Thomas Shreve

Thomas Shreve (2 January 1755, New York - 21 August 1816, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia) was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and later served as the first rector of St. George's Anglican Church (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia) (1787) and then became a prominent minister of St. John's Anglican Church (Lunenburg), Nova Scotia.[1][2]

Rev. Thomas Shreve

During the American Revolution he studied at King's College (present-day Columbia University) and then as Assistant Barracks Master. He was a Captain in the De Lancey's Brigade and Lieut. in 82nd Regiment of Foot (1777)).[3] He came to Nova Scotia as a loyalist and settled in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (1874). He went to England to become a missionary and joined the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and then returned to be rector at St. George's Anglican Church (Parrsboro, Nova Scotia) (1787).[4][5] In 1803, he moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and served as their missionary for 13 years until his death in 1816. He was buried in the crypt of St. John's Anglican Church.[6]

References
  1. Richmond B. Shreve. A History of the Shreve Family in Nova Scotia and the United States (1976), Nova Scotia Archives.
  2. https://archive.org/stream/cihm_64879#page/n43/mode/1up
  3. http://www.uelac.org/Loyalist-Info/extras/Shreve-Thomas/Shreve-Thomas-bio.pdf
  4. Dorothy Meyerhof. Information about Thomas Shreve
  5. Shreve, Thomas. A sermon, preached at St. Paul's Church, in Halifax, before the Provincial Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Ancient Masons, June 24th, 1803, dn [sic] the celebration of St. John the Baptist / by Thomas Shreve. Halifax [N.S.] : Printed by A. Gay, [1803?]
  6. Judith Fingard, The Anglican Design in Loyalist Nova Scotia, 1783-1816. London: SPCK, 1972, 47.


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