Robert Strawbridge (c. 1732 - 1781) was a Methodist preacher born in Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland. He is credited with establishing the Methodist movement in North America.
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Robert Strawbridge (c. 1732 - 1781) was a Methodist preacher born in Drumsna, County Leitrim, Ireland. He is credited with establishing the Methodist movement in North America.
Robert Strawbridge was born in Drumsna, a city in County Leitrim, Ireland. His exact year of birth is unknown, though historians estimate he was likely born around 1732. [1]
Strawbridge became an itinerant preacher in Ireland, traveling to preach in northwest Ireland. [2] He occasionally worked to erect houses while continuing to preach. Strawbridge married Elizabeth Piper prior to 1760. [3]
Strawbridge emigrated to Frederick County, Maryland between 1760 and 1763. [4] He began organizing class meetings in his home, and later in a nearby erected building. [5] One notable member of Strawbridge's classes was Annie Sweitzer, an enslaved African American woman. [6] Strawbridge itinerated and organized Methodist classes (including training other rpeachers) in multiple states, including Delaware, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. [7]
Strawbridge died in 1781, and his early log meetinghouse has been reconstructed by the Methodist church as the Strawbridge Shrine. [8]
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