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The church was founded by Thomas Jones, the first missionary to the Khasi hills and the founder of the Khasi script. Thomas Jones, the son of a carpenter from Wales, was ordained a Methodist minister and left soon after with his wife, Anne to India. After their arrival in Calcutta, Anne gave birth to a child, who could not survive and died soon after birth. The Jones’ then climbed the hills up from present-day Bangladesh to reach Cherrapunji, where they set up their base in late June 1841. The first Church Building was built upon a hillock of the present Nongsawlia Cemetery. This building was destroyed by the great earthquake occurred in June 1897. The new Church Building at the present Site was built in 1898 i.e., a hundred years ago. The membership of the Nongsawlia Presbyterian Church h
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