. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. field GEORGE DUFFIELD A. B. (Princeton); D. D. (Yale) Chaplain to Continental Congress and Pennsylvania Militia dur-ing the Revolutionary War; first Stated Clerk of Gen-eral Assembly; first Pastor of the church, andburied in the churchyard From the portrait in Independence Hall. The Pastorate of George Duffield (1772-1790). George Duffield was descended from a Huguenotfamily, whose original name was du Fielde. The Duf-fields were refugees from England, from whence theywent to Irelan
. A history of old Pine street; being the record of an hundred and forty years in the life of a colonial church. field GEORGE DUFFIELD A. B. (Princeton); D. D. (Yale) Chaplain to Continental Congress and Pennsylvania Militia dur-ing the Revolutionary War; first Stated Clerk of Gen-eral Assembly; first Pastor of the church, andburied in the churchyard From the portrait in Independence Hall. The Pastorate of George Duffield (1772-1790). George Duffield was descended from a Huguenotfamily, whose original name was du Fielde. The Duf-fields were refugees from England, from whence theywent to Ireland. In the American family, English andIrish blood was co-mingled with that of the Huguenotstock. About the year 1725, George and Margaret Duf-field immigrated from Ireland, and settled in Pequeatownship, Lancaster County. There George, the thirdson, was born on the seventh of October, 1732. Theconditions of the early life of this child of promise weremost favorable. His fathers farm was ample, fertileand beautiful. His first school was an intelligent,Christian home. His pastor, Dr. Robert Smith, wasable, learned and spiritual. His young life was fedfrom these rich sources of nature and of grace. With rare preparation for entering upon a sys-tematic course of study, young Duffield was sent toNewark Academy, Delaware, where, under the bestof teachers, he was fully prepared for colleg
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