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a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in 1767, and converted when fourteen years of age. In 1799 he was admitted on trial in the Philadelphia Conference, in 1801 admitted into full connection and ordained deacon, and in 1803 ordained elder. He continued effective, with the exception of two years, until 1816, when he took a supernumerary relation, which he sustained until 1832, when he became superannuated, and so remained until his death, March 1, 1845. See Minutes of Annual Conferences, 4:14.