FIRST -- Methodist Society in the Continental United States - New York, NY
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N 40° 42.545 W 074° 00.490
18T E 583780 N 4506936
A historical marker at John Street Methodist church in downtown Manhattan.
Waymark Code: WM12P3N
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2020
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The plaque says, "John Street Methodist Church was organized in 1766 by a group of Irish emigrants under the leadership of Philip Embury and his first cousin, Barbara Heck. The “Irish Palatines” as they were referred to, were descendents of refugees from religious persecution in Germany. They were converted to Methodism in county Limerick by John Wesley, and carried their zeal to the new land where they formed the first Methodist Society in continental United States. This plaque has been erected by the Irish Institute and the American Irish Historical Society."
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