Founder of Presbyterianism

Accomack County · dedicated 1971 · Lankford Highway at intersection with Saxis Road

Five miles west was the home of the Rev. Francis Makemie, founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. About 1684, Makemie established in Maryland the first Presbyterian church. Later he moved to Accomac and married. He died here in 1708.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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