List of Emigrant Ministers to America, 1690-1811

by Augusta B. Fothergill and Gerald Fothergill

In 1690 the recently installed Protestant King William initiated the policy of paying a bounty of 20 pounds to every Minister and Schoolmaster of the Church of England who was authorized to serve in British colonies in the Americas. Although the statutory origin of this policy is somewhat obscure, the historian Gerald Fothergill was able to piece together a list of some 1,200 prelates and teachers on whose behalf a warrant was issued from 1690 through...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080630149X
• ISBN13: 9780806301495
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Clearfield
• Length: 68 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"