Tennent, William (3)

a Presbyterian minister, and son of the Rev. William Tennent (2), was born in Freehold, N.J., in 1740. He graduated at the College of New Jersey in 1758, was licensed to preach by the presbytery of New Brunswick in 1762, ordained by theῥ same presbytery in 1763, and installed as junior pastor of the Church in Norwalk, Conn., in 1765. — In 1772 he became pastor of an Independent Church in Charleston, S. C. He died Aug. 11,1777. Mr. Tennent was an eloquent preacher. Elegance of style, majesty of thought, and clearness of judgment characterized all his discourses. See Sprague, Annals of the Amer. Pulpit, 3, 242; Hall, Hist. of Norwalk; Ramsey, Hist. of South Carolina, vol. 2; Hist. of the Church of Charleston; Alison, Funeral Sermon. (J.L.S.)