Joseph Bradford (preacher)

Joseph Bradford
Joseph Bradford Arminian Magazine April 1783
Born	c. 1748 Blandford, Dorsetshire?, England
Died	28 May 1808(1808-05-28) (aged 67) Hull, England
Resting place	Holy Trinity Church, Hull.
Nationality	British
Occupation	Preacher
Known for	Companion of John Wesley Methodist movement
Title	Reverend
Spouse(s)	1-Mary Angell 2-Elizabeth Turner(née Edwards)

Joseph Bradford (died 1808) was a British preacher and travelling companion of John Wesley.

Life

When Wesley was on his deathbed his friend Joseph Bradford was at his side. Bradford was twice President of the Methodist Conference in 1795 and 1803. Bradford served as the first governor of the Kingswood School from 1795 to 1802.

Bradford suffered a severe paralysing stroke some months before his death in 1808.

References

• "1808 Obituary, with Anecdotes, of remarkable Persons". The Gentleman's Magazine. Vol. 103. p. 563.
• Kelly, Charles H, ed. (1891). Wesley and His Successors. London: Charles H Kelly. pp. 35–36.
• Bradford, Charles Angell (1930). The Life of The Rev. Joseph Bradford. London: R. F. Hunger. OL 7558501W
• Hastling, A.H.L.; Addington Willis, W.; Workman, W.P. (1898). The History of Kingswood School. London: Charles H Kelly. pp. 84–85, 119.
• Wakeley, Joseph Beaumont (1856). The heroes of Methodism: containing sketches of eminent Methodist ministers, and characteristic anecdotes of their personal history. Carlton & Porter. pp. 209–216. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
• Dickinson, Robert (1825). The life of the rev. John Braithwaite, Wesleyan Methodist Preacher. pp. 407, 409.

Further reading

• Osborn, George (1869). Outlines of Wesleyan bibliography.
• Lewis, Donald M., ed. (2004). Dictionary of evangelical biography, 1730-1860. Peabody (Mass.): Hendrickson Pub. ISBN 9780801046902.

External links

• "Joseph Bradford (c.1741-1808)". The University of Manchester Library.