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The eighth subject in A Noble Company, volume 5, Thomas Ustick (1753-1803), was born in the city of New York and baptized by the celebrated John Gano at the age of 13. He received the best formal Bapt … read more

Lewis Lunsford (1753-1793) “was one of the most distinguished and popular Baptist ministers of the South in the late eighteenth century.” Born and raised in an impoverished rural family, Lunsford’s Go … read more

John Patton (1752-1839) was a native of Delaware who was licensed to preach the gospel in 1788. Ordained the following year, Patton entered upon his first pastoral charge at Duck Creek, a member-ch … read more

Ambrose Dudley (c.1752-1825) was Virginia-born and a captain in the American Army during the Revolutionary War. After his conversion at Williamsburg, he returned home where he was soon ordained. He se … read more

William Rogers (1751-1824), born at Newport, Rhode Island, had the distinction of being (at the age of 14) the first student enrolled at the new Rhode Island College (later Brown University) in Provid … read more