About George Moxon
Lived 1602 – 1687 (aged 84–85). George Moxon was a civil servant.
George Moxon (1602–1687) was an English clergyman who fled England to settle in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
Moxon was born in Yorkshire, England, one of seven sons. He attended Wakefield Grammar School, then in 1623 he graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, with a BA in Theology. He was ordained in 1626 by John Bridgeman, the Bishop of Chester.
His first position was as Chaplain to Sir William Brereton of Handforth Hall.
He travelled to New England in 1637. He served as pastor of the congregational church at Springfield, Massachusetts.
Family He married a daughter of Isaac Ambrose; they had at least one son, George junior, who was also a preacher.
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Who was George Moxon?
congregationalist minister
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George Moxon was born in 1602.
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George Moxon died on 15 September 1687 in Congleton.
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George Moxon was a civil servant.
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