Absalom Jones, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Absalom Jones

minister

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1745

Place of Birth: Delaware, United States

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1818

Profession: Anglican priest, abolitionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Absalom Jones (November 7, 1746 – February 13, 1818) was an African-American abolitionist and clergyman who became prominent in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Disappointed at the racial discrimination he experienced in a local Methodist church, he founded the Free African Society with Richard Allen in 1787, a mutual aid society for African Americans in the city.
The Free African Society included many people newly freed from slavery after the American Revolutionary War.
In 1794 Jones founded the first black Episcopal congregation, and in 1802, he was the first African American to be ordained as a priest in the Episcopal Church of the United States.
He is listed on the Episcopal calendar of saints.
He is remembered liturgically on the date of his death, February 13, in the 1979 Book of Common Prayer as "Absalom Jones, Priest, 1818".



Alternative names	Raphael Peale; raphael peale; Peale
Description	American painter
Date of birth/death	17 February 1774	25 March 1825
Location of birth/death	Annapolis (Maryland)	Philadelphia
Work location	Baltimore, Philadelphia
Authority control	: Q1374536 VIAF: 42636581 ISNI: 0000 0000 6631 2585 ULAN: 500004821 LCCN: n88014634 GND: 118911457 WorldCat