Shubael was born at Mansfield, Windham County, Conecticut, where his family had moved sometime previously. He joined the Church of the Standing Order, that is, the Congregational Church, to which his parents belonged and proved himself to be a godly, substantial type of citizen. Thrice married, he was the father of eleven children, of whom Daniel was the oldest. The father and, in time, the son Daniel became widely known as lay preachers. Both had been greatly influenced by the preaching of George Whitefield (1714-1770) and Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and other revivalists of the Great Awakening. These influences led Shubael and Daniel to become closely associated with the Separatist movement.
Various points of controversy claimed attention in public and private life: freedom of conscience and its bibical basis and scope: who were the proper subjects for baptism; the mode of baptism: who might properly be admitted to communion: who might be ordained to the Christian ministry: and the entire question of taxes paid for the support of the Chruch of the Standing Order.
On occasions both father and son were fined and imprisoned, and in default of paying the fines were forced to submit to the seizure of their property.
Shubael was preaching from horseback, under a tree when he was arrested and thrown in jail. Daniel persuaded the authorities to set him free, they agreed, if he were to leave the country and not come back. They took their families and sailed to Nova Scotia in 1759-60.
Various points of controversy claimed attention in public and private life: freedom of conscience and its bibical basis and scope: who were the proper subjects for baptism; the mode of baptism: who might properly be admitted to communion: who might be ordained to the Christian ministry: and the entire question of taxes paid for the support of the Chruch of the Standing Order.
On occasions both father and son were fined and imprisoned, and in default of paying the fines were forced to submit to the seizure of their property.
Shubael was preaching from horseback, under a tree when he was arrested and thrown in jail. Daniel persuaded the authorities to set him free, they agreed, if he were to leave the country and not come back. They took their families and sailed to Nova Scotia in 1759-60.
Shubael was born at Mansfield, Windham County, Conecticut, where his family had moved sometime previously. He joined the Church of the Standing Order, that is, the Congregational Church, to which his parents belonged and proved himself to be a godly, substantial type of citizen. Thrice married, he was the father of eleven children, of whom Daniel was the oldest. The father and, in time, the son Daniel became widely known as lay preachers. Both had been greatly influenced by the preaching of George Whitefield (1714-1770) and Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758) and other revivalists of the Great Awakening. These influences led Shubael and Daniel to become closely associated with the Separatist movement.
Various points of controversy claimed attention in public and private life: freedom of conscience and its bibical basis and scope: who were the proper subjects for baptism; the mode of baptism: who might properly be admitted to communion: who might be ordained to the Christian ministry: and the entire question of taxes paid for the support of the Chruch of the Standing Order.
On occasions both father and son were fined and imprisoned, and in default of paying the fines were forced to submit to the seizure of their property.
Shubael was preaching from horseback, under a tree when he was arrested and thrown in jail. Daniel persuaded the authorities to set him free, they agreed, if he were to leave the country and not come back. They took their families and sailed to Nova Scotia in 1759-60.
Various points of controversy claimed attention in public and private life: freedom of conscience and its bibical basis and scope: who were the proper subjects for baptism; the mode of baptism: who might properly be admitted to communion: who might be ordained to the Christian ministry: and the entire question of taxes paid for the support of the Chruch of the Standing Order.
On occasions both father and son were fined and imprisoned, and in default of paying the fines were forced to submit to the seizure of their property.
Shubael was preaching from horseback, under a tree when he was arrested and thrown in jail. Daniel persuaded the authorities to set him free, they agreed, if he were to leave the country and not come back. They took their families and sailed to Nova Scotia in 1759-60.
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