Complex sentence: Although he was minister of the Free Church in Strathkinness in 1843 he soon emigrated to Nova Scotia, serving first as Pastor to the St.John's Presbyterian Church in Halifax, and in so doing becoming the first Free Church Minister to settle in the New World.
Split into simpler sentences: Although he was minister of the Free Church in Strathkiness in 1843, he soon emigrated to Nova Scotia, serving first as Pastor to the St. John's Presbyterian Church in Halifax. In so doing he became the first Free Church Minister to settle in the New World.