William Bennett (clergyman)
Appearance
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