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John Bethune (Scottish Gaelic: an t-Urr. Iain Beutan ) (1751 – September 23, 1815) was a Scottish Presbyterian minister , who served and helped found Reformed congregations among the Scottish diaspora in the Colony of North Carolina , Quebec , and in Upper Canada .
Bethune is the most honoured and respected of Canada’s pioneer Church of Scotland ministers, and his children were a credit to him. John and Alexander Neil rose high in the Church of England’s hierarchy, the former becoming dean of Montreal, the latter bishop of Toronto.
John Bethune may refer to: John Bethune (Scottish minister) (1725–1774) Scottish minister and philosopher. John Bethune (Canadian minister) (1751–1815), founder of the first Presbyterian Church in Montreal. John Drinkwater Bethune (1762–1844), English army officer and military historian.
He was the first product of the Church of England’s “Experiment in Home Education,” the training of Canadians for the ministry. He served the Cornwall Anglicans as a layreader between 1812 and 1814, when he was ordained in Quebec’s Holy Trinity cathedral by Bishop Jacob Mountain*.
Bernard Hewitt 1825-1893 Entered The Canadian Public Service 1858; deputy-minister of justice, 1867; resigned, 1876. In 1872, created I. C.; and the same year made C. M. G. In 1878 appointed assistant commissioner to France and Spain to negotiate commercial treaties. Aide-de-camp to Lord Monck, 1868, and to Lor... Bernardin Of Siena Saint
Jun 9, 2014 · First minister of the Kirk of Scotland in Upper Canada. The Rev. John Bethune, being a former Loyalist officer, received a grant of 3,000 acres of land for himself and his family, prompting him to leave his new congregation in Montreal and move to Williamstown, Glengarry County, in 1787.
Feb 6, 2021 · 48.4K subscribers. Subscribed. 15. 206 views 3 years ago. John Bethune founded the first Presbyterian Church in Montreal and was the patriarch of a notable Canadian family prominently...
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