GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
58
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-73)
Name
Thomas Porter
Title
Mr
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England (conformed)
Lived
b. ca. 1632-01-01 d. 1708-12-14 (new)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Jeremiah 31:19
(autograph: Uncertain )
- preacher
Sermon on Psalms 119:158
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Sermon on 1 Peter 1:6
(autograph: No )
- preacher?
Source of Data
Richard Snoddy; Jennifer Farooq
Biographical Sources Consulted
CCEd (Person ID: 58754); ACAD (Venn) (ID: PRTR647T); SI (Index ID: 21635)
Other note
Born ca. 1632 to Thomas Porter (d. 1667), minister of Whitchurch, Shropshire. Educated at Chester School, Cheshire. Admitted to Christ's College, Cambridge in February 1648. Awarded BA in 1651, and MA in 1655. Ordained as presbyter. Possibly a preacher at Tilstock and Whitchurch, Shropshire, ca. 1650s. Later conformed and ordained as a deacon and priest in the Church of England in August 1662 in Chester. Curate of Tarporley, Cheshire, 1662-ca. 1676. Curate and Preacher at Bunbury, Cheshire, 1665-ca. 1707/8. He may have been assisted at Bunbury by his son John. Died on December 14, 1708, and buried at Bunbury.
GEMMS record created
September 27, 2015
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024