15 Facts About Francis Alison

Francis Alison was a leading minister in the Synod of Philadelphia during The Old Side-New Side Controversy.

Francis Alison was ordained a full-fledged minister in 1737 and served the New London congregation.

Francis Alison always stood out as a great intellect and was frequently employed as a teacher both within and without the church.

Francis Alison's teaching grew from there by adding pupils and he ran an academy at Thunder Hill, near the village of New London, Pennsylvania.

Francis Alison's teaching position at this school was funded by the Synod.

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Francis Alison was at the center of much of the Old Side – New Side Controversy in the early Presbyterian Church, which was part of the Great Awakening.

Francis Alison was against the practices of the Great Awakening going so far as to help his presbytery pen a pamphlet entitled the Querists.

Francis Alison was part of the cause of the division in that he came to Synod seeking a judgment against Alexander Craighead, a New Side adherent.

Francis Alison had complained that Craighead had preached in Francis Alison's church without permission.

Francis Alison wished the Synod would have revisited the whole affair, but he was in the minority.

Francis Alison continued with the Old Side Synod of Philadelphia after the Presbytery of New York left in 1746.

Francis Alison's work led to the founding of the first Widows Fund in the church.

Francis Alison taught many people who would go on to productive careers in the church.

Francis Alison was in England when news of the signing of the Declaration of Independence arrived in England.

Francis Alison was far too old to participate, but all knew his sympathies lie with freedom.