1690–1739

Introduction

Born: Feb­ru­ary 10, 1690, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: No­vem­ber 6, 1739, Ti­ver­ton, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

Buried: St. George church­yard, Ti­ver­ton, De­von­shire, Eng­land.

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Biography

Samuel was the bro­ther of John and Charles Wes­ley.

He was trained at West­min­ster School and Christ Church, Ox­ford. He be­came ush­er at West­min­ster.

He taught at Blun­dell’s School, and in 1732 be­came head mas­ter at the Ti­ver­ton Free School (now Ti­ver­ton High School).

He was a close friend of Bi­shop At­ter­bu­ry, and was one of the pro­mot­ers of the first in­fir­ma­ry set up at West­min­ster for the sick in 1719.

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