s/o of John Nevin / Martha McCracken born near the village of Strasburg, Franklin Co., PA
Rev. Dr. John Williamson Nevin D. D. L.L. D.
In the Autumn of 1817, when not yet 15 years he was sent to and matriculated as a student in Union College at Schenectady, NY. On his way to college in 1817 he called to see and met for the first and last time his patriarchal kinsman, Dr. Hugh Williamson. His only word of counsel to his Grand-Nephew was "Take care, my boy, that you do not learn to smoke, for smoking will lead you to drinking, and that is the end of all good."
Studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1823-1828, From 1841-1853 he was president of Marshall College at Mercersburg. With Rev. Philip Schaff and others he was on the committee which prepared the liturgy of the German Reformed Church, which appeared in provisional form in 1857 and as An Order of Worship in 1866.
m New Year's Day 1835 Martha J. Jenkins
They had children - William Wilberforce, Alice, Robert Jenkins, Blanche, Richard Cecil, Martha Finley "Patty", John Williamson, George Herbert
ref: Obit; Reformed Church in the US 1888 by Henry Harbaugh, Daniel Yost Heilser, William Miller Deatrick
Rev. Dr. John Williamson Nevin D. D. L.L. D.
In the Autumn of 1817, when not yet 15 years he was sent to and matriculated as a student in Union College at Schenectady, NY. On his way to college in 1817 he called to see and met for the first and last time his patriarchal kinsman, Dr. Hugh Williamson. His only word of counsel to his Grand-Nephew was "Take care, my boy, that you do not learn to smoke, for smoking will lead you to drinking, and that is the end of all good."
Studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1823-1828, From 1841-1853 he was president of Marshall College at Mercersburg. With Rev. Philip Schaff and others he was on the committee which prepared the liturgy of the German Reformed Church, which appeared in provisional form in 1857 and as An Order of Worship in 1866.
m New Year's Day 1835 Martha J. Jenkins
They had children - William Wilberforce, Alice, Robert Jenkins, Blanche, Richard Cecil, Martha Finley "Patty", John Williamson, George Herbert
ref: Obit; Reformed Church in the US 1888 by Henry Harbaugh, Daniel Yost Heilser, William Miller Deatrick
s/o of John Nevin / Martha McCracken born near the village of Strasburg, Franklin Co., PA
Rev. Dr. John Williamson Nevin D. D. L.L. D.
In the Autumn of 1817, when not yet 15 years he was sent to and matriculated as a student in Union College at Schenectady, NY. On his way to college in 1817 he called to see and met for the first and last time his patriarchal kinsman, Dr. Hugh Williamson. His only word of counsel to his Grand-Nephew was "Take care, my boy, that you do not learn to smoke, for smoking will lead you to drinking, and that is the end of all good."
Studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1823-1828, From 1841-1853 he was president of Marshall College at Mercersburg. With Rev. Philip Schaff and others he was on the committee which prepared the liturgy of the German Reformed Church, which appeared in provisional form in 1857 and as An Order of Worship in 1866.
m New Year's Day 1835 Martha J. Jenkins
They had children - William Wilberforce, Alice, Robert Jenkins, Blanche, Richard Cecil, Martha Finley "Patty", John Williamson, George Herbert
ref: Obit; Reformed Church in the US 1888 by Henry Harbaugh, Daniel Yost Heilser, William Miller Deatrick
Rev. Dr. John Williamson Nevin D. D. L.L. D.
In the Autumn of 1817, when not yet 15 years he was sent to and matriculated as a student in Union College at Schenectady, NY. On his way to college in 1817 he called to see and met for the first and last time his patriarchal kinsman, Dr. Hugh Williamson. His only word of counsel to his Grand-Nephew was "Take care, my boy, that you do not learn to smoke, for smoking will lead you to drinking, and that is the end of all good."
Studied theology at Princeton Theological Seminary 1823-1828, From 1841-1853 he was president of Marshall College at Mercersburg. With Rev. Philip Schaff and others he was on the committee which prepared the liturgy of the German Reformed Church, which appeared in provisional form in 1857 and as An Order of Worship in 1866.
m New Year's Day 1835 Martha J. Jenkins
They had children - William Wilberforce, Alice, Robert Jenkins, Blanche, Richard Cecil, Martha Finley "Patty", John Williamson, George Herbert
ref: Obit; Reformed Church in the US 1888 by Henry Harbaugh, Daniel Yost Heilser, William Miller Deatrick
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