At least one school, William Tennent High School (located close to the location of the Log College) is named for Tennent.
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It was founded by William Tennent and his son Gilbert Tennent and operated from 1726 or 1727 until William Tennent's death in 1746.
Six months after the granting of Princeton's charter in October 1746, and shortly before classes started in May 1747, Log College alumni Samuel Blair, Samuel Finley, and William Tennent, Jr., along with adherents Gilbert Tennent and Richard Treat, accepted election as Princeton trustees.
The known graduates include Charles Beatty, Samuel Blair, Samuel Finley, William Robinson, John Rowland, Charles Tennent, John Tennent, and William Tennent Jr.