First Great Awakening was a period of popular religious revival in the British North American colonies during the 1730s and 1740s, characterized by a focus on personal religious experience without traditional religious training or hierarchy. - AsNotedIn
| Y/M/D | Description | Place |
|---|---|---|
| 1737/00/00 | "A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton" by Church of Christ pastor Jonathan Edwards is published in England | First Churches of Northampton, Northampton, MA |
| 1740/00/00 | Along with other prominent men of the Beaufort District visiting George Whitefield in Savanah, GA, Jonathan Bryant makes a personal confession of sin to Whitefield. | |
| 1740/00/00 | George Whitefield preaches in The First Church. | First Churches of Northampton, Northampton, MA |
| 1740/03/25 | Construction begins on the Bethesda Home for Boys, an orphanage established by George Whitefield. | Bethesda Home for Boys, Savannah |
| 1741/00/00 | New Society Room which is built in 1741 for George Whitefield and John Cennick. | Whitfield's Tabernacle, Kingswood |
| 1741/07/08 | Jonathan Edwards preaches his "SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD" sermon at the Second Meeting House of the First Church of Christ, Enfield. Built 1704, used for worship till 1775 (demolished, marker at 1370 Enfield St) | Enfield Historic District, Enfield |
| 1743/00/00 | Samuel Morris begins reading Whitefield's sermons to regular gatherings in Hanover County. Polegreen Meetinghouse is licensed by the Colonial government. The reading house (lost) is built, probably by Samuel Morris, a brick layer. | Hanover Meeting House Site, Mechanicsville |
| 1743/05/20 | Whitefield converts Hugh Bryant, Jonathan Bryant, Will Gilbert, Robert Ogle and Stephan Bull Jr break away from St Helena Church in Beaufort to establish a new meeting house (lost) on the Pocotaligo River, south of Yemassee. | The Parish Church of St Helena, Beaufort, Beaufort, SC |
| 1743/06/00 | Hugh Bryant, Jonathan Bryant and other Whitefield converts from the St Helena Church in Beaufort build the Stoney Creek meeting house (lost) on the King's Highway at the Pocotaligo River, south of Yemassee. | Stoney Creek Independent Presbyterian Chapel of Prince William Parish, Yemassee, SC |
| 1744/00/00 | Brothers, Hugh Bryant and Jonathan Bryant, initiate evangelical missions to convert the enslaved Africans of the Beaufort District to Christianity. | Beaufort County, SC, |
| 1744/00/00 | Rev George Whitefield preaches at the Old White Meeting House. | Old White Meeting House Ruins and Cemetery, Summerville |
| 1744/00/00 | They "ordaind a good many young Preachers, whom they send into all parts of America to disturb the established Churches of all denominations" - Rev Patrick Henry to William Dawson, Commissary of the Bishop of London | Slash Church, Ashland |
| 1748/00/00 | Minister at Polegreen, Samuel Davies, complains about the Virginia Gazette newspaper's satirizing of the "New Lights" dissidents. | Hanover Meeting House Site, Mechanicsville |
| 1750/00/00 | Presbyterian Minister Samuel Davies's congregation in Hanover County includes 100 enslaved Americans. | Hanover Meeting House Site, Mechanicsville |
| 1755/00/00 | Reverend Davies is able to procure books for about 300 "poor neglected Negroes, who are ... the property of others". The Africans particularly enjoy the psalms and hymns. | Hanover Meeting House Site, Mechanicsville |
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