Editing Gilbert Tennent (section)

==Emissary==
{{Main article|Paxton Boys}}

Tennent retired from the ministry in 1762 due to chronic illness. In February 1764, Governor [[John Penn (governor)]] appointed Tennent to a delegation of civic leaders led by [[Benjamin Franklin]] and Tennent to meet with the Scotch-Irish vigilante group known as the [[Paxton Boys]].<ref name="Kenny">{{cite book|last1=Kenny|first1=Kevin|title=Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment|date=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford|isbn=9780195331509|url=https://archive.org/details/peaceablekingdom0000kenn}}</ref>

Scotch-Irish immigrants to Pennsylvania frequently squatted on indigenous territory. As a result they were the target of raids during the [[French and Indian War]] and [[Pontiac's War]]. In response, Reverend [[John Elder (pastor)|John Elder]], a Presbyterian minister from [[Paxtang, Pennsylvania|Paxtang]] known as the "Fighting Parson,"<ref name=McAlarney1890>{{cite book | last =McAlarney | first =Mathias Wilson   | title =History of the Sesqui-centennial of Paxtang Church | location=Harrisburg, Pennsylvania |publisher=Harrisburg Publishing Company | year =1890 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=14MsAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> raised two companies of mounted [[associators]]. In December 1763, this group massacred 20 peaceable [[Susquehannock]] at [[Conestoga Town]] and [[Lancaster, Pennsylvania|Lancaster]]. In February 1764, the [[Paxton Boys]] led an armed march on [[Philadelphia]] with the intent of attacking the [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] Lenape and [[Mohican]] who had been moved there for their protection.<ref name="Brubaker">{{cite book | last =Brubaker | first =John H. | title =Massacre of the Conestogas: On the Trail of the Paxton Boys in Lancaster County. | publisher =History Press | year =2010| isbn =9781609490614}}</ref>

The Paxton Boys halted their march in [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] after learning about the sizable force that was prepared to meet them in Philadelphia.  Following a day of negotiations, the marchers agreed to disperse after receiving assurances that their grievances would be presented to the Governor and [[Pennsylvania General Assembly|Assembly]].<ref name="Kenny" />