Presby Minister. Graduated from Princeton in 1761. Licensed by the New Bruswick Presbytery and ordained inTrenton Nj in 1765. Moved to NC. Member of the NC delegation to the Constitutional Convention of 1776 in Halifax. Constantly harrassed by the Tories. Britich encamped on his plantation in 1781 and burned his sermons and books. Turned down the presidency of UNC. DD conferred on him by UNC in 1810. Preached till he was 95 years old.

From David A. Caldwell-a descendent:
iii. David Caldwell was born on March 22, 1725 in what is now known as Lancaster Co, Pennsylvania, but known as Chester County at the time of his birth. His portrait (painted after his death based on description) lies in the Buffalo Presbyterian Church in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is reproduced in Robert M. Calhoon, Religion and the American Revolution in North Carolina, North Carolina Bicentennial Pamphlet Series: North Carolina in the American Revolution, North Carolina State University Graphics, Raleigh, 1976, p. 10. He died on August 25, 1824 in Guilford County, North Carolina. He is buried in Buffalo Presbyterian Church cemetery, Greensboro, North Carolina, alongside his wife, Rachel Craighead, 1742-1825. He had twelve children, the most well known of whom was his first born, the Rev. Samuel Craighead Caldwell, born 1767, died August 25, 1824. Several children died in infancy. David’s other children were Rev. Alexander Caldwell, born 1769, died October 2, 1841; Andrew Caldwell, born 1771, died June 12, 1845; Martha "Patsy" Caldwell, born 1775, died January 27, 1826; the twins Thomas Caldwell and David Caldwell, M.D., born October 7, 1777; John Washington Caldwell, born 1780, died December 8, 1844; James Edmund Caldwell, born 1772, died July, 1836; and Robert Craighead Caldwell, born 1786. His only daughter, Martha "Patsy" Caldwell, born 1775, lost her reason in 1792 and remained in a state of derangement until her death. Thomas Caldwell married Elizabeth Doak on March 24, 1813 in Guilford Co. and died July 3, 1857. David Caldwell, M.D., married Susan Clark on July 15, 1811 in Guilford Co. John Washington Caldwell married Martha Davis. After her death, he married Margaret Cabe on October 1, 1822 in Guilford Co. Robert Craighead Caldwell married in succession Marjorie Woodburn, Mary Clancy, and Maria B. Latta (the latter on July 12, 1825, Guilford Co.). James Edmund Caldwell sustained brain trauma at age 6 or 7 became deranged about the age 21, never married, and remained confined until his death, in 1836.

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David Caldwell, 1725-1824 : Pennsylvania Colonial pioneer, Princeton...

Database:
Lancaster County Historical Society
Main Author:
Caldwell, David Andrew.
Title:
David Caldwell, 1725-1824 : Pennsylvania Colonial pioneer, Princeton
scholar, North Carolina educator and physician, Presbyterian minister,
Revolutionary War patriot, and a founding father of the Bill of Rights / by
David Andrew Caldwell.
Primary Material:
Book
Subject(s):
Caldwell family.
Publisher:
[.s.l. : s.n.] , 2000.
Description:
58 l. 28 cm.