Morgan, Abel (2)
Morgan, Abel
a Baptist minister of some note, was born in Wales in 1637, emigrated to this country in 1711, and settled at Pemupek, Pa., where he preached until his death, December 16, 1722. He was a good man, well beloved by his people, and did efficient service for the Christian cause among the Welsh who were settled in Pennsylvania in his day. He compiled a folio Concordance to the Welsh Bible, which was printed at Philadelphia, and also translated The Century Confession into Welsh, with original additions. See Benedict, Hist. Bapt. 1:583; Bapt. Quar. July 1874, art. 5.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Morgan, Abel (2)
an early Baptist minister, was born at Welsh Tract, Delaware, April 18, 1713. He was baptized at twenty years of age, and began to preach soon after; became pastor at Middletown, N.J., in 1739, and continued there until his death, November 24, 1785. He was an eminent revivalist. See Cathcart, Baptist Encyclop. s.v.