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ALBRIGHT, JACOB (1759-1808)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ALBRIGHT, See also:JACOB (1759-1808) , See also:American clergyman, was See also:born near See also:Pottstown, See also:Pennsylvania, on the 1st of May 1759. He was of " Pennsylvania-See also:German " parentage, his name being originally Albrecht, and was educated in the Lutheran faith. At an See also:early See also:age he became a See also:tile-burner. In 1790 he was converted to See also:Methodism, and in 1796 determined to devote himself to See also:preaching that faith among the Pennsylvania Germans. His efforts met with See also:great success, and in 1800 he founded what was virtually a new and See also:independent See also:church organization on the Methodist See also:system, of which he became the presiding See also:elder, and eventually (1807) See also:bishop. This church is officially the Evangelical Association, but its adherents have been variously known as " New Methodists." " Albrights," and " Albright Brethren." Albright died on the 18th of May 18o8, atMiihlbach, Pennsylvania.

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