Martinus Schoonmaker (1737–1824) was a
New York City
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clergyman.
Biography
He was born in
Rochester, Ulster County, New York
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in 1737. He was licensed to preach in 1765, was pastor of the
Dutch Reformed church
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at Gravesend for several years, and then of the one at Harlem till 1784, when he fixed his residence at Flatbush, and assumed charge of the six congregations in
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. During the Revolution he was an earnest and influential Whig. He was the last of the ministers that preached only in Dutch till the end of their lives. The church, six-sided and with a funnel-roof, where he ministered was at New Utrecht. He died in
Flatbush, New York
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in 1824.
References
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1824 deaths
1737 births
American people of Dutch descent
Religious leaders from Rochester, New York
Clergy from New York City
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