* 1702 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader, educator, and hymnwriter ( d. 1751 )

Notable local Dissenters included John Bunyan, of Bedford, author of the Pilgrim's Progress, and another important hymn writer, Philip Doddridge ( 1702 – 51 ), of Northampton.

Other historical non-Sabbatarians from more recent times include the Anglicans Peter Heylin, William Paley and John Milton ; the nonconformist Philip Doddridge ; the Quaker Robert Barclay ; and Congregationalist James Baldwin Brown.

* October 26 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader ( b. 1702 )

* June 26 – Philip Doddridge, English religious leader ( d. 1751 )

Doddridge County was created in 1845 from parts of Harrison, Tyler, Ritchie, and Lewis Counties, and named for Philip Doddridge ( 1773 – 1832 ), a distinguished statesman of Western Virginia, who spent the greater part of his life in Brooke County, West Virginia.

Among his English dissenting correspondents were John Brekell, Samuel Chandler, Philip Doddridge, and Henry Miles.

Having gone to school at Sleaford in Lincolnshire he passed at the age of sixteen to the Dissenting academy at Northampton, of which Dr Philip Doddridge was then president.

Philip Doddridge ( Anti-J )

Philip Doddridge ( Anti-J ), until November 19, 1832

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The song was later provided with religious ( as opposed to patriotic ) words by Philip Doddridge, and in this form is a favorite of Sacred Harp singers.

His work was influential amongst Nonconformist independents and early religious revivalists, such as Philip Doddridge, who dedicated his best known work to Watts.

Philip Doddridge Chapel memorial ( in high resolution ), now the United Reformed Church, Doddridge Street, Northampton

Philip Doddridge DD ( 26 June 1702 – 26 October 1751 ) was an English Nonconformist leader, educator, and hymnwriter.

Philip Doddridge was born in London in an unknown location the last of the twenty children of Daniel Doddridge ( d 1715 ), a dealer in oils and pickles.

In his youth, Philip Doddridge was educated first by a tutor employed by his parent then boarded at a private school in London.

With independent religious leanings, Philip Doddridge declined offers which would have led him into the Anglican ministry or a career in law ; and in 1719 chose instead to enter the Dissenting academy at Kibworth in Leicestershire.

Later that year, at a general meeting of Nonconformist ministers, Philip Doddridge was chosen to conduct the academy being newly established a few miles away at Market Harborough, later known as the Daventry Academy.

Throughout the 1730s and 1740s Philip Doddridge continued his academic and pastoral work, and developed close relations with numerous early religious revivalists and independents, through extensive visits and correspondence.

Philip Doddridge worked towards a united Nonconformist body that would have wide appeal, retaining highly cultured elements without alienating those less educated.