Cross, Robert

Cross, Robert a Presbyterian minister, was born near Balllykelly, Ireland, in 1689. He was licensed by the synod in 1717; preached some time in New Castle, Pennsylvania, and became pastor there in 1718; was ordained March 17, 1719; in September, 1723, was called to Jamaica, N.Y.; in 1737 to Philadelphia; resigned June 2, 1758, and died in that city, August 9, 1766. (W.P.S.)