a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Talbot County, Maryland, in 1793 or 1794. He labored some time as exhorter and local preacher, and in 1829 entered the Philadelphia Conference, in which he continued diligent until his death, August 8, 1844. As a minister, Mr. Connelly was plain, practical, and powerful; as a friend, warm and generous; a buoyant, happy companion, an exemplary citizen. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 1845, page 596.