Christians

At some time during their lives, the following people have publicly identified themselves as Christian.   Inclusion in this list does not indicate approval or disapproval of the person, their religious beliefs, or their actions.  This is a recurring segment in this blog.

Samson Occom: (b. -1723 – d. 1792) Mohegan Presbyterian minister.  Occom was a descendent of Uncas  and a student of the Congregationalist minister, Eleazar Wheelock.  He was the first Native American to publish documents and pamphlets in English.

Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen (b. 1692 – d. ca. 1747) German-American Dutch Reformed minister, theologian, progenitor of the Frelinghuysen family in the United States.   He was an ardent evangelical who emphasized pietism, conversion, and church discipline.  All five of his sons became ministers and his two daughters married ministers.

Oskar Schindler: (b. 1908, Moravia – d. 1974) Roman Catholic/Nazi industrialist who is credited with saving 1200 Jews from the Holocaust and is the subject of the film, Schindler’s List.  He shielded his jewish workers by employing them in “business essential to the war effort.”  He is the only Nazi buried at the Mount Zion Catholic cemetery  in Jerusalem.

Laura Sheldon Wright: (b. ca 1808, Massachusetts)  Wife of Asher Wright, a missionary to the Senecas.  She translated several hymns into Seneca.

David Brainerd: (b. 1718, Connecticut – d. 1747) Student of Jonathan Edwards. Made many converts among the Mahicans and Delawares in the 1740’s.