FAITH · HISTORICAL MARKER

Site of the Home of Francis Makemie

Onancock, Virginia
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Francis Makemie, founder of organized Presbyterianism in America, lived near this spot in his home at Onancock. He married Naomie Anderson of Accomack County, Virginia, and established one of his first licensed preaching places here in his home on October ye 5th 1699.
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Onancock, Virginia · United States

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