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Peter Williams Jr. (1786–1840) was an African-American Episcopal priest, the second ordained in the United States and the first to serve in New York City. He was an abolitionist who also supported free black emigration to Haiti, the black republic that had achieved independence in 1804 in the Caribbean. In the 1820s and 1830s, he strongly ...
Peter Williams, Jr. c. 1780–1840. Minister, orator, writer, abolitionist. Peter Williams Jr. eschewed his upbringing in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded by his father, Peter Williams Sr., to join the Episcopal Church.
Peter Williams, Jr., born in 1786, was the first African-American Episcopal Priest in New York. His father, Peter Williams Senior, was a member of the John Street Methodist Church and co-founded the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
Williams was the father of Peter Williams, Jr. (1780-1840), the first African American ordained minister in the Protestant Episcopal church. Peter Williams, Jr., became the first leader of St. Phillips African Church in 1819.
Born in 1786, Peter Williams Jr. affiliated with Trinity Church in the first decade of the nineteenth century. He was among the group of parishioners who pushed for the establishment of a separate and independent black parish.
Peter Williams Jr. was an important figure in American history known for his role as a clergyman, abolitionist, and opponent of colonization. He was born on April 27, 1780, in New York City, to Peter Williams Sr., who was a free African American and a successful businessman.
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Jan 2, 2020 · Peter Williams Jr., clergyman, abolitionist, and opponent of colonization was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey around 1780. His family moved to New York City, where he first attended the New York African Free School operated by the Manumission Society.
