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Freeborn Garrettson
American minister (1752–1827)
Freeborn Garrettson | |
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The Rev. Freeborn Garrettson, aged 73 | |
| Born | (1752-08-15)August 15, 1752 Harford County, Province of Maryland, British America |
| Died | September 26, 1827(1827-09-26) (aged 75) Village of Rhinebeck, New York, United States of America |
| Occupation | Clergyman |
| Spouse | Catherine Livingston (m. 1793) |
| Children | 1 |
Freeborn Garrettson (August 15, 1752 – September 26, 1827) was an American clergyman, and one of the first American-born Methodist preachers.
When Freeborn Garretson Wells was born on 2 February , in Sussex, Delaware, United States, his father, William H. Wells, was 28 and his mother.
He entered the Methodist ministry in 1775 and travelled extensively to evangelize in several states. He was called Methodism's "Paul Revere".[1] Garrettson was an outspoken abolitionist.
Early life
Born in 1752 on the west side of the Chesapeake Bay at the mouth of the Susquehanna River in Maryland, what is known today as Bush River Neck, Freeborn Garrettson was the third ge