Thomas Shreve (2 January 1755, New York - 21 August 1816,

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) was an 18th century

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minister.

Biography

Thomas Shreve was born on January 2nd, 1755. He studied at Anglican ministry at King's College. A loyalist during the Revolutionary War, he served as Assistant Barracks Master in New York and was a Captain in the

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and Lieut. in

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. After the war, he came to Nova Scotia and settled in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (1874). He went to England to become a missionary and joined the

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and then returned to be rector at

St. George's Anglican Church (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia) St. George's Anglican Church is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Anglican church building located at 216 Main Street in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada. History Rev. Thomas Shreve, was the first rector of St. George's parish and stayed for ...

(1787). In 1803, he moved to

and served as their missionary for 13 years until his death on the 21st of August, 1816. He was buried in the crypt of St. John's Anglican Church.Judith Fingard, The Anglican Design in Loyalist Nova Scotia, 1783-1816. London: SPCK, 1972, 47.

References

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