and then the rector of the Church of Christ and Saint Peter in Philadelphia.
White was Presiding Bishop of Pecusa at its first General Convention in 1789, and again from 1795 till his death on 17 July 1836.
White was largely responsible for the Constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America.
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 William White
WHITE, William, P. bishop, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 April, 1748; died there, 17 July, 1836.
White made the original draft of the constitution, and also prepared an address to the archbishops and bishops of the Church of England, asking for the episcopate at their hands.
His father, Colonel Thomas White, removed to Philadelphia from Maryland in 1745, and married Esther, widow of John Neuman, and daughter of Abraham Hewlings, of Burlington, New Jersey, 7 May, 1747.
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 NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS
The marriage was performed by the Rev. William White, Rector of Christ Church, and afterward the venerable Bishop of the Pennsylvania diocese.
The repose was not simply from the cessation of suffering, it was the look of dignity—I might almost say of majesty that is only born of victory and I turned from the casket on which fittingly lay great white chrysanthemums, saying to myself, "Miss Dwight has come to her inheritance." Potter County Journal.
Was eldest son of Abel and Mary (Evans) Crosby and a grandson of William Crosby, one of the early settlers in Coudersport and afterwards in the settlement called South Woods, where he was born in December 1850.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
In 1864 the furnace was purchased by Brutley, William, Levi and Horace Smith of Joanna Furnace, Berks County.
His land was described as lying near "the branches of the French Creek and the Brandywine in Chester County, Pa." In 1725, he was one-third owner of the Coventry Forge, which he sold to a partner on December 14, 1725 for 500 pounds.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
In 1864 the furnace was purchased by Brutley, William, Levi and Horace Smith of Joanna Furnace, Berks County.
His land was described as lying near "the branches of the French Creek and the Brandywine in Chester County, Pa." In 1725, he was one-third owner of the Coventry Forge, which he sold to a partner on December 14, 1725 for 500 pounds.
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 The Anglican Province of Christ the Good Shepherd - Diocese of Central Colombia
John N. Hopkins was consecrated in 1832 by the Right Reverend William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, USA.
William White was consecrated in 1783 by the Most Reverend John Moore, LXXXVIII Archbishop of Canterbury
Daniel S. Tuttle was consecrated in 1867 by the Right Reverend John N. Hopkins, Bishop of Vermont, USA.
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 Old White Marsh Church, By W. Thomas Kemp
The former was William, who became the first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania and the second of that church in the United States.
It was in 1714 that the Rev. Henry Maynadier, a Huguenot, was the Rector of White Marsh Church.
Daniel Maynadier was rector from 1717 to 1746; Rev. Thomas Bacon from 1746 to 1758; Rev. Hindman in 1779-, Bishop Claggett, the first Episcopal Bishop of Maryland, held a confirmation in the church in 1793.
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 The Episcopal Academy - Peterson's In-Depth Description
The Academy was founded in 1785 by the Right Reverend William White, first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania, and occupied its first building in 1787, two doors away from Independence Hall.
It holds membership in the National Association of Independent Schools, the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools, the National Association of Episcopal Schools, and the National Association of Principals of Schools for Girls.
In 2001, the School purchased 120 acres of undeveloped farm land in Newtown Square, 10 miles west of the Merion Campus and a mile from the Devon Campus.
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William Penn, it is true, essayed to purchase the Indians' "right of occupancy" on part of the soil of Pennsylvania, but the consideration given the Indians was as infinitessimally small in proportion to the value of the land granted as a grain of gold is to the entire deposits of the mines of California.
James was the first Prothonotary of Cambria County, and at one time the leader of the opposition to Father Gallitzin and went to Bishop Carroll with a letter against his pastor.
People not conversant with the history of the treatment of the Indians of the United States, often wonder why they have often been hostile to the white intruders on the homes of their fathers.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
From the beginning, the Honey Brook Presbyterian Church was built in 1835 by former members of the Brandywine Manor Church.
This property is located in Honey Brook Township although a small portion of ground on the east side of Chestnut Tree Road lies in West Nantmeal Township.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
The mill dam lies to the West of this building and the breast of the dam is to the southwest of the mill.
Somewhat west of Wyebrooke and Isabella Furnace near the village of Cupola, the old Rebecca Furnace was built about 1764 along the Brandywine Creek in West Nantmeal Township.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
The beautiful forests of Pennsylvania were a welcome invitation to this young industry and many acres succumbed to the ax.
On the north side of Bollinger road just west of the Bollinger bridge, stands the remains of a small grist mill that received its power from the flow of water from Perkins Run.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
This property is located in Honey Brook Township although a small portion of ground on the east side of Chestnut Tree Road lies in West Nantmeal Township.
The residents of West Nantmeal Township appreciate most proudly and sincerely, the ancestry and the aspects of this wonderful place that we call home.
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 WEST NANTMEAL TOWNSHIP CHESTER COUNTY
The first Episcopal Church Bishop of Pennsylvania, William White, tested Levi Bull’s knowledge and being satisfied, ordained him to the priesthood.
The mill dam lies to the West of this building and the breast of the dam is to the southwest of the mill.
Somewhat west of Wyebrooke and Isabella Furnace near the village of Cupola, the old Rebecca Furnace was built about 1764 along the Brandywine Creek in West Nantmeal Township.
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 HSP Manuscript Guide: 100-199
Papers of the Bull family contain deeds to land in Northumberland County; certificate of ordination of Levi Bull, priest of the Episcopal Church, signed by Bishop William White, 1805; and other items.
Journal of William B. Davidson, 1824-1825, member of the Philadelphia bar, details activities in law college, daily local events, his observations on sermons preached in local churches, politics, tours through Pennsylvania, travel by coach and canal, and describes a reception tendered Marquis de Lafayette on the occasion of his visit to Philadelphia, 1824.
William S. Diller of Hanover, was an officer in the 76th Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-1864.
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 The International Free Protestant Episcopal Church - Lubimovka Village,Kherson Region
John Moore, Archbishop of Canterbury consecrated in 1787 William White as the PECUSA bishop of Pennsylvania.
Archbishop Rivette was consecrated in New York City on 19 October 1971 by Bishops Albert J. Fuge, Sr., assisted by Benjamin C. Eckardt, William C. Thompson, and Ernest P. Parish.
In 1979 Primus Boltwood resigned his office and retired as Bishop Primus of the FPEC and as Archbishop of Great Britain at the age of ninety years.
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 SBF Glossary: E to ECU, ecu
The school was founded [in 1785] by the Right Reverend William White, first Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania.
E.B. White was Elwyn Brooks White (1899-1985), but from his college days on he was known as `Andy.'
Since the potential energy of the solid is determined by the positions of its constituents, it is clear that neither the potential nor the kinetic energy can change unless some part of the solid moves.
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 The Anglican Province of Christ the Good Shepherd - Diocese of Central Colombia
John N. Hopkins was consecrated in 1832 by the Right Reverend William White, Bishop of Pennsylvania, USA.
William White was consecrated in 1783 by the Most Reverend John Moore, LXXXVIII Archbishop of Canterbury
Daniel S. Tuttle was consecrated in 1867 by the Right Reverend John N. Hopkins, Bishop of Vermont, USA.
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 Ken, Thomas on Encyclopedia.com
On the accession of William of Orange (William III) Bishop Ken would not take the oath of allegiance to him after having given it to the Stuarts, and in 1691 his see was taken from him as a nonjuror.
William Thomas Cain Getty Images 03-16-2003 VALLEY FORGE, PA - MARCH 16: Ken Wales (L) and his daughter Brielle Wales (R) wear red, white, and blue face paint during a Rally For America March 16, 2003 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
William Thomas Cain Getty Images 04-18-2002 404154 01: Ken Nacke (L) comforts his sister Paula Nacke-Jacobs (R) as she wipes a tear from her eyes speaking about their brother Lou Nacke, who died on United Airlines Flight 93, when it crashed in Shanksville, PA, September 11, 2001 before listening to
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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1814, studied theology under Bishop White, was made deacon, 18 September, 1817, and became assistant in Christ church, Philadelphia, of which the bishop was rector.
See "The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg," by Anne Ayres (New York, 1880).--Gotthilf's grandson, Frederick Augustus, educator, son of Frederick A. Muhlenberg, M. D., born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 25 August, 1818, was graduated at Jefferson college in 1836, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1838.
Muhlenberg was the father of eleven children.--His son, John Peter Gabriel, patriot, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1746 ; died near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1807, was sent when he was sixteen years of age, with his two brothers, to be educated in Germany.
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 Henry Melchior Muhlenberg
He was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1814, studied theology under Bishop White, was made deacon, 18 September, 1817, and became assistant in Christ church, Philadelphia, of which the bishop was rector.
See "The Life and Work of William Augustus Muhlenberg," by Anne Ayres (New York, 1880).--Gotthilf's grandson, Frederick Augustus, educator, son of Frederick A. Muhlenberg, M. D., born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, 25 August, 1818, was graduated at Jefferson college in 1836, and at Princeton theological seminary in 1838.
Muhlenberg was the father of eleven children.--His son, John Peter Gabriel, patriot, born in Trappe, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1746 ; died near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1 October, 1807, was sent when he was sixteen years of age, with his two brothers, to be educated in Germany.
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 CORNELIUS VAN H. ENGERT PAPERS: FOLDER LISTING CONTINUED
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 African Americans in the Visual Arts: A Historical Perspective
When Henry was seven, Bishop Tanner moved his family to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was a minister at the famed MOTHER BETHEL A.M.E. Henry was exposed to religion and learned the strength of family life coming from it in daily living.
SCIPIO MOORHEAD of Boston, G.W. of Baltimore, JOSHUA JOHNSTON of Baltimore, JULIEN HUDSON of New Orleans, ROBERT M. of Philadelphia, PATRICK HENRY REASON of Philadelphia, and WILLIAM SIMPSON of Boston were among the early identifiable portraitists of prominent black and white subjects from 1773 until 1887.
Henry O. Tanner was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1859.
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 Henry Jackson Morton
He was graduated at Columbia in 1827, and at the General theological seminary, New York, in 1830, and became assistant in charge of St. James's Episcopal church, under Bishop William White, in Philadelphia.
For many years he was president of the standing committee of the diocese of Pennsylvania, and he has been since 1844 a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he received the degree of D. in 1844.
Morton published "Sunday-School Teacher's Call" (New York, 1838) and "The Sunday-School Teacher's Aid" (1838).--His son, Henry, physicist born in New York city, 11 December, 1836, was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1857, and then took a post-graduate course in chemistry.
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 MSN Encarta - Episcopal Church
This permission was finally granted, and on February 4, 1787, bishops of the Church of England consecrated Provoost the first Episcopal bishop of New York, and William White the first of Pennsylvania.
At the same time, a noted clergyman from Connecticut, Samuel Seabury, had accepted consecration from nonjuring bishops of Scotland (1784), thus becoming the first bishop of Connecticut.
The doctrinal position of the church is, with certain modifications, the same as that of the Church of England.
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 Episcopal Church
The character of the Episcopal church was influenced during its early years by the struggle between the Low church party, led by William White, the first bishop of Pennsylvania, and a High church party, led by Samuel Seabury, bishop of Connecticut.
A general convention was established, composed of a house of bishops and a house of clerical and lay deputies, and chartered to meet triennially.
The subsequent history of the Episcopal church is largely that of its expansion with the growth of the United States in territory and population, and of revisions of polity, laws, and liturgy.
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 Episcopal Church
The character of the Episcopal church was influenced during its early years by the struggle between the Low church party, led by William White, the first bishop of Pennsylvania, and a High church party, led by Samuel Seabury, bishop of Connecticut.
The subsequent history of the Episcopal church is largely that of its expansion with the growth of the United States in territory and population, and of revisions of polity, laws, and liturgy.
The American Revolution severed ties between the Church of England and the church in the colonies.
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 Episcopal Church
The character of the Episcopal church was influenced during its early years by the struggle between the Low church party, led by William White, the first bishop of Pennsylvania, and a High church party, led by Samuel Seabury, bishop of Connecticut.
The subsequent history of the Episcopal church is largely that of its expansion with the growth of the United States in territory and population, and of revisions of polity, laws, and liturgy.
Thus in 1789, the Protestant Episcopal church began its separate existence, determined to preserve its Anglican heritage but also committed to such American ideals as the separation of Church and State.
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