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The recruiting drive was led by John Dick, a recruiting agent for settlers in the New World. The British government agreed to provide free passage to the colony, free land, and one year of rations upon arrival. Over 2,000 of the "Foreign Protestants" arrived between 1750 and 1752, in 12 ships: [1] [2] Alderney (1750) Nancy (1750) Ann (1750 ...
The Foreign Protestants Naturalization Act 1708 (7 Ann. c. 9), sometimes referred to as the Foreign and Protestants Naturalization Act 1708, [3] was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain. The act was passed on 23 March 1709, which was still considered part of the year 1708 in the British calendar of the time . [ 4 ]
The Plantation Act 1740 (referring to colonies) or the Naturalization Act 1740 [1] are common names [2] [3] used for an act of the British Parliament (13 Geo. 2.c. 7) that was officially titled An Act for Naturalizing such foreign Protestants and others therein mentioned, as are settled or shall settle in any of His Majesty's Colonies in America.
The British Board of Trade hired John Dick, a young Scotsman and recruiting agent, to recruit Foreign Protestants and promised them land, a year's subsistence, and arms and tools. Transportation was not free, although some settlers were able to finance their passage by contracting their labour to the government. [2]
The Bishops in Foreign Countries Act 1841 (also called the Jerusalem Bishopric Act), [2] which came into force on 5 October, authorized the consecration of a bishop for a foreign country who need not be a subject of the British crown nor take the oath of allegiance, while, on the other hand, the clergy ordained by him would have no right to ...
The history of the church is associated with a community of "Foreign Protestants" (mostly German Palatines) who settled in the northern suburbs of Halifax between 1750 and 1752. [2] The land the church sits on could have been set aside for their religious use as early as 1750, but construction of the church only took place several years later. [1]
Former Protestants or ex-Protestants are people who used to be Protestant for some time, but no longer identify as such. This is a list of people who were, but no longer are, followers of Protestant churches. It is organized by what church they left; when applicable, the religion they joined is mentioned.
By 1914, Protestant churches founded by American missionaries had 47,000 communicants, served by 282 missionaries. In general, these missionaries were more successful than they had been in Mexico, Argentina or elsewhere in Latin America. [288] There were 700,000 Protestants by 1930, and increasingly they were in charge of their own affairs.