Favorite
“Born in King and Queen County, Virginia February 4, 1747. William was the son of Thomas and Sarah Sanderson Hickman. Orphaned early in life, he was raised by his grandmother. About the year 1770 he heard the preaching of those oft persecuted Baptists – John Waller, James Chiles and David Tinsley. This led to his conversion February 21, 1773 of Read more...
Favorite
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ~ JOHN GANO SARAH GANO WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AUGUST 10, A.D. 1804 APRIL 22, A.D. 1792 IN THE 78™ YEAR OF HIS AGE. IN THE 57″ YEAR OF HER AGE. OF HUGUENOT DESCENT, JOHN GANO WAS BORN JULY 22, 1727 IN HOPEWELL, NEW JERSEY, TO DANIEL AND SARAH BRITTON GANO. Read more...
Favorite
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Settlers first came to this area of Massachusetts late in the seventeenth century. Jacob Bartlett, a Quaker, and Nicholas Cook, a Baptist, were the earliest inhabitants and are generally known as the town pioneers. On November 27, 1719, at the request of thirty–three petitioners, the town of Bellingham was incorporated. Though a number of the town residents Read more...
Favorite
A pioneer among the Baptists, Andrew Tribble moved from Virginia to Kentucky in 1784. He settled in what is now Madison County, gathered the Tates Creek Baptist Church in 1786, and pastored here until shortly before his death. Faithfulness to the Saviour marked his life. He gathered several churches in Kentucky and while pastoring at Tates Creek, the church licensed Read more...
Favorite
Daniel Merrill Pastor. Educator. Legislator. Daniel Merrill, the son of Thomas and Sarah Merrill, was born March 18, 1765 in Rowley, Massachusetts. He was converted at the age of thirteen and early received impressions that he should become a minister of the gospel. In January of 1781, Merrill became a soldier in the war for American Independence and served until Read more...