Rev. Thomas Burch was the eldest son of Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was born Tyrone County and was the brother of Rev. Robert Burch. He was the husband of Mary Ellen (Smith) Burch. They were married May 25, 1816. Mary died April 24, 1844. Rev. Burch was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Philadelphia Conference 1805 F 1807 Genesee (Western New York)/now Upper New York) Conference by transfer 1812 Baltimore Conference by transfer 1815 Philadelphia Conference by transfer 1821 New York Conference by transfer 1825. He died of a heart ailment.
Canadian Methodist Ministers, 1800-1925 -
BURCH, Thomas was born in 1778 and died in 1849. He was received on trial in 1805 and ordained in 1807. His charges were Milford 1805, St. Martin's 1806, Dauphin 1807-1808, Lancaster 1810-1811, Philadelphia 1812-1814, Montreal/Quebec City 1815, removed to the United States - War of 1812...only one preacher, therefore, Thomas Burch, who volunteered for Canada from the United States arrived there; the other, Rev. Nathan Bangs, who was appointed Presiding Elder in the Lower Province, but was to have charge also of Montreal, by the consent of the Bishops, relinquished his journey, after removing from New York as far as Lansingburgh, and remained in the United States.
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Thomas Burch (Circuit Rider)
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Conference Journal
1850, Page 444
Thomas Burch was an early nineteenth-century Methodist circuit rider in Canada and the United States. He was born on August 30, 1778 in Tyrone County, Ireland to Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was the eldest son. Burch's parents raised him in the Church of England. Burch converted to Methodism in 1801, after hearing sermons by Gideon Ousley. Soon afterwards, his mother and siblings converted to Methodism as well. His father was already deceased. They formed a Methodist Society in Tyrone County, which soon expanded to hundreds of members. Burch traveled to the United States, arriving on June 5, 1801. He traveled there with his mother, sister and brother Robert. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Boehm's Chapel. Burch became active in the Methodist Episcopal Church there, receiving a Local Preacher's license in 1804, and being received on trial as a circuit rider by the Philadelphia Annual Conference of 1805. After three years of circuit riding, Burch was promoted to the office of Deacon and Elder.---
Canadian Methodist Ministers, 1800-1925 -
BURCH, Thomas was born in 1778 and died in 1849. He was received on trial in 1805 and ordained in 1807. His charges were Milford 1805, St. Martin's 1806, Dauphin 1807-1808, Lancaster 1810-1811, Philadelphia 1812-1814, Montreal/Quebec City 1815, removed to the United States - War of 1812...only one preacher, therefore, Thomas Burch, who volunteered for Canada from the United States arrived there; the other, Rev. Nathan Bangs, who was appointed Presiding Elder in the Lower Province, but was to have charge also of Montreal, by the consent of the Bishops, relinquished his journey, after removing from New York as far as Lansingburgh, and remained in the United States.
Wikipedia
Thomas Burch (Circuit Rider)
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Conference Journal
1850, Page 444
Thomas Burch was an early nineteenth-century Methodist circuit rider in Canada and the United States. He was born on August 30, 1778 in Tyrone County, Ireland to Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was the eldest son. Burch's parents raised him in the Church of England. Burch converted to Methodism in 1801, after hearing sermons by Gideon Ousley. Soon afterwards, his mother and siblings converted to Methodism as well. His father was already deceased. They formed a Methodist Society in Tyrone County, which soon expanded to hundreds of members. Burch traveled to the United States, arriving on June 5, 1801. He traveled there with his mother, sister and brother Robert. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Boehm's Chapel. Burch became active in the Methodist Episcopal Church there, receiving a Local Preacher's license in 1804, and being received on trial as a circuit rider by the Philadelphia Annual Conference of 1805. After three years of circuit riding, Burch was promoted to the office of Deacon and Elder.---
Rev. Thomas Burch was the eldest son of Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was born Tyrone County and was the brother of Rev. Robert Burch. He was the husband of Mary Ellen (Smith) Burch. They were married May 25, 1816. Mary died April 24, 1844. Rev. Burch was a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church: Philadelphia Conference 1805 F 1807 Genesee (Western New York)/now Upper New York) Conference by transfer 1812 Baltimore Conference by transfer 1815 Philadelphia Conference by transfer 1821 New York Conference by transfer 1825. He died of a heart ailment.
Canadian Methodist Ministers, 1800-1925 -
BURCH, Thomas was born in 1778 and died in 1849. He was received on trial in 1805 and ordained in 1807. His charges were Milford 1805, St. Martin's 1806, Dauphin 1807-1808, Lancaster 1810-1811, Philadelphia 1812-1814, Montreal/Quebec City 1815, removed to the United States - War of 1812...only one preacher, therefore, Thomas Burch, who volunteered for Canada from the United States arrived there; the other, Rev. Nathan Bangs, who was appointed Presiding Elder in the Lower Province, but was to have charge also of Montreal, by the consent of the Bishops, relinquished his journey, after removing from New York as far as Lansingburgh, and remained in the United States.
Wikipedia
Thomas Burch (Circuit Rider)
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Conference Journal
1850, Page 444
Thomas Burch was an early nineteenth-century Methodist circuit rider in Canada and the United States. He was born on August 30, 1778 in Tyrone County, Ireland to Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was the eldest son. Burch's parents raised him in the Church of England. Burch converted to Methodism in 1801, after hearing sermons by Gideon Ousley. Soon afterwards, his mother and siblings converted to Methodism as well. His father was already deceased. They formed a Methodist Society in Tyrone County, which soon expanded to hundreds of members. Burch traveled to the United States, arriving on June 5, 1801. He traveled there with his mother, sister and brother Robert. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Boehm's Chapel. Burch became active in the Methodist Episcopal Church there, receiving a Local Preacher's license in 1804, and being received on trial as a circuit rider by the Philadelphia Annual Conference of 1805. After three years of circuit riding, Burch was promoted to the office of Deacon and Elder.---
Canadian Methodist Ministers, 1800-1925 -
BURCH, Thomas was born in 1778 and died in 1849. He was received on trial in 1805 and ordained in 1807. His charges were Milford 1805, St. Martin's 1806, Dauphin 1807-1808, Lancaster 1810-1811, Philadelphia 1812-1814, Montreal/Quebec City 1815, removed to the United States - War of 1812...only one preacher, therefore, Thomas Burch, who volunteered for Canada from the United States arrived there; the other, Rev. Nathan Bangs, who was appointed Presiding Elder in the Lower Province, but was to have charge also of Montreal, by the consent of the Bishops, relinquished his journey, after removing from New York as far as Lansingburgh, and remained in the United States.
Wikipedia
Thomas Burch (Circuit Rider)
Memoir
Methodist Episcopal Church
New York Conference Journal
1850, Page 444
Thomas Burch was an early nineteenth-century Methodist circuit rider in Canada and the United States. He was born on August 30, 1778 in Tyrone County, Ireland to Thomas and Eleanor Burch. He was the eldest son. Burch's parents raised him in the Church of England. Burch converted to Methodism in 1801, after hearing sermons by Gideon Ousley. Soon afterwards, his mother and siblings converted to Methodism as well. His father was already deceased. They formed a Methodist Society in Tyrone County, which soon expanded to hundreds of members. Burch traveled to the United States, arriving on June 5, 1801. He traveled there with his mother, sister and brother Robert. He settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, near Boehm's Chapel. Burch became active in the Methodist Episcopal Church there, receiving a Local Preacher's license in 1804, and being received on trial as a circuit rider by the Philadelphia Annual Conference of 1805. After three years of circuit riding, Burch was promoted to the office of Deacon and Elder.---
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