Rev. Abraham Sloat was born in the town of Grantham, Lincoln County, Canada West, October 7th, 1787.
His occupation was that of a farmer, and his intellectual advantages were very limited in his wild woods home. He was savingly converted to God in the year 1811 at Toronto, in what was then called the county of York. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church, by which he was licensed to exhort, and with which he remained two years.
He then returned to Grantham, Lincoln county, when his views of Christian doctrine changed, so as to harmonize with the sentiments of the regular Baptist denomination, with which he immediately united.
In the year 1813 the Baptist society of Grantham licensed him to preach the Gospel and in the year 1815 they caused him to be regularly ordained.
He exercised his gift there very successfully until the year 1816, when he removed to Westminster, Middlesex county, where he labored at wheelwright and carpenter, giving very much of his time to the work of preaching the Gospel.
He emigrated to the town of Worth, in the county of Sanilac, State of Michigan, and was the means establishing the Regular Baptist church of Worth, Mich. During 13 years he remained pastor of that church, until old age, with its infirmities, laid him aside from his pastoral work.
He has always been a faithful companion, a law-abiding citizen, an indulgent parent, and an exemplary Christian. He has remained at his post of duty when others have basely betrayed their trust; he has not been without his faults, but duly he has been the object of his ambition.
He was married February 11, 1807, to Miss Mary Green at Grantham, Canada West by a clergyman of the Presbyterian church. She died February 21, 1845.
In 1873 he had living 94 grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, extending back as far as the 4th generation.
Published in the Port Huron Times (Port Huron, Michigan
Sanilac County, Michigan
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His occupation was that of a farmer, and his intellectual advantages were very limited in his wild woods home. He was savingly converted to God in the year 1811 at Toronto, in what was then called the county of York. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church, by which he was licensed to exhort, and with which he remained two years.
He then returned to Grantham, Lincoln county, when his views of Christian doctrine changed, so as to harmonize with the sentiments of the regular Baptist denomination, with which he immediately united.
In the year 1813 the Baptist society of Grantham licensed him to preach the Gospel and in the year 1815 they caused him to be regularly ordained.
He exercised his gift there very successfully until the year 1816, when he removed to Westminster, Middlesex county, where he labored at wheelwright and carpenter, giving very much of his time to the work of preaching the Gospel.
He emigrated to the town of Worth, in the county of Sanilac, State of Michigan, and was the means establishing the Regular Baptist church of Worth, Mich. During 13 years he remained pastor of that church, until old age, with its infirmities, laid him aside from his pastoral work.
He has always been a faithful companion, a law-abiding citizen, an indulgent parent, and an exemplary Christian. He has remained at his post of duty when others have basely betrayed their trust; he has not been without his faults, but duly he has been the object of his ambition.
He was married February 11, 1807, to Miss Mary Green at Grantham, Canada West by a clergyman of the Presbyterian church. She died February 21, 1845.
In 1873 he had living 94 grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, extending back as far as the 4th generation.
Published in the Port Huron Times (Port Huron, Michigan
Sanilac County, Michigan
http://sandusky.lib.mi.us/index.php/genealogy
Rev. Abraham Sloat was born in the town of Grantham, Lincoln County, Canada West, October 7th, 1787.
His occupation was that of a farmer, and his intellectual advantages were very limited in his wild woods home. He was savingly converted to God in the year 1811 at Toronto, in what was then called the county of York. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church, by which he was licensed to exhort, and with which he remained two years.
He then returned to Grantham, Lincoln county, when his views of Christian doctrine changed, so as to harmonize with the sentiments of the regular Baptist denomination, with which he immediately united.
In the year 1813 the Baptist society of Grantham licensed him to preach the Gospel and in the year 1815 they caused him to be regularly ordained.
He exercised his gift there very successfully until the year 1816, when he removed to Westminster, Middlesex county, where he labored at wheelwright and carpenter, giving very much of his time to the work of preaching the Gospel.
He emigrated to the town of Worth, in the county of Sanilac, State of Michigan, and was the means establishing the Regular Baptist church of Worth, Mich. During 13 years he remained pastor of that church, until old age, with its infirmities, laid him aside from his pastoral work.
He has always been a faithful companion, a law-abiding citizen, an indulgent parent, and an exemplary Christian. He has remained at his post of duty when others have basely betrayed their trust; he has not been without his faults, but duly he has been the object of his ambition.
He was married February 11, 1807, to Miss Mary Green at Grantham, Canada West by a clergyman of the Presbyterian church. She died February 21, 1845.
In 1873 he had living 94 grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, extending back as far as the 4th generation.
Published in the Port Huron Times (Port Huron, Michigan
Sanilac County, Michigan
http://sandusky.lib.mi.us/index.php/genealogy
His occupation was that of a farmer, and his intellectual advantages were very limited in his wild woods home. He was savingly converted to God in the year 1811 at Toronto, in what was then called the county of York. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church, by which he was licensed to exhort, and with which he remained two years.
He then returned to Grantham, Lincoln county, when his views of Christian doctrine changed, so as to harmonize with the sentiments of the regular Baptist denomination, with which he immediately united.
In the year 1813 the Baptist society of Grantham licensed him to preach the Gospel and in the year 1815 they caused him to be regularly ordained.
He exercised his gift there very successfully until the year 1816, when he removed to Westminster, Middlesex county, where he labored at wheelwright and carpenter, giving very much of his time to the work of preaching the Gospel.
He emigrated to the town of Worth, in the county of Sanilac, State of Michigan, and was the means establishing the Regular Baptist church of Worth, Mich. During 13 years he remained pastor of that church, until old age, with its infirmities, laid him aside from his pastoral work.
He has always been a faithful companion, a law-abiding citizen, an indulgent parent, and an exemplary Christian. He has remained at his post of duty when others have basely betrayed their trust; he has not been without his faults, but duly he has been the object of his ambition.
He was married February 11, 1807, to Miss Mary Green at Grantham, Canada West by a clergyman of the Presbyterian church. She died February 21, 1845.
In 1873 he had living 94 grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild, extending back as far as the 4th generation.
Published in the Port Huron Times (Port Huron, Michigan
Sanilac County, Michigan
http://sandusky.lib.mi.us/index.php/genealogy
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