Thomas Wood (reverend)
Thomas Wood (1711-14 December 1778) was a minister for the Church of England at St. Paul's Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia (1751-1764).[1] In August 1752, with Governor Edward Cornwallis's approval, Wood arrived in Halifax and became an assistant at St. Paul's. In July 1766, Wood gave a sermon in the Mi'kmaw language, where the service was attended by many Mi'kmaq people and other dignitaries.[2] In 1767, Wood married a Mi'kmaw couple.[3] In 1769, Wood wrote about his missionary work on the St. John River and giving prayers in Mi'kmaq.
References
- ^ Thomas, C. E. (1979). "Wood, Thomas". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- ^ pp.61-62
- ^ p. 89
Other reading
- Herbert Lee, An historical sketch of the first fifty years of the Church of England in the province of New Brunswick (1783-1833), Saint John, N.B., 1880
- F. Pascoe, Two Hundred Years of the S.P.G., an Historical Account of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, 1701-1900, London, 1901
- O. Raymond, History of the St John River, AD 1604-1784, Saint John, N.B., 1905