John Boyd (pastor)

Reverend John Boyd (1679—August 30, 1708) was a Presbyterian minister in the United States. He was ordained the first pastor of Old Scot's Church, by the First Presbytery, which met in America on December 29, 1706.[1] He was the first Presbyterian minister ordained in America.[2][3] The event was described by the Rev. Hugh McCauley as "the small beginning of the great stream of organized American Presbyterianism".[4] He was also the first pastor of Old Scot's Church. He was considered important to the Presbyterian history and the Synod of the Northeast placed a 25 foot monument in his honor at the Old Scots Burying Ground in 1900. His monument was restored by the Synod of the Northeast in 2002 and the top Spiral on the monument[5] was replaced at that time.[6][7]

  1. ^ Elizabeth Boyd Henry Tennies, 1000 Years of Hystory: The Boyds - Scots-Irish Unsung Heros, 2007, Page 86
  2. ^ Walter Irving Clarke, Old Tennent Church. General Assembly Publicity Department, Phila, Pa., 1931,
  3. ^ Henry Goodwin Smith, The History of the "Old Scots "Church of Freehold. Transcript Printing House, Freehold, NJ, 1895
  4. ^ Hugh B McCauley, The Old Scots Memorial. MacRellish and Quigley, Trenton, NJ., 1900, Page 5-6
  5. ^ Jonathan Rifkin, "Historic Monument Honors Minister", Asbury Park Press, November 7, 2002, Page 48
  6. ^ "Historic Monument Honors Minister", Asbury Park Press, November 7, 2002, Page 48
  7. ^ Denicola, Linda (May 28, 2003). "Monument restored at historic cemetery". GMNews Archive. Retrieved 16 December 2016.