The life and times of the Rev. Samuel Wesley / Rector of Epworth and father of the Revs. John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodists

by L. Tyerman

[186]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 50.

[187]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 53.

[188]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 251.

[189]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 253.

[190]. Wesley’s Reply, p. 154.

[191]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 575.

[192]. Methodist Magazine, 1846, p. 576.

[193]. This is taken from Clarke’s Wesley Family, but it is not correct; for, in her twenty-fourth year, she was at Epworth, where she was courted by her father’s curate, John Romley; and, at Christmas, 1723, when the Romley courtship was broken off, her father removed her to a situation in the family of Mr Grantham, of Kelstern.—See original letter in Wesleyan Times, Jan. 29, 1866.

[194]. Westminster Magazine, 1774.

[195]. See also the Journals of J. and C. Wesley; also, Clarke’s Wesley Family.