Dr. John Crawford
Pt. 3. Birth in a Presbyterian home and the influence and tutelage of the Baptist, Dr Alexander Carson
John Crawford was born in December 1819 in north-west Ireland. The exact date of his birth is uncertain, but church records show that he was baptised on Friday, December 24, 1819, by Rev. Solomon Brown of Castledawson Presbyterian Church. At the time of his birth, the family was living in Rosegift, in the parish of Ballyscullion, just north of the village of Castledawson, about forty miles south-east of Derry (Londonderry)
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