Robert Blackwell baptism and marriage register

Reverend Robert Blackwell was ordained in England in 1772 and served in a missionary capacity in Gloucester, NJ from 1773-1777. Blackwell was chaplain to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade in the Revolutionary War and surgeon at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. In 1781, he became rector of S...

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Main Author: Blackwell, Robert 1748-1831 (Creator)
Collection:Robert Blackwell Baptism and Marriage Register
Collection Number:Am.733
Format: Manuscript
Language:English
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520 |a Reverend Robert Blackwell was ordained in England in 1772 and served in a missionary capacity in Gloucester, NJ from 1773-1777. Blackwell was chaplain to the 1st Pennsylvania Brigade in the Revolutionary War and surgeon at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777-1778. In 1781, he became rector of St. Peter's Church in Philadelphia. This volume is the register, 1782-1819, of baptisms and marriages and also contains the original marriage certificate of Rev. Blackwell and his wife Rebecca Harrison, dated 1780. 
541 1 |a Gift of John William Wallace.; 1874 acquired 
650 7 |a Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--18th century  |2 Local sources 
650 7 |a Church records and registers--Pennsylvania--19th century  |2 Local sources 
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