Thomas Shreve


Thomas Shreve was a Loyalist during the American Revolution and later served as the first rector of St. George's Anglican Church and then became a prominent minister of St. John's Anglican Church, Nova Scotia.
During the American Revolution he studied at King's College and then as Assistant Barracks Master. He was a Captain in the De Lancey's Brigade and Lieut. in 82nd Regiment of Foot. He came to Nova Scotia as a loyalist and settled in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. He went to England to become a missionary and joined the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts and then returned to be rector at St. George's Anglican Church . In 1803, he moved to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia and served as their missionary for 13 years until his death in 1816. He was buried in the crypt of St. John's Anglican Church.