Historical highway markers

Founder of Presbyterianism

Historical highway marker WY-15 · Accomack County

Five miles west was the home of the Rev. Francis Makemie, founder of Presbyterianism in the United States. About 1684, Makemie established in Maryland the first Presbyterian church. Later he moved to Accomac and married. He died here in 1708.

Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission, 1971

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