Person:Richard Bernard (1)

Prominent Puritan clergyman. The daughters of Sir Christopher Wray were his early patrons and sent him to Cambridge, where he got his B.A. in 1594/5 and his M.A. in 1598. He published several books while living at Epworth and Worksop. He almost became a Separatist, but later prominently opposed them.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Moriarty, G. Andrews, “Bernard of Epworth, co. Lincoln,” NEHGR, Vol. 113:189-192, (1959).

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2.   Richard Bernard, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

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   Richard Bernard (1568–1641) was an English Puritan clergyman and writer.

3.   Musachiell Bernard, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

   "Musachiell Bernard and his sister Mary Barnard, wife of Roger Williams of Providence, were children of Rev. Richard Bernard of Batcombe, Somerset [NEHGR 113:191-92]. RIchard Bernard was significant in New England history beyond this genealogical contribution, as several of his communicants at Batcombe joined Rev. Joseph Hull in the migration to New England in 1635 [Hotten 283-86]. In addition, Bernard, as a convinced non-separating Puritan, engaged in a pamphlet war with Rev. John Cotton over the issue of the church government."