III. McGregor of Maine-Ends “the Time” About 1843-1847

On a mossy old gravestone at Falmouth Corner (near Portland), Maine, the following inscription appears: “REV. DAVID MCGREGOR—Born in Londonderry, N.H. March 21-1771—Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Bedford, N.H. 24 yrs.- Departed this life Oct. 19, 1845 aged. ^{22DAVID McGREGOR, coming from a line of Presbyterian preachers, was the grand nephew of the better known David McGregor, the first Presbyterian minister at Londonderry a century earlier. McGregor received his M.A. from Dartmouth College in 1799, taught in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was ordained in 1804, and next served as minister of the Presbyterian Church at Bedford, new Hampshire(1804-1825). After ill health ended his ministry at Bedford, McGregor “removed” to Falmouth, Maine. There in 1833 he erected the Oak Grove Academy. He was a friend of youth, encouraging, them to obtain an education, and helping many to that end. He was one of the first missionaries sent out by the New Hampshire Domestic Missionary Society.}PFF4 374.3

A man of excellent training, fine personality, and wholesome life, this Presbyterian minister and teacher belonged to that illustrious list of men of leadership in the various communities and churches who were students and expounders of prophecy. Although his personal writings have not been found, yet in several contemporary publications he is recorded as sharing the position of scores of others at this time, that “the time” would end around 1843, 1844, or 1847. ^{23See Signs of the Times, September 1, 1840, p. 85.} It was undeniably a world-encircling conviction, almost invariably springing from thoughtful and often highly trained minds.PFF4 375.1