"Alexander McDowell was a Presbyterian minister. He was licensed July 30, 1740. He was ordained to go as an evangelist to Virginia and to itinerate in New Castle Presbytery. The Synod's school was entrusted to him, and was finally removed to Newark, Delaware. In 1767, the school was chartered as an Academy by the Proprietary, John Penn.
Dr. Ewing and Hugh Williamson visited Great Britain to solicit funds for its endowment; they were successful, and Ewing brought back six or seven thousand dollars, a large sum for those times. In 1771, Newark Academy had 71 students. Alexander died 12 January 1782, having never married. Alexander had visited Virginia in the 1740's as recorded in records from Orange County and probably visited his relatives there".
Dr. Ewing and Hugh Williamson visited Great Britain to solicit funds for its endowment; they were successful, and Ewing brought back six or seven thousand dollars, a large sum for those times. In 1771, Newark Academy had 71 students. Alexander died 12 January 1782, having never married. Alexander had visited Virginia in the 1740's as recorded in records from Orange County and probably visited his relatives there".
"Alexander McDowell was a Presbyterian minister. He was licensed July 30, 1740. He was ordained to go as an evangelist to Virginia and to itinerate in New Castle Presbytery. The Synod's school was entrusted to him, and was finally removed to Newark, Delaware. In 1767, the school was chartered as an Academy by the Proprietary, John Penn.
Dr. Ewing and Hugh Williamson visited Great Britain to solicit funds for its endowment; they were successful, and Ewing brought back six or seven thousand dollars, a large sum for those times. In 1771, Newark Academy had 71 students. Alexander died 12 January 1782, having never married. Alexander had visited Virginia in the 1740's as recorded in records from Orange County and probably visited his relatives there".
Dr. Ewing and Hugh Williamson visited Great Britain to solicit funds for its endowment; they were successful, and Ewing brought back six or seven thousand dollars, a large sum for those times. In 1771, Newark Academy had 71 students. Alexander died 12 January 1782, having never married. Alexander had visited Virginia in the 1740's as recorded in records from Orange County and probably visited his relatives there".
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