Jerusha Bingham Kirkland | |
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| Born | Jerusha Bingham October 15, 1743 Windham, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | January 23, 1788 |
| Other names | Jemima Bingham |
| Occupation | missionary |
| Spouse | |
| Children | John Thornton Kirkland |
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Jerusha Bingham Kirkland (October 15, 1743 – January 23, 1788) was a prominent colonial American pioneer in the missionary cause.[1] During the years of her residence and labors among the Oneida people, where she and her husband, Rev. Dr. Samuel Kirkland, brought about many conversions to Christianity, Mrs. Kirkland was noted for her kind deeds as a nurse and medical benefactor to the Native Americans. Both she and her husband gained a wide influence among the indigenous people of the region, many of whom they were afterwards and during the American Revolutionary War, able to win over to the colonialist cause.[1]
- ^ a b Fowler, William W. (1876). "MRS. KIRKLAND AMONG THE ONEIDAS". Woman on the American Frontier. pp. 363–65. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
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