“The Name Presbyterian. —Those who were summoned — as noted above— set out from their homes to meet on a certain day the governor and council and defend themselves as best they could. On the way one of the number lodged for the night at a farmhouse, and was detained there the following day because of a severe rain-storm. He took from a shelf a book that appeared to have been little used, and its title page was lost. He commenced to read, and to his astonishment found therein his views of the Gospel better expressed than he could himself, and in addition there were the texts of Scripture on which these truths were based. He had never before seen or heard of that book, and he wished to purchase it, but the owner presented it to him. When the delegation met in Williamsburg, they conferred together over the book, and all agreed that it expressed their religious views. When they came before the lieutenant-governor, Sir William Gooch, he made inquiry as to their religious views, and also as to the name of their sect. Handing him the book, they made answer that it contained their religious views. The governor examined it, and being a Scotchman by descent, he at once recognized it as the Confession of Faith of the Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and he exclaimed ‘Why, you are Presbyterians!’ They accepted the name. The governor appears to have been much impressed by the earnestness and candor of the men, and he ‘dismissed them with a gentle caution not to excite any disturbance in his majesty’s colony, nor by irregularities disturb the good order of society in their parish.’” — Jacob H. Patton, A Popular History of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America (1903), pp. 124-125