Burgess, John (2)
Burgess, John (1)
an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Grainthorpe, near Louth, Lincolnshire, in 1801. He was piously trained by Methodist parents, and was converted when fifteen years of age. In 1824 he received his first appointment (Ipswich), and he continued to labor until he was cut off in the midst of his years and usefulness, at Lynn, Nov. 1,1846. He was a diligent student, a sound theologian, an instructive preacher. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1846.
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Burgess, John (2)
an English Congregational ,minister, was born at Peckforton, Cheshire, in 1823. He was converted at the age of sixteen; was educated at -Cheshunt College, and settled as pastor at Long Melford, Suffolk, in 1848, where he labored until his death, ‘which occurred at Hammersmith, Feb. 21, 1868. His gentle manner, amiable disposition, his meekness, his unmistakable piety and devotion to God, endeared him to all, and brought many to Christ. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book, 1869, p. 239.