<\/span><\/h3> John Rutgers Marshal was a Priest for the Church of England during the American Revolution in Woodbury, Connecticut. During this period he was beaten a couple of times for working for the King. The parsonage that John lived in had a secret passage for escape if needed. At the end of the American Revolution twelve of the fourteen Church of England Priests met in John\u2019s home. At this meeting the Priests decided to break with the Church of England and created the Episcopol Church based in the United States of America. John Rutgers Marshall’s ancestors were Dutch settling in New Amsterdam which today is New York City.<\/span><\/p> <\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n