I represent Mathew McHenry. I was a native of Pennsylvania who found myself a resident of West Florida during the British period. After Rev. William Dawson left Pensacola, the town was without a Crown-appointed minister for two years. Lt. Gov. Montford Browne noted the “great Decay of Religion among His Majesty’s Subjects of this Province” and decided to appoint me in early 1768 until a clergyman from England should arrive. I was very much a stopgap measure because I was a “dissenting” minister. At that time, a “dissenter” was someone who was Protestant, but not Church of England. So, Methodist, Baptist, Quaker, Unitarian, Congregationalist… I could have been any of these or something else. I was replaced by Rev. Nathaniel Cotton, who was a proper Anglican. I was elected to represent Pensacola in the House of Commons for the 2nd provincial General Assembly in 1767.
Sources: 3, 14, 16, 6