George Moxon

George Moxon (1602-1687) was an English clergyman who fled England to settle in Dorchester, Massachusetts.[1]


George was born in Yorkshire, England, one of seven sons. He attended Wakefield Grammar School, then in 1623 he graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, with a BA in Theology. He was ordained in 1626 by John Bridgeman, the Bishop of Chester.

His first position was as Chaplain to Sir William Brereton of Handforth Hall.

Following the public burning of William Pynchon's book The Meritorious Price of Our Redemption, Moxon and his family returned to England in 1652.

The Act of Uniformity 1662 led to the Great Ejection in which several thousand Puritan ministers were forced out of their sinecures in the Church of England. Moxon was ejected from Eastbury.[2]

References
  1. "Pynchon, John. Notes on sermons by George Moxon | Congregational Library & Archives". www.congregationallibrary.org. Congrgational Library. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  2. "Reverend George Moxon of Eastbury, One of the Ejected Clergy of 1662 | Art UK". artuk.org. Art UK. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
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