Chater, John (2)
Chater, John (1)
an English Independent, was born in London and educated at Plasterers Hall. He became a member of Mr. Bradbury’s Church at New Court, Carey Street, in 1752; was dismissed to take charge of the Church at Newport, Isle of Wight, in 1755,’ and returned to London in 1758, where he settled as pastor t Silver Street.. In 1765 he adopted. the Sandemanian opinions, became a preacher among them, and commenced a bookselling business, first on Ludgate Hill, then, in 1769, at King Street, Cheapside, where he kept a circulating library. He wrote Tom Rigby, a religious novel, and a pamphlet with the title Another High-road to Bell, in which he denounced some of the pulpit entertainments of that time (1767). ‘ See Wilson, Dissenting Churches, iii, 111-113.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Chater, John (2)
an English Congregational minister, was born at Coventry, Feb. 16,1805. He was carefully trained by his parents, and when about twenty-one joined the Church, engaged in village preaching and soon after entered Hackney College. At the close of his college course he accepted a call to Lundfield, Sussex, where he labored until 1842, then removed to Newton Abbott. and there remained till 1864. Ill-health then obliging his resignation, he retired to Southport, an-d there died, Jan. 12,1869. See (Lond.) Cong. Yearbook, 1870, p. 281.