George Whitefield, one of the leading preachers during the Great Awakening, is credited with starting the first orphanage in America in the colony of Georgia around 1738 (which was the year he sailed for Georgia from England). The influence of the Wesley brothers (John and Charles, founders of the Methodist Church and key factors in England's great Methodist Revival) was, no doubt, crucial in the beginning of said orphanage as well, as Whitefield was very good friends with them.
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∙ 2011-01-25 18:59:33Carlee Nicely
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"The History of Our United States" published by A Beka Book states the first orphanage in America was located in the Georgia colony near Savannah.
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From my understading the first orphanage was in Hurst, Illinois in 1930.
The first orphanage in North America was opened by Roman Catholic nuns in 1729 after Indians massacred all the adult settlers in Natchez MS but go back as far as MIddle Ages
Name it your first or last name orphanage. like......if your name is john smith you can name it * John's Orphanage *Smiths Orphanage
George Whitefield (December 27, 1714 - September 30, 1770), in 1738.