John Beardsley (April 23, 1732

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priest in Canada. A graduate of King's College, New York, he received ordination in England and returned in 1762 to serve congregations in

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. In 1778, he served as chaplain to

Beverley Robinson Beverley Robinson (11 January 1721 – 9 April 1792), was a Virginia-born soldier who became a wealthy colonist of the Province of New York and is best known as a Loyalist during the American Revolutionary War. Robinson married Susanna Philips ...

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. ''Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an Historical Essay''. 2 volumes. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company, 1864, Vol. 1, pp. 222-223. Beardsley arrived in Canada as a loyalist. He is remembered as a loyalist cleric and father of freemasonry in New Brunswick.

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Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
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