The certificate mentioned above.
We the Churchwardens and vestry of the Parish of St James' New Hanover county in North Carolina do hereby certify that the Revd Mr. Jno. Macdowell was Minister of this Parish from Jany 1754 to May 1757 during which time he behaved himself well and performed divine service in Wilmington & the several chapels or places throughout the Parish appointed by the vestry & made many visits to other Parishes & in every respect performed his duty as became a worthy Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, given at a meeting of our vestry at Wilmington the 10th day of April 1760