1761
- Morgan Edwards arrived in Philadelphia on May 23, 1761, having been entreated to take the place of Reverend Jenkin Jones, recently deceased, as pastor of the First Church of Philadelphia, which was composed mostly of Welsh people.Edwards, Morgan
- Levi Wheaton (1761-1851), professor of the theory and practice of medicine, was born in Providence on February 6, 1761.Wheaton, Levi