Bronze plaque № 49137
New York, NY, United States
John Street Methodist Church was organized in 1766 by a group of Irish emigrants under the leadership of Philip Embury and his first cousin, Barbara Heck. The "Irish Palatines", as they were referred to, were descendents of refugees from religious persecution in German. They were converted to Method
ism in County Limerick by John Wesley, and carried their zeal to the new land where they formed the first Methodist Society in continental United States. This plaque has been erected by the Irish Inst
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