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title: 'Francis Makemie'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'William Buell Sprague'
date: 1858-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Church History, Autobiography, and Biography'
scriptures:
- 'Acts 2'
- 'Psalms 23'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/sprague-1858-francis-makemie
---

# Francis Makemie

Biography of Francis Makemie (d.1708), pioneering American Presbyterian: church planter, founder of an early presbytery, prosecuted for preaching without a licence.

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