John Fordyce (died 1751) was a Church of England priest who was ordained in

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, Wales. Fordyce was posted to St John's, Newfoundland, where he appears to have had a fractious relationship with the residents after an initial warm welcome. In 1735, Fordyce asked for a transfer to South Carolina as a missionary. In 1736, he occupied his new parish of Prince Frederick, South Carolina.F. M. Buffett, “FORDYCE, JOHN,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 3, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed September 10, 2021, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/fordyce_john_3E.html.

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