William Bennett (clergyman)
William Bennett (c. 1770 – 7 November 1857) was a British born Methodist minister of whom little is known bebore 1800.
Bennett became known to history when the British Wesleyan Conference sent him as a missionary to Nova Scotia. His work as a missionary in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick was important to the development of the Methodist Church in the Maritimes.
References[]
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
- British North American Wesleyan Methodist Magazine (1840-41) Vol. 1
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- Canadian Methodist ministers
- 1770s births
- 1857 deaths
- Canadian Christian clergy stubs