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The following excerpt from The Writings and Life of Francis Makemie by the Rev. Dr. Boyd Schlenther provides a wonderful introduction to Francis: "Francis Makemie was born of Scottish parentage near Ramelton, County Donegal, Ulster, about the year 1658. No details of his early life are known, but he was enrolled in the University of Glasgow ("Franciscus Makemius Scoto Hyburnus") in February of 1676, Trinity College in Dublin being closed to Dissenters at that time. The only personal description we have is t
Francis traveled along the coasts of Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and in the island colony of Barbados in the British Isles. Around 1687, he purchased land in Accomack County, Virginia. From here he also engaged in trade, for ministers residing outside the larger cities did not regularly receive a stipend and so were required to find other means of support.