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Editor's note: David Benedict, of Rhode Island, published the first American Baptist history in 1813. He sought information from Baptists in different areas of the nation and also sought subscriptions for the publication costs. He listed near the end of the second volume of his A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America, and other parts of the World twenty-four pages of subscribers and a number beside the subscriber's name if the person purchased more than one volume.
Mr. Benedict's spelling of the person's name was not always acccurate, nor were his county locations. It is to be remembered that many new counties were being established in the western states, so he may not have everyone listed as they are more often found. No attempt has been made to change his list. - Jim Duvall.
The following persons are listed:
Subscribers' from Various States
A General History of the Baptist Denomination in America,
and other parts of the World, 1813.
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CANADA
Cornwallis, N. B.
Edward Manning, 12
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DISTRICT OF MAINE.
Eastport.
Henry A. Clarke
Aaron Hayden, Esq. 2
Margaret Wortman
Nathaniel Clarke
Daniel Holmes
Abel Sturns
John Bastow
Samuel Wheeler
John Webster
Jonathan N. Peavey
Stephen Jones
Alanson Rice Jerry Burgiss
John Kendall
Moses Norwood, jr.
David Parsons
Stephen Hatch
Jacob Lincoln
Jesse Gleason
Philip Y. Bell
Lewis F. Delesdernier, Esq.
Jonathan C. Todd
Thomas Lesner, jr.
Washington County.
Jonathan Furnald
Robert Moor, Esq.
Capt. James Moor
Benjamin Wakefield
Mark Leighton
Jonathan Leighton
Elisha Small
Capt. Joseph Adams
William Ray
Simeon Brown
Alex. Nichols, Esq.
James Campbell, Esq.
Elisha Coffin
David Wass
Joseph Pattin, Esq.
James Bailey
Otis Smith
Uriah Nash
Dennisville.
Isaac Hobert
Sedgwick.
Daniel Merrill, 10
Thomaston.
Samuel Baker, 9
Jefferson.
William Allen
Joseph Jackson
Nathaniel Kennedy
John Kennedy
Archibald Robinson
Thomas Trask.jr.
Andrew Waggoner
Samuel Whitehouse
Mary Hawks
Daniel Weeks
Windthrop Weeks
North Yarmouth.
Thomas Green
Sylvanus Boardman
Col. Thomas Chase
James Field
Calvin Stockbridge, 9
Portland.
Caleb Blood
Samuel Ward
Mark Harris
William Harris
Nathaniel Lefavor
Abel Sturns
Anthony Fernald
Joseph Noble
Joseph C. Boyd, Esq.
Justin Kent
Benj. Radford
Scattered in many towus.
Japheth C. Washburn
Stephen Dexter
Isaac Dexter
Reuben Besse, jr.
Nathaniel Robinson
Nathan Wesson
Capt. John Dennitt
Joseph Palmer
Edmund Haywood
John Smith
Joseph Amory
Henry Kendall
John Tripp
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NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
Milford.
George Evans, 10
Concord.
George Hough
Isaac Hill
Salisbury.
Otis Robinson
Lydia True
New London.
Job Seamans
Jeremiah Pingry, jr.
Chesterfeld.
Joseph Elliot
Andrew Phillips, jr.
William Colburn
Swanzy.
Joseph Hammond, jr.
Benjamin Hammond
David Brown, 2
Alstead.
Jeremiah Higbee, 3
Capt. Oliver Shepard
Capt. Levi Warren
Darius Pond
Cornish.
Ariel Kendrick, 14
Absalom Forbes
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KENTUCKY.
Madison County
Andrew Trebble
Stephen Hancock
Abraham Lewis
John Moberly
Thomas Jarmon
Evan Watson
John Greenalsh
John Weagle
William Yates
John Morton
John Read
Durret White
Edward Brodus
Lewis H. Gillispie
James Garrard
Thomas C. Howard
William M'Clanahan
William R. Ashby
Joshua Hudson
Thomas Todd
John Cosse Curtis Field