Francis Makemie: Difference between revisions

'''Francis Makemie''' (1658–1708) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] clergyman, considered to be the founder of [[Presbyterianism]] in [[United States of America]].

 

Makemie was born into the [[Ulster-Scots]] community in [[Ramelton]], [[County Donegal]], part of the Province of [[Ulster]] in the north of [[Ireland]]. He attended [[Glasgow University]], where he underwent a religious conversion. He went on to become a clergyman and be ordained by the Presbytery of Laggan, in West Ulster, in 1681.<ref name="dnb">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Makemie, Francis |first=Thomas|last= Hamilton|volume=35}}</ref>