History and Ecclesiastical Relations of the Churches of the Presbyterial Order at Amoy China (Esprios Classics)

John Van Nest Talmage (18 August 1819 - 19 August 1892) was a Protestant Christian missionary to Amoy Fujian China. He was sent by the Reformed Church in America from 1847 to 1890. His younger brother Thomas De Witt Talmage was also a clergyman and his family within the Reformed tradition migrated to North America from the Netherlands. His father's family had emigrated from England and were the founders of the towns of South Hampton and East Hampton in New York.