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Elijah Baker
 
By Cosmos Mariner, May 18, 2023
Lower Northampton Baptist Church (southeast elevation)
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1 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Cape Charles — Elijah Baker — Pioneer Baptist of the Eastern Shore of Virginia —
who landed at Hunt's Point, Old Plantation Creek, on Easter Sunday 1776 and the same day preached the first Baptist sermon, “At the End of a Horsing Tree.” Opposition of the established church caused him to be deported; but kind Providence brought . . . — — Map (db m224172) HM
2 ► Virginia, Northampton County, Cape Charles — WY 26 — Elijah Baker — (1742-1798) —
Elijah Baker, Baptist preacher, began his ministry in Lunenburg County. As an itinerant in the 1770s, he helped found several churches in the counties along the James and York Rivers. He arrived in this area on Easter Sunday 1776 and traveled to . . . — — Map (db m154163) HM
3 ► Virginia, Accomack County, Accomac — Elijah Baker — Pioneer Baptist of the Eastern Shore of Virginia —
who landed at Hunt's Point, Old Plantation Creek, on Easter Sunday 1776 and the same day preached the first Baptist sermon, “At the End of a Horsing Tree.” Opposition of the established church caused him to be deported; but kind . . . — — Map (db m71852) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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