Rector Samuel Wesley

Rector Samuel Wesley
Birthdate:	December 17, 1662
Birthplace:	Wells, Somerset, England
Death:	April 05, 1735 (72) Isle, Lincolnshire, , England
Place of Burial:	St Andrew Churchyard Epworth, North Lincolnshire Unitary Authority, Lincolnshire, England, MEMORIAL ID 19550894
Immediate Family:	Son of John Wesley, A.M. and Mary (White) Wesley Husband of Susannah Wesley Father of Samuel Wesley the Younger; Susanna Sukey Ellison; Emilia Wesley; Anne Nancy Wesley; Mehetabel Wright and 6 others Brother of Timothy Wesley; Elizabeth (Wesley) Dyer and Matthew Wesley
Occupation:	Poet and a writer of controversial prose, Church of England Clergyman

Managed by:	Rachel Leigh Hansen
Last Updated:	May 4, 2022

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Immediate Family

Susannah Wesley

9th cousin once removed
Samuel Wesley the Younger

son
Susanna Sukey Ellison

daughter
Emilia Wesley

daughter
Anne Nancy Wesley

daughter
Mehetabel Wright

daughter
Benjamin Wesley

son
John Wesley, "The Methodist Co-F...

son
Martha Wesley

daughter
Charles Wesley, Sr

son
Kezia "Kessy" Wesley

daughter
Mary (Wesley) Whitelamb

daughter

About Rector Samuel Wesley

Register of Samuel & Susanna's children found here https://archive.org/details/memorialsofwesle00stev/page/64

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Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 5 April 1735) was a poet and a writer of controversial prose. He was also the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of the Methodist Church.

More...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Wesley_(poet)_

Family

From Westminster Abbey: John, Charles & Samuel Wesley

Their parents Samuel (1662-1735) and Susanna (1669-1742) had 19 children but of their sons only Samuel, John and Charles reached maturity.

From Description of 'Wesley, Family, The Wesley Family Papers, 1701-1883. University of Manchester Library. GB 133 DDWF' on the Archives Hub website, [https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb133-ddwf], (date accessed :06/12/2018)

Samuel Wesley (1662-1735) and his wife Susanna (1670-1742)

Their children:

Samuel (1690-1739),
Emily (Mrs Robert Harper) (1691-1770),
Susanna (Sumer) (Mrs. Richard Ellison) (1695 - )
Mary (Mrs John Whitelamb) (1696-1734),
Mehtabel (Mrs William Wright) (1697-1751),
Benjamin (1701 - d.y)
Anne (Mrs John Lambert) (b 1702),
John Wesley (1703-1791)
Martha (Mrs Westley Hall) (1707?-1791)
Charles Wesley (1707-1788) and
Kezia (1710-1741)

Links

Family tree of Methodist founder John Wesley Rootsweb database
Wesley Family Tree
'BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF THE WESLEY FAMILY, MORE PARTICULARLY ITS EARLIER BRANCHES.' John Dove, Leeds England 1840. Page 80 Archive.Org

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Rector Samuel Wesley's Timeline

1662	December 17, 1662	Birth of Rector Samuel Wesley Wells, Somerset, England
1690	February 10, 1690	Birth of Samuel Wesley the Younger London, Middlesex, , England
1692	January 1692	Birth of Emilia Wesley South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, , England
1695	1695	Birth of Susanna Sukey Ellison Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
1696	1696	Birth of Anne Nancy Wesley Rectory, Clarendon, Jamaica
	1696	Birth of Mary (Wesley) Whitelamb South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
1697	1697	Birth of Mehetabel Wright
1701	May 17, 1701	Birth of Benjamin Wesley South Ormsby, Lincolnshire, England
1703	June 17, 1703	Birth of John Wesley, "The Methodist Co-Founder... Epworth, Lincolnshire, England (United Kingdom)

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