Although ascribed to William Tennent, it is believed that this picture represents another member of the Tennent family.
William Tennent, Sr. talking to Charles Beatty at the Log College (source: Presbyterian Historical Society).
The William Tennent House, Warminster, Pennsylvania (courtesy of Wendy Wirsch of the William Tennent House Association).
William Tenennt, Sr. built the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church at Hartsville, Pennsylvania in 1727 and served as its pastor until he retired from pastoral ministry in 1742.
The cornerstone of the original 1727 church at Neshaminy, founded by William Tennent, Sr., which is now located at the graveyard for the Neshaminy Presbyterian Church (photo credit: R. Andrew Myers).
William Tennent, Sr. is buried at Neshaminy Cemetery, Hartsville, Pennsylvania.
Reasons For Dissenting From the Established Church in Ireland (1718, 1841)
Memoir of the Rev. Wm. Tennent, Sen. (1845)
Rev. William Tennent, Sr. (1884)
A Week in the Log College Country (1903)
Documentary History of William Tennent and the Log College (1940)
Light in Darkness: The Story of William Tennent, Sr. and the Log College (1971)
This April 1903 article by Charles Spencer Richardson, Jr. for The Nassau Literary Magazine gives important history concerning William Tennent, Sr. and the Log College. It also contains (and describes the discovery of) the 1735 deed to the property for the Log College, his last will and testament, and an inventory of his goods after his death.
