John Thomson (Presbyterian Minister)
John Thomson or Thompson (ca. 1690–1753) was born in Ireland and became a minister in the Presbytery of Philadelphia, later the Synod of Philadelphia. He served as a missionary in both Virginia and North Carolina, where he died a natural death in 1753. He is buried in the cemetery of Centre Presbyterian Church in Huntersville, North Carolina.
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Vague-sounding through the City’s sleepless sleep,
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