MINUTES

OF THE

ANNUAL CONFERENCES

OF THE

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IN

FOR THE YEARS

1773-1 828.

VOLUME I.

NEW-YORK: PUBLISHED BY T. MASON AND G. LANE, FOR THE METHODIST EPI8COPAL CHURCH, AT THE CONFERENCE OFFICE, 200 MULBERRY-STREEt.

J. Collord, Printer.

1840. Minutes for 1815. 251 MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

' FOR THE YEAR 1815.

Quest. 1. Who are admitted on trial? Quest. 2. Who remain on trial? OHIO CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Joseph Pownell, Elijah Truitt, Sadosa Presley Morris, John G. Cicil, Henry Bacon, Russel Bigelow, Wm. P. Finley, B. Bascoin, Jacob Hooper, Oliver Car Lemuel Lane, Curtis Goddard, Abbott ver, Sam'l Brown, David Sharp, Shadrach Goddard, Le Roy Cole, George Anderson, Ruark, John Solomon — 9. William Hunt, William Adams, Jahez TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Bowman, Baker, John Waterman, Henry Thomas Bailey, Human Bailey, Hardy Jacob Miller, John Elliott, Boroughs M. Cryer, William Stribling, Joshua Westlake— 18. Butcher, Josiah Patterson, Nicholas Nor TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. wood, John Schrader, John Manifee, Pe George M'Neely, Asa Overall, Moses ter James, Jonathan Kemp, Thos. Owen, Ashworth, Jacob Whitesides, Gabriel Ivy Walke— 13. Pickering, Roswell Vallentine, John C. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Harbison, James Nowland, John Scrips, — Wm. Collinsworth, Elijah Bird, David Elijah Gentry, Wiley Ledbetter 11. Hilliard, William F. Easter, John Lane, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. John Scott, Ransom Adkins. Jno. Murrow, John Norton, William Palmer, John Si Dan'l Monaghan, Nicholas M'Intyre, West mons, Wm. Kennedy, John Mote, Bryan Williams, John M'Clendon, William Win- Guusu — 6. ningham, Travis Owen, Aquilla Leather- — VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. wood 15. Daniel Day, Thacker Muire, Allen R. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Barnard, John T. Brame, David Browder, Robert F. Carney, Hugh M Cane, Rich.* Thomas Browder, Joshua Featherstone, Wright, Jas. M'Aden, Peyton Anderson, Geo. Vickers, John F. Wright, Ebenezer Lucius Elder, Waddell Johnson, Reuben W. Ward, Benj. Stephens, James Reid, Ellis, Bowen Reynolds, John C. Burrus, Michael Vester — 13. William Jones, Charles Mosely — 12. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. John Everheart, Henry Baker, John Samuel P. V. Gillespie, , Childs, Robt. Cadden, Bazil Barry, Robt. Samuel Davis, Richard Hunt, Thomas — Boyd, James Francis 7. Larkin, James Sewell, Henry Padgett, — PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Richard Buckingham 8. R. W. Petherbridge, Jacob Moore—2. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Win. Pretty man, Daniel Moore, Amos Aaroq Pierce, Alvin Abbott, Sherman C. Moore, Win. Lummis, Edward Stout, Minor, Benoni English, Stephen Joyce, Joseph Rusling, Wm. Ross, I/ott Warfield, — Josiali Bowen, Jas. Young, Heman Bangs, Henry* Kunzelman 9. Smith Dayton, Earl Bancraft, Phinehas NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Doan— 11. Buel Goodsell, Daniel Brayton. Charles NEW- CONFERENCE. Northrop, William M. Stilwell, Daniel J. John Lord, Josiah A. Scarritt, James Wright, Eli Barnett, Samuel Eighmey, Fairman, Nathan Payne, Salmon Win Moses Amadon —8. — chester 5. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Zenas Adams, Bradbury Clay, Eleazat James H. Harris, John Stebbins, Wm. Phelps, Thomas C. Pierce, Orin Roberts, Brown, Joshua Rogers, Jasper Bennett, Job Pratt, Ezekiel W. Coffin, Henry True, John Arnold, Ezra Adams, Isaiah Ben Bartholomew Otheman, Waller Sleeper nett —8. —10. 252 Minutes for 1815.

GENESEE CONFERENCE. W. Finley, John Cord, William Dixon, Wyatt Chamberlin, John Griffing, Jas. John Somerville, John M'Mehan, John Hazen, Elias Bowen, William Cameron, Graham,* Charles Waddle,* Robert C. William Barlow, Peter Baker — 7. Hatton,* John Dew,* Francis Landrum,* —14. Quest. 3. Who are admitted into full connection ? TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. OHIO CONFERENCE. Thos. Nixon,* Mumford Harris,* Benj. Robert C. Hatton, John Dew, Francis Malone,* Wm. Douthit,* John Bowman,* Landrum, Moses Trader, , Claiborne Duval,* James Porter,* Wil liam F. Charles Waddle, Archibald M'llroy —7. King,* Zachariah Witten,* Jesse Hale,* Elisha Lott, elect, Thos. A. King, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. John Phipps, George Eikins, Jesse Cun Thomas Nixon, Mumford Harris, Benj. ningham, Jos. Foulks, Wm. Hart — 17. Malone, William Douthit, John Bowman, Claiborne Duval, James Porter, Elisha SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Lott, Zachariah Witten, William F. King, Anderson Ray,* Samuel K. Hodges,* Jesse Hale — 11. Daniel M'Phaill,* James Parsons,* Wm. Harris,* West Harris,* P. Jones,* SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Dabney William B. Barnett,* David S. M'Bride,* Anderson Ray, Samnel K. Hodges, Samuel Johnson,* James B. Turner,* Daniel M'Phaill, James Parsons, William Philemon Ogletree,* James O. Andrew,* Harris, West Harris, Jones, Dabnev P. John Wright,* William Arnold, Griffon William B. Barnett, David S. M'Bride, Christopher, Allen Turner, Thos. Stanley, Sam'l Johnson, Jas. B. Turner, Philemon Nicholas Talley, Benjamin S. Ogletree, Alexander H. Sanders— 13. Ogletree, James C. Sharp, Jacob Hill, Henry Bass, VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. L. Q. C. Deyampert, Hugh M'Phaill, Ar Lewis Skidmore, Henry Robinson, John chibald Brown, James L. Belin, Charles Doyle, Fletcher Harris, Allen Elliott, Dickinson, Benj. C. Scott, John Bunch, Elijah Sparks, Richard H. Parks, Samuel William Partridge —31. B. White—8. VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. , BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Abraham Trail, Minton Thrift, Peter Caleb Leach, John Macklefresh, Thos. Wyatt, Joshua Lawrence, Matthew M. C. Thornton, Wm. C. Morrison, Thomas Dance, William M. Elliott,* Lewis Kim- Kennerley, John Connally, Zachariah bell,* Rich. H. Parks,* Henry Robinson,* — Mitchell, Robert Hanna 8. Lewis Skidmore,* John Doyle,* Fletcher PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Harris,* Allen Elliott,* Elijah Sparks* John Potts, Samuel J. Cox, John Go- Samuel B. White*— 15. forth, Phinehas Price — 4. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Lewis R. Fechtige, John Bull, Amos Nicholas White, Thomas Thorp — 2. Barnes, Thomas Sewell, William Shanks, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Caleb Leach,* John Macklefresh,* Thos. C. Thornton* Wm. C. Morrison,* Thos. Jason Walker, Shipley W. Wilson, Kennerlev, John Connally,* Zachariah Hezekiah Davis, Vanrensellaer Osborn, Mitchell,* Robert Hanna*— 13. Joseph Lufkin, Joshua Nye, Joseph B. . White, David Hutchinson — 8. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. GENESEE CONFERENCE. John Potts,* Sam'l J. Cox,* John Go- — John Hamilton, Israel Cook, Israel forth,* Geo. Banghart, David Daily 5. Chamberlin, Elijah Warren, James Hall, NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Goodwin Stoddard, Zenas Jones, Nath'l Nicholas White,* Thos. Thorp,* Theo- Reeder, Robert Minshall, Peter Jones, dosius Clark, Elisha P. Jacob, — Stephen Nathan Dodson, David Yeoman 12. Jacob, Tobias Spicer, Wm. Ross, Beards- Quest. 4. Who are the deacons ? ley Northrop, Samuel Luckey, Gad Smith Those marked thus (*) were ordained this year. —10. OHIO CONFERENCE. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. William M'Mehan, Thomas D. Porter, Jason Walker,* Shipley W. Wilson,* Benj. Rhoten, Jonathan Stamper, Robert Hezekiah Davis,* Vanrensellaer Osl>orn,* Minutes for 1815. 253

Joseph Lufkin,* Joshua Nye,* David Lummis, Cyrus Cummins, Daniel Fill Hutchinson,* Benjamin Burnham, John more, William Marsh, Hervey Morey — 7. Atwell, John Adams, Richard Emery, GENESEE CONFERENCE. W. Tucker, Josiah F. Chamber Thomas Elisha King, Palmer Roberts, John lain, Jacob Sanborn, Hazel- Benjamin Hazzard, Ralph Lanning, John Rhodes, ton— 15. Ira Fairbank, Marmaduke Pearce, Orin GENESEE CONFERENCE. Doolittle, Reuben Farley, Zenas Jones, Israel Cook,* Israel Chamberlin,* Eli- Joseph Hickcox— 11. Warren,* Goodwin Stoddard,* James

Quest. 6. Who are the bishops and super

lall,*J'ah David Yeoman,* Nath'i Reeder,*

intendents ? Robert Minshall,* Nathan Dodson,* Peter Jones,* David Culp,* John Stebbins, Jas. Francis Asbury, William M'Kendree — 2. Gilmnre, John Hamilton, elect, Elisha 7. Who have located this Bebins, Ebenezex Doolittle, Gideon Lan- Quest. year? ning, Renaldo M. Everts, James S. OHIO CONFERENCE. Lent— 19. Joseph Tatman, Daniel Davisson, Wil liam Lambden, Matthew Nelson, Jacob 5. Who have been elected and Quest. Gurwell —5.

ordained elders this year ? OHIO CONFERENCE. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Archibald M'llroy, Abel Robinson, Da William Douthit, Richard P. Conn, Lewis, niel Fraley, Walter Griffith, Moses Tra Samuel S. George A. Colbert, Mumford Harris, Miles Harper, William der, John Strange, John M'Mehan — 7. B. Elgin, John Travis, Francis Travis, TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Richard Richards, John M'Clure, John John M'Farland, James Dixon, Thomas Shrock— 12. Wright, Samuel Brown, Baker Wrather, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. William Winans, elect, , Jonathan Jackson, William Capers, elect, John S. Ford, elect, John I. E. Powers, D. Green, John Byrd, elect, John Shrock, elect— 10. Nicholas Henry Hill, Nicholas Punch, Benjamin Dulany, SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. John Jennings, James C. Koger, Drewry Solomon Brvan, Daniel Brown, John Powell, James Russell, Benjamin R. Sewell, John Boswell, Reuben Tucker, Brown — 12. James Hutto, Ashley Hewitt, Andrew VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Pickins— 8. James M. Caleb N. Bell, Ro VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Boyd, bert Barnes, John C. Trayler, Sandford, Samuel Waggoner, Early, John Anderson, Humphrey Wood, John Mallory, Samuel Hunter, Jesse James Thomas, Josiah Morton, John Branch —5. Giles— 10. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Tobias Reiley, John C. French, James Francis Mongar, James Charles, Wilson, elect, James M'Cann, John W. A. James Hunter, Lan- Bond, John White —6. James Reiley, Joseph ston, Jas. Stevens, Edward Matthews — 7. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Joseph Lybrand, Samuel P. Levis, PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. James Smith, William Ryder, William James Mitchell, Samuel Griffith, Tho W. Foulks, William Leonard, John Fin- mas A. Elliott, John Fcrnon, Joseph S. ley, Manning Force —8. Colgan — 5. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. ' NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Garlick, Haw- Gilbert Lyon, Benjamin Griffen, Cyrus Samuel Weaver, Heman Culver, John B. Straiten, Jesse Hunt, ley Sandford — 3. John Reynolds, David Lewis, Elijah He- NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. bard, Thomas Drummond, Almon Dun Benjamin Shaw, Joseph lerson, Joseph bar— 10. Lufkin, David Blanchard, John T. Adams, NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. John Vickory, Hervey Morcy, Jonathan James Jaques, John Lewis, Aaron Chaney, Joel Winch, Philip Ayer— 10. 254 Minutes for 1815. GENESEE CONFERENCE. Quest. 12. Were all the preachers' charac John P. Weaver, Samuel L. Rawleigh, ters examined before the Conferences ? Thomas Wright— 3. This was strictly attended to by calling before their Quest. 8. Who are the supernumeraries t over their names, one by one, Conferences. OHIO CONFERENCE. respective Henry M'Daniel, Michael Ellis, Alex Quest. 13. Who have died this year? — ander Cummins 3. I. Lewis Hobbs,— who was born in TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Burke county, Georgia, in the month of John M'Farland. February, 1783, was converted in 1804, and received on trial in the travelling VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. connection at the Conference held at Li Stith Mead. berty Chapel, Georgia, in December, 1808; travelled Brunswick circuit; BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. and in 1809 1810, Broad River; and 1811 went a Caleb — Reynolds, Morris Howe 2. missionary to Mississippi, where he tra PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. velled the Wilkinson circuit, and con there till 1812. In 1813 he was William Hardesty, James Polhemus— 2. tinued stationed in the city of New-Orleans; NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. and in 1814 returned to Georgia, where John Crawford. lie finished his course. Our beloved bro GENESEE CONFERENCE. ther Hobbs was a young man of deep and uniform while a member of Asa Cummins, John Kimberlin, Orin piety private ; and as a minister of the gospel, Doolittle— 3. society his simplicity, gravity, zeal, and diligence, Quest. 9. Who are the superannuated or has perhaps been equalled by few among worn-out preachers t us. Truly, it may be said of him. he OHIO CONFERENCE. counted not his life dear to him so he be instrumental in the . might advancing Redeemer's kingdom ; for although he VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. was one of a slender habit, he readily and William Jean, Joel Arrington —2. cheerfully submitted to the inconvenien ces of a station, and the almost BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. missionary incredible difficulties he had to surmount Seely Bunn, John Pitts, Thomas Lu in New-Orleans, where he became deeply cas, Joseph Stone, Hezekiah Harri- consumptive. In this lingering and dy man — 5. ing condition he travelled nearly one PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. thousand miles, (great part of which lay Richard Sneath, William M'Lenahan, through an almost uninhabited wilderness,) to where he arrived in Robert M'Coy, Thomas Everard, Wil his native country, liam Hunter, Joseph Aydelott — 6. June, and departed this life on the 4th of NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. September following, in full assurance of endless life. He was for some time a Isaac Candee, James Coleman, Seth witness of that love which casteth out all Crowell, Lewis Pease, Stephen Rich slavish fear, and reconciled him to the mond — 5. dispensations of Providence, as was emi NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. nently verified in his last illness, by that John Brodhead. p'atience and Christian fortitude with GENESEE CONFERENCE. which he bore it all. The sabbath to his dissolution, Abraham Dawson, James Gilmore — 2. previous while several of his friends were about Quest. 10. Who have been expelled from his bed, he supposed himself to be dying, the connection this year? and with every mark of triumphant joy " NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. he said, I am going, but not a mission William Frost. ary ; I am going to Jesus !" On Monday morning, being visited by a friend, he ob 11. Who have withdrawn " Quest. from the served, I am much disappointed, for I connection this year? expected before this time to have been None. with the shining songsters :" he added, Minutes for 1815. 255 " When I entered the connection I gave cuit, in Connecticut; 1803 and 1804, myself to the Lord and the connection ; I New-York city, in which year he married now feel no sorrow for having filled the Mrs. Mahetabel Briggs, relic of the late stations to which I was appointed, but feel Mr. John Briggs ; 1805 and 1806, Phila a peculiar consolation in this, that I have delphia ; 1807 and 1808, Baltimore ; 1809, preached the gospel to a people who till Philadelphia; 1810, Burlington circuit; then had been strangers to it." He con 1811, 1812, 1813, and 1814 he was pre tinued to decline until the next sabbath, siding elder of the West Jersey district. when, a few minutes previous to his de Our beloved brother Coate, as a man, pos parture, he became a little delirious, and sessed a strong mind and sound judgment ; appeared to be in much pain : he then as a Christian he was much devoted to requested that he should be turned on his God, serious, weighty, and solemn in all back ; this being done, he appeared to his carriage. Nothing was more manifest suffer much less : bat even in the midst in his character than his meekness and of hie momentary delirium and dying lowliness. In the various important sta pangs, his mind was employed in the great tions which he filled he ever manifested work of his calling. He asked for help the same humility of mind ; no air of self- to get into the pulpit: by which we dis importance appeared in any part of his cover that even the agonies of death were deportment. As a Christian minister, he too feeble to wrest from his mind the all- was lively, zealous, and energetic ; he important business of preaching the gos appeared always to have a deep sense of pel of peace. In a very few minutes, the infinite value of immortal souls, which being about six o'clock, sabbath evening, led him to use his utmost exertion to save he fell asleep in the arms of Jesus. them from the wrath to come. He was "They that be wise shall shine as the an excellent experimental and practical brightness of the firmament; and they preacher, and as such was very useful. that turn many to righteousness as the With the utmost propriety it may be said stars for ever and ever." of him, that "his praise was in all the 2. Michael Coate, —who was born in churches." 1707, in Burlington county, state of New- At the first quarterly meeting for Bur Jersey. His parents were brought up in lington circuit, in 1814, held in the city the persuasion of the people called Qua of Burlington, he preached on the sabbath kers, but became members of the Method with great animation, acceptability, and ist Episcopal Church, and were the first usefulness to a large concourse of people, in that neighbourhood who received the on the subject of eternal glory. He chose Methodist preachers. When but a youth, for his text Rev. vii, 9: "After this I Michael was often wrought upon by the beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which Spirit of God, which only proved as the no man could number, of all nations, and morning cloud and early dew, which pass kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood ed) quickly away, until his brother Samuel before the throne, and before the Lamb, commenced preaching, who was made an clothed with white robes, and palms in instrument, under God, of producing that their hands." While preaching he was pungent conviction which eventually ter favoured with a pleasing prospect of that minated in his conversion to God, in the glory, and seemed to anticipate the joys very night of which he began to exhort, of eternity. This was the last time he and from that time continued to speak in preached. publie, which was in the spring of the year On the ensuing Monday he was taken 1794. In 1795 he was admitted on trial ill, and continued ill until the Lord said, " as a travelling preacher, and appointed to It is enough ; come up hither ;" which

Columbia circuit, in the state of New- was about five weeks from his first ill York, on which he continued in 1796 ; ness. His affliction was extremely se

Middletown, in Connecticut, 1797 ; in vere ; but he patiently suffered the of 1798, at the solicitation of his brother Sa God in his sickness, as he had cheerfully : muel, he went a missionary to Canada, done it in his health yet he observed to and travelled Niagara circuit ; 1799, he some of his friends, that it is easier to do was ordained elder, and appointed to the than to suffer the will of God. In the city of New- York ; 1800, Pittsfield and commencement of his illness Satan thrust Whitingham, in Massachusetts ; 1801, sore at him, and his conflict was inexpres

New-York city ; 1802, New-London cir sibly great : under these severe exercises 256 Minutes for 1815.

of mind he mentioned the twenty-third thren, he left all and went in search of chapter of Job, a portion of Scripture ad precious souls. mirably suited to his case, which he re With great acceptability and usefulness quested to be read to him, during the he travelled the following circuits : Glou reading of which the power of God filled cester, 1808 ; Salem, 1809 ; Bristol, 1810 the place, and his s0ul was abundantly and 1811; Chester, 1812 and 1813; and comforted. Some time after this, in a Salem again in 1814, where he finished storm of rain at night, while the thunders his toils, exchanging the cross for the were roaring in the heaven above, and' crown. the vivid lightnings (lashed most awfully, He left his place of residence in Ger- his soul was filled with rapture, and he mantown, Pennsylvania, on the 26th of shouted aloud the praises of God, declar August, to attend the duties of his charge. ing that the peals of thunder sounded On his way to his circuit he became quite sweeter than the most melodious music. unwell, and was solicited by a friend to After this his soul was more tranquil, and tarry at his house till he got better, but he viewed death, in his solemn approach, could not be dissuaded from attempting with the utmost composure, and, with the the pursuit of his journey to gain his ap " " great apostle, knew that he had fought pointments, saying, I will never give it a good fight, had finished his course, had up while I am able to go." On the 27th kept the faith, and that henceforth there ho reached Joast Newkirk's, about four was laid up a crown of righteousness, o'clock, with a high fever. The next which the Lord, the righteous Judge, stood morning (being the sabbath) he rose at ready to impart to him." And on the five o'clock, and started, with a chill on first day of August, 1814, he took his him, for his appointment; but, growing solemn exit to a world of spirits. worse, he was brought back in a wagon the same day to Mr. Newkirk's. On Happy soul, thy days are ended, Monday morning two physicians were All thy mourning days below ; called in, who did not think his Go, by angel guards attended, symptoms To the sight of Jesus, go ! dangerous ; but still growing worse, his family was sent for ; and being desirous 3. William S. Fisher.—This labourer to see his colleague, he was also sent for, in the Lord's vineyard soon finished the and came to him the next day about twelve task allotted him by his Lord, and rested o'clock, and about five o'clock his family from his labours. He was a native of came, the sight of whom revived him, New-Jersey, born in 1777 ; converted to much. His beloved wife and children, God in 1800 ; entered the travelling con together with the circuit, lay with great nection in 1808, and in 1814 finished his weight on his mind ; for them he mani life and labours in his native state. fested much affectionate solicitude, but Almost as soon as he was made a sub was resigned to the will of God, and ex ject of converting grace he manifested a pressed much thankfulness for the benefits strong desire that others might be made of religion. partakers of the same grace ; and such On Friday morning the symptoms of was his intelligence, zeal, and diligence, his disease became more alarming, and that his brethren believed him to be called he seemed at times to be struggling with of God to preach the gospel, and accord death. In this painful moment his wife ingly gave him license. For several years desired his colleague, brother Moore, to he exercised his gifts as a class-leader pray: all were engaged in his behalf. He " and local preacher in the city of Phila was happy, crying out, Come, Lord Je- delphia, and was very acceptable to the bus." When prayer was ended he de different congregations to whom he preach sired them to sing — ed, and few men were ever more esteemed And let this feeble body fail, as a class-leader and local preacher in And let it faint or die ; that city. My soul shall quit this mournful vale, Being a ready penman and correct ac And soar to worlds on high. countant, he had obtained and for some At ten o'clock he seemed a little better, " time occupied a place as a clerk in the and said all was peace within," and " custom-house, which yielded him a hand added, I am going after brother Coate," some support for his family ; but being (his presiding elder, who had died a little called of God, and approved of by his bre before.) From this time he was alter Minutes for 1815. 257 nately better and worse until the Tuesday Talbot; 1811, missionary; 1812, 1813, following, when it became obvious to all 1814, presiding elder in the Chesapeake present that his end was fast approaching ; district; in the last year of which it and having taken an affectionate farewell pleased the great Head of the church to of his family, assuring them that he was call our beloved brother from his labours going the way of all flesh, and that all to his reward. was peace within, on Wednesday, about As a Christian, he was deeply experi ten o'clock, exempt from the ordinary enced in the grace of God. As a minis agonies of death, he experienced the truth ter, he was mighty in the Scriptures, or of the poet's assertion — thodox in his sentiments, systematic in With case our souls through death shall glide his preaching, zealous in his labours, the Into their paradise ; blessed effects of which were witnessed And thence on wings of angels ride by thousands, many of whom are gone Triumphant through the skies. before him, while others are left to unite Thus ended the pilgrimage of this ami with us in deploring the loss of their ve able man and worthy minister of Jesus nerable father in Christ. In the latter " Christ. His last words were, This once part of his life he was greatly afflicted, help, Lord." and suffered much ; in all of which he 4. John M'Claskey, — who was a native manifested great patience and confidence of Ireland, born in the county of Derry, in God. He preached his last sermon at on January 2, 1756. His parents, Moses the quarterly meeting at Church Hill, on and Ann M'Claskey, were members of the Queen Ann's circuit, from Isaiah lxi, 1, 2, Church of England. He came to Ame 3. It was observed that he was peculiarly rica when about sixteen years of age, energetie, his own soul was much blessed landed at Philadelphia, and settled in Sa and drawn out in the cause of God, while- lem county, in the state of New-Jersey. a deep solemnity rested upon the audi In the year 1780 he was married to Miss ence. He was taken with his last illness Elizabeth Ffrith, of that county, which at his dwelling in Chestertown, in the was the second time of his being married. state of Maryland, on the 21st day of Au The first religious exercise he was gust, in which he desired, to depart and known to have was in the year 1781, and to be with Christ, and was often heard to in the year 1782 he experienced a divine Sing- change ; and shortly after began to warn Surely thou wilt not long delay, his fellow-creatures to flee from the wrath I hear bis Spirit cry, to come, in which exercise he continued "Arise, my love, make haste away, with uncommon success until the year Go, get thee up and die." 1785, when he commenced his itinerant On Friday morning, the ninth day of labours, under the direction of the presid his illness, about four o'clock, he closed ing elder of the district. In 1786 he was his eyes in peace, and without a sigh or admitted on trial as a travelling preacher, groan departed this life, Sept. 2, 1814. " and appointed to East Jersey circuit. In Let me die the death of the righteous, 1787 he was admitted into full connection, and let my last end be like his." and appointed to West Jersey circuit. Quest. 14. What numbers are in Society? In 1788 he was ordained deacon, and ap pointed to Elizabethtown ; 1789, Burling OHIO CONFERENCE. ton ; 1790, he was stationed in Wilming Ohio District. Whites. Col. ton, Delaware ; 1791, Chester; 1798, he Whites. Col. Zanesville 335 5 Shenango 367 Knox 406 was appointed presiding elder in the Phi Erie 583 Tuscarawas 362 1793 ladelphia district ; and 1794, in Bal Trumbull and Marietta 386 timore ; 1795, Philadelphia; 1796, 1797, GrandRiverllOO 10 — and 1798, presiding elder in the New-Jer Beaver 157 3132 30 sey district, which then included the Cross Creek 905 Scioto District. Chatauque 157 Deer Creek 696 19 whole of New-Jersey and part of New- — — Pickaway 648 2 York state ; 1799, 1800, 1801, in the city 3274 10 Delaware 624 6 of New- York; 1802, Philadelphia; 1803 Muskingum District. Paint Creek 534 3 and 1804, Chestertown; 1805, Talbot; Guyandott 289 26 Brush Creek 675 Letart Falls 299 Scioto 502 1 1806, he was appointed to Salem, but Little Kana Salt Creek 394 5 through indisposition did not go ; 1807, wha 373 5 — Wilmington ; 1808 and 1809, Kent ; 1810, Fairfield 682 4073 36 17 258 Minutes for 1815. Whites. Col. Miami District. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Fleming 580 29 Cooper River 154 166 Black River 387 391 1021 231 Cincinnati 264 Big Sandy 160 Cypress 737 642 Little Pedee 372 344 Little Miami 673 I Little Sandy 229 15 Saltketcher 535 230 Bladen 339 Laurensburg 219 Black Swamp 174 179 Brunswick 82 1564 White Water 301 3731 405 Orangeburg 684 329 Georgetown 115 180 Oxford 405 Bush River 776 139 Fayetteville River Dietrict. 110 9 Union 730 7 Salt Keewee 654 44 Deep River 75 580 Mad River 846 Danville 715 Wilmington White Oak 1107 1 Cumberland 231 1 3996 5522 Madison 400 27 Broad River District. 3433 3762 4545 9 Salt River 483 28 Congaree 425 267 Cataaba District. Kentucky District. Jefferson 459 48 Sandy River 456 157 Upper French- Licking 440 24 Creek 450 Waterce 609 303 Broad and Limestone 533 75 Shelby 506 Enoree 989 304 Black Moun 33 Lexington 675 140 Reedy River 669 108 tain 444 696 62 Hinkstonc 1114 122 3238 104 Santee 679 780 Morganton Columbia 121 155 Union 879 104 TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Camden 103 473 Lincoln 705 111 Nashville District. Clinch 811 78 Rocky River 595 88 Nashville 38 35 Carter's Val- 4051 2557 Montgomery 587 53 Nashville cir. 476 78 lev 387 12 Pedee District. Stones River 481 58 Powell's Val Lynch'sCreek589 124 3906 451 Lebanon 831 104 ley 360 6 VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. Cany Fork 542 56 Knoxville 402 40 Elk 488 38 Holston 547 37 Yadkin District. Princess 1495 635 Flint 558 45 Lee 300 22 Yadkin Ann and Richland 401 21 Franklin Camden Edenton 980 Duck River 627 85 5165 348 Guilford Bertie 864 126 Illinois District. Salisbury Sussex 620 177 4442 520 Vincenncs 180 Iredell Cumberland Dietrict. Little Wabash 154 3073 250 4191 1810 Red River 485 144 Missouri 104 District. Meherrin District. FountainHead438 34 Massack 282 Neuse Greensville Goose Creek 701 57 Cold Water 132 15 Raleigh city Mecklenburg 475 Roaring River 456 19 Maramack 256 38 and circuit Somerset 379 13 Cape Girar Newbern Green River 322 16 deau 111 12 New-River River Barren 454 21 New-Madrid 120 16 Black Beaufort Wayne . 469 14 Illinois 404 4 Haw River 3704 318 1743 85 Green River District. 2150 1325 Mississippi District. Tar River District. Christian 581 112 Claiborne & 5 Caswell Livingston 348 Natchez 402 149 Henderson 268 29 Roanoke Wilkinson 527 106 3676 1011 Hartford 457 55 Tar River Amit 351 40 River District. Breckenridge 343 25 Pamlico James Pearl River 142 30 64 Dover 601 57 Terrell Richmond 204 Tombcckbee 269 79 375 114 Dixon 395 46 Matlamuskeetl58 Hanover Banks 194 Williamsburg 549 81 1691 404 55 2993 329 Neuse 128 Gloucester 1056 396 48 Holston District. Louisiana District. Orange Abingdon 425 59 Rapids 40 20 2541 925 Green Moun 82 Nollichuckie 810 47 Attakapas 85 16 Norfolk District. tain 500 594 91 French-Broad 700 38 Washataw 12 Norfolk 232 183 Amherst Tennessee Portsmouth, 3674 535 Valley 423 9 137 36 Suffolk, and SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Oconee District. Ogeechee Dietrict. Baltimore District. Potomac District. Sparta 650 366 Broad River 756 216 Baltimore cir. 715 199 Winchester 611 249 917 144 Oakmulgee 462 59 Appalachee 649 103 Great Falls 564 226 Berkley Alcova 1042 236 Grove 605 53 Fell's Point 400 254 Loudon 527 99 Washington 410 118 Little River 720 210 Baltimore Fairfax 375 120 Ohoopee 322 111 Warren 630 175 city 1667 1552 Stafford and Cedar Creek Louisville 481 151 Severn 453 503 Fred'ksburg 396 47 115 and Milledge- Augusta 95 34 Annapolis 124 224 Lancaster 523 ville 877 305 Savannah 25 21 Harford 584 266 Alexandria 265 173 St. Mary's & Calvert 634 1219 Satilla 130 77 3961 963 Pr. George's 353 900 3614 94T . — Edisto District. Georgetown District. 5499 5343 Washington 143 117 3893 1272 Charleston 282 3793 IT Minutes for 1815. 259

Whites. CoL Whites. Col. Whites. Col. Hudson River District. Georgetown 183 112 Huntingdon • Hudson 49 1 Montgomery 510 490 and Mishan- Whites. Col. Frederick 671 360 non .137 3262 37 Albany 155 30 Chambersburg347 159 Bedford 156 Champlain District. Albany cir. 442 7 Alleghany GOO Brandon 608 Schenectady 428 1 1854 1236 Moorfields 8G Charlotte 391 6 Delaware 573 4 Greenbrier District. Juniatta 143 St. Albans 410 Ulster 344 8 Grand Isle 154 New-Wind Rockingham 669 122 2118 145 Huntsburg 119 sor 457 Staunton 173 8 Monongahela District. Plattsburg 336 621 5 Bottetourt 467 139 Ncwburg Redstone 778 30 Middlebury 100 Sharon 324 2 New-River 380 Ul Connelsville 605 3 Ticonderoga 149 Monroe 2G3 13 Pittsburg 196 28 3344 65 Greenbrier 271 32 Ohio 538 63 2267 11 Pendleton 160 22 Wheel- Walker's East NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. ing 246 2 Creek 334 18 Grantham 1 Greenfield 588 15 New-London District. 249 Monongahela 676 19 Tolland 314 2723 505 1903 9 Randolph 340 5 Ashbtimham 310 New-Hampshire Diet. Carlisle District. Mahonin 143 4 Ncedham 274 Landaff 363 Carlisle 456 41 Mansfield 120 Lunenburg 189 Auckwick 340 5 4115 175 East Green Bridgewater 185 wich 330 PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. Sandwich 123 Somerset 10G Schuylkill District. Milford 680 352 Conway 126 Bristol and Philadelphia — Lewistown 635 356 Tuftonboro' 137 Rhode Island 204 11 St.George's 1208 1371 St. Martin's 310 294 Pembroke 132 New-London 557 29 Union 367 Snow Hill 4TB 3G7 NorwayPlainsl30 Pomfret 247 Kensington 150 Annamessex 770 623 Canaan 92 Bristol 391 105 Accomack 679 399 2462 49 Northampton 102 3 1477 Dauphin and 8214 5573 Boston District. Portland District. Pine Creek 455 7 East Jersey District. Lynn 234 Durham 311 Lancaster 635 47 Asbury 416 8 Boston 270 27 Scarborough 191 Chester 612 149 Sussex 360 1 Marblebead ei Buxton 210 Wilmington 127 72 Hamburg 319 1 Salisbury 135 1 Bethel 118 Essex 387 9 Poplin 253 Livermore 127 4047 1754 Bergen 392 15 Portsmouth 71 Re ad field 186 Scituate 47 Chesapeake" District. Staten Island 191 10 Poland 185 Cecil 577 451 Trenton and Sandwich and Vienna 135 Kent 377 488 Brunswick 531 1)5 Falmouth 218 Portland 153 Queen Ann's 552 651 Harwich 63 North Yar Talbot 775 719 2596 159 Wellfleet 111 mouth 41 West Jersey District. Nantucket 182 12 2281 2312 Burlington 576 145 Martha's Vine 1660 Delaware District. Freehold 609 49 yard 74 Kennebeck District. Smyrna 6«G 584 New-Mills 883 35 New-Bedford 35 Penobscot 36 Dover 920 517 Gloucester 883 26 Norridgewock 125 Caroline 710 301 Cumberland 785 32 1757 <0 Hallowell 203 Cambridge 603 714 Salem 1047 281 Vermont District. Vassalborough 145 Dorchester 753 543 Athens 159 3 Pittston 150 Somerset 953 523 4783 568 Wethersfield 416 3 Industry 113 NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Barnard 347 Orrington 252 Vershire 112 Hamden. 350 New- York District. Litchfield 517 3 Barre 320 Bristol 89 New-York 1630 763 Redding 564 5 Danville 200 2 Union 211 New-Rochelle440 43 Middletown 283 13 Stanstcad 50 Courtlandt 520 19 Stratford 350 5 St. Francis 50 1724 Croton 412 18 New-Haven 92 13 Stamford 169 3 Hotchkiastown 8 GENESEE CONFERENCE. Suffolk and Oneida District. Genesee District. Sag Harbour255 24 3911 92 Westmore New-Amster 463 137 Ashgrove District. land 469 dam 108 '"'" Brooklyn 138 60 Cambridge 387 Utica 461 2 Caledonia 477 Thurman 207 Otsego 503 6 Bloomfield 494 4077 1067 Montgomery 58S Herkimer 307 1 Ontario 655 Rhinebeek District. Saratoga 531 Black River 395 3 Lyons 005 Rhinebeck 500 7 Chatham 564 St. Lawrence 262 Seneca 570 Dutchess 666 30 Whitingham 292 Sandy Creek 354 Crooked Lake313 Poughkeepsie 137 6 Pittstown 198 Western 293 Newtown 246 Pittsficld 370 2 Pownal 343 Granville 424 3 Troy 105 3044 12 3468 260 Minutes for 1815.

Chenango District. .Whites. Col. Pickaway, Daniel Fraley, Henry Baker. Whites. Col. Wyoming 234 Delaware, Isaac Pavey. 147 Chenango 382 5 Canaan Paint Creek, William P. Finley. 550 3 Bridgewatcr 319 Creek, Walter Sodas 123 Wyalusing 130 Brush Griffith. Scipio 600 5 Tioga 244 Scioto, Moses Trader, Alex. Cummins. Cayuga 533 1 Salt Creek, Thos. Nelson, Elijah Truitt. Lebanon 343 2517 6 Onondaga Upper Canada District. Miami Dist. John Sale, P. Elder. Broome 502 11 Augusta 330 Cincinnati and Miami, Joseph Oglesby, BayQuintie 611 John Waterman. 3083 25 Smith's Creek 82 Laurenceburg, John Strange. Susquehannah District. Young-street 163 White Water, William Hunt. Lycoming 824 4 Ancaster 459 Shamokin 152 Niagara 220 Oxford, John Somerville. Northumber Union, Moses Crume, Jacob Miller. 1765 land 467 2 Mad River, Abbott Goddard. RECAPITULATION. White Oak, Robert W. Finley, David Whites. Col. Sharp. Ohio Conference - • 21993 600 Tennessee Conference - 19875 2040 Kentucky Dist. Sam'l Parker, P. Elder. South Carolina Conference 23240 14527 Licking, Leroy Cole, Benjamin Rhoten. - Virginia Conference 19305 5856 Lexington, Benj. Lakin, John G. Cicil. - 19923 8353 Baltimore Conference Hinkstone, William Dixon, Russel Bige- Philadelphia Conference 21921 10386 New-York Conference - 16861 1272 low. New-England Conference 10983 102 Big Sandy and Little Sandy, Francis Lan- Genesee Conference - 13877 51 drum, Oliver Carver. Fleming, Geo. Anderson, Presley Morris. 167978 43187 43187 Limestone, Jonathan Stamper. Salt River Dist. Charles Holliday, Total 211165 P. Elder. Total last year 211129 Danville, Samuel Hellums. Increase this year 36 Cumberland, Robert C. Hatton. . Preachers 704. Madison, John Dew. Salt River, William Adams. 15. Where are the preachers sta Quest. Jefferson, Thomas D. Porter. tioned this year? Shelby, William M'Mehon. OHIO CONFERENCE. Silver Creek, Shadrach Ruark. Ohio Dist. Jacob Young, P. Elder. Shenango, John Elliot. TENNESSEE CONFERENCE. Erie, John Solomon, John Graham. Holston Dist. James Axley, P. Elder. M'Mehon, Le New-Connecticut, James Abingdon, Scla Paine. muel Lane. Nollichuckie, Benjamin Malone. Beaver, James Watts. French-Broad, John Henninger. Barnesville, Wm. Knox, John M'Mehon. Tennessee Valley, John Manifee. Cross Creek, James B. Finley, Archibald Clinch, William Hart. M'llroy. Carter's Valley, Jesse Cunningham. Robertson, Michael West Wheeling, Abel Powel's Valley, James Porter. Ellis. Knoxville, James Dixon. Chatauque, Boroughs Westlake. Holston, George Eikins. Muskingum Dist. David Young, P. Elder. Lee, Thomas Nixon. Guyandott, Henry B. Bascom. Nashville Dist. Thomas L. Douglass, Letart Falls, Jacob Hooper. P. Elder. Little Kanawha, Curtis Goddard. Nashville, Baker Wrather. Marietta, Marcus Lindsey, Joseph Pownell. Stones River and Lebanon, Moses Ash- Fairfield, Charles Waddle. worth. Zanesville, Joseph Kinkead. Cany Fork, Hardy M. Cryer. Knox, Samuel West. Elk, Joshua Butcher. Tuscarawas, John Cord. Richland, Benjamin Edge. Scioto Dist. James Quinn, P. Elder. Flint, John Cragg. Peer Creek, Isaac Quinn, Sadosa Bacon. Duck River, Zachariah Witten. Minutes for 1815. 261

Cumberland Dist. Learner Blackman, Washington, James B. Turner. P. Elder. Ohoopee, James C. Sharp, Elijah Bird. Red River, Isaac IAusey. St. Mary's, James Hutto. Goose Creek, Ivy Walke. OgeecheeDist. Joseph Tarpley,?. Elder. Fountain Head, James Gwm. Broad River, Robert L. Edwards, L. Q. Roaring River, John Phipps. C. Deyampert. Somerset, Nicholas Norwood. Appal achee, Reuben Tucker, John M'Clen- Green River, Haman Bailey. don. Barren, Samuel Browne. Grove, Allen Turner. Wayne, Thomas Bailey. Little River, John Bunch, West Harris. Illinois Dist. Jesse Walker, P. Elder. Warren, James 0. Andrew, Bryan Cause. Illinois, James Nowland. Louisville, John Lane, John Scott. St. Mary's, Josiah Patterson. Augusta, Solomon Bryan. Fort Massac and Little Wabash, John C. Savannah, Whitman C. Bill. Harbison. John Patoca, John Scripps. EdistoDist. Collinsworth, P.Elder. Charleston, Vincennes, John Schrader. Anthony Senter, Alex. Talley, Samuel K. Hodges. Green River Dist. Peter Cartwrieht, Cooper River, Dabney P. Jones. P. Elder. Cypress, Thomas Darley, John Wright. Christian, John Johnson. Saltketcher, D,avid S. M'Bride, A. Lea- Jesse Livingston, Hale. therwood. Henderson, Claiborne Duval. Black Swamp, James L. Belin. Hartford and William Breckenridge, F. Orangeburg, Daniel Brown, William Win- King, George M'Neeley. ningham. Dover, Joseph Foulks. Bush River, Eppes Tucker, Travis Owen. Dixon, John Bowman. Keewee, Benj. S. Ogletree, John Norton. Missouri Dist. Samuel H. Thompson, Broad Riter Dist. Hilliard P. Elder. Judge, P. Elder. Missouri, William Stribling. . Congaree, Philemon Ogletree, Nicholas Cold Water and Marramack, Jacob White- M'Intyre. sides. River, Soliene, John M'Farland. Sandy Jesse Richardson, Ransom Adkins. Cape Girardeau, Thomas Wright. Wateree, Robert Porter, New-Madrid, Asa Overall. David Hilliard. Enoree, Wiley Warwick, Wm. Harris. Mississippi Dist. Sam'1 Sellers, P. Elder. Reedy River, Nicholas Talley, West Wil Natchez and Claiborne, Thomas A. King, liams. Gabriel Pickering. Santee and Camden, Thomas Mason, Da Natchez city and Washington, Roswell niel M'Phaill. Valentine. Columbia, Samuel Dunwody. Wilkinson, William Winans, Peter James, Pes Deb Dist. William M. Kennedy, Wiley Ledbetter. P. Elder. Amit, John I. E. Byrd, Jonathan Kemp. Lynch's Creek, John Sewell, Wm. Palmer. Pearl River, Elijah Gentry. Black River, John Gamewell, John Simons. Tombeekbee, John S. Ford, Thomas Little Pee Dee, Samuel Johnson, Owens. Alex. H. Saunders. Louisiana Dist. Thos. Griffin, P. Elder. Bladen, John Boswell. Attakapas, Richmond Nolley. Brunswick, James Norton, John Murrow. Rapids, Elisha Lott. Georgetown, Henry Bass. Washatau, Thomas Griffin. Fayetteville, John B. Glenn. SOUTH CAROLINA CONFERENCE. Deep River, Charles Dickinson. Oconee Dist. lawis Myers, P. Elder. Wilmington, Thomas Stanley. Sparta, Wm. Arnold, Wm. Kennedy. Catawba Dist. Daniel Asbury. P. Elder. Oakmulgee, Benjamin C. Seott, William Upper French-Broad, Ashley Hewitt. Collinsworth. Black Mountain, Andrew Pickins. Alcovi, Wm. Partridge, Wm. F. Easter. Morganton, Jacob Hill. Cedar Creek and Milledgeville, Griffin Union, Anderson Ray, John Mote. Christopher, James Parsons. Lincoln, Hngh M'Phaill. 262 Minutes for 1815.

Sugar Creek, Wm. B. Barnett.. Green Mountain, Richard H. Parks, Ro Rocky River, Daniel Monaghan. bert F. Carney. Montgomery, Archibald Brown. Amherst, Stith Mead, Joshua Feather- VIRGINIA CONFERENCE. stone. Yadkin Dist. Edward Cannon, P. Elder. BALTIMORE CONFERENCE. Franklin, Jas. Patterson, W. Billingsley. Baltimore Dist. Nelson Reed, P. Elder. Guilford, Henry Robertson, Chas. Mosely. Baltimore cir., Henry Smith, John Davis. Salisbury, Thos. Mann, Waddill Johnson. Harford, Rezin Hammond, Daniel Stans- Iredell, James M. Arthur. bury. Yadkin, Richard Wright, David Browder. Great Falls, James Paynler, Joseph Toy. Point, Joshua Wells. Neuse Dist. CanellumH. Hines, P.Elder. Fell's Baltimore city, Griffith, Thomas Raleigh city, James M'Aden. Alfred Burch, Frederick Stier, Lewis R. Raleigh cir., George Vickers. Fechtige. Haw River, James Sandford, Abraham Trail. Severn, James Reid, John Macklefresh. Annapolis, William Ryland. Newbern, Robert Griffith. Calvert, John Connally, Richard Hunt. New-River and Beaufort, John Doyle, Joshua Lawrence. Potomac Dist. Joseph Frye, P. Elder. Black River, Reuben Ellis. Winchester, Richard Tydings, Ezra Mattamuskeet, John Mallory. Grover. Banks, Daniel Day. Berkley, Nathan Lodge, Richard Buck Roanoke Dist. Philip Bruce, P. Elder. ingham. Hall, Caswell, Wm. M. Elliott. Loudon, Daniel Eli Henkle. Fairfax, John G. Watt. Roanoke, Robert Thompson, Michael Vas ter. Stafford, Jacob Snyder, J. Sewel, C. Tar River, Lewis Skidmore, John Brame. Reynolds. Washington, Peyton Anderson. Fredericksburg, Jesse Lee Albemarle Sound, Lucius Elder. Lancaster, John Watson, Nathaniel B. Swift Creek, Jesse Branch. Mais. Georgetown Norfolk Dist. John Weaver, P. Elder. Dist. Enoch George, Norfolk, Minton Thrift. P. Elder. Portsmouth, Samuel Garrard. Washington city, Andrew Hemphill. Suffolk, Ewen Johnson. Prince George's, John Childs, Thomas C. Princess Ann, Lewis Kimball. Thornton. Roszel. Camden and Edenton, Samuel B. White, Georgetown, Stephen G. Smith. Benjamin Stevens. Montgomery, Beverly Waugh, Jas. Bertie, Thacker Muire, James Reid. Frederick, Job Guest, George As/tin. Sussex, Hugh A. M'Cain, William Jones. Chambersburg, Robert Wilson, Thomas Larkin. Meherrin Dist. Thos. Burge, P. Elder. Alleghany and Moorfield, Hamilton Greensville, Sam'l Hunter, Elijah Sparks. Jef ferson, John C. French, Nicholas Willis. Mecklenburg, Allen Elliott. Petersburg, Thomas Moore. Greenbrier Dist. Gerard Morgan, Amelia, John Moore, Bo wen Reynolds. P. Elder. Cumberland and Manchester, Wm. Cotnp- Rockingham, William Shanks, Henry ton, Allen R. Barnard. Padgett. Brunswick, Christopher S. Mooring. Staunton, William Houston. Buckingham, Samuel Waggoner, Ebene- Bottetourt, Thos. Sewell, Samuel Davis. zer W. Ward. New-River, W. C. Morrison, Samuel P. Bedford and Lynchburg, Fletcher Harris, V. Gillespie. Peter Wyatt. Walker's Creek, Thomas Kennedy. Monroe, James M'Cann. James River Dist. Ethelbert Drake, Greenbrier, John Bull. P. Elder. Richmond, Matthew M. Dance. Pendleton, Zachariah Mitchell. Hanover, Thos. Cooper, John F. Wright. Carlisle Dist. Jacob Gruber, P. Elder. Williamsburg, Jacob Hill. Carlisle, Samuel Montgomery, Caleb Gloucester, John C. Burrass. Leach. Orange, John C. Ballew, Thos. Browder. Auckwick, Wm. Butler, Tobias Reiley. Minutes for 1815. 263

Huntingdon and Mishannon, Robert Cad- New-Jersey Dist. James Smith, den, Henry Baker, Morris Howe. P. Elder. Bedford, Robert Hanna. Cumberland, Sol. Sharp, Nathan Swain. Juniatta, David Stevens. Salem, Peter Vannest, Geo. Woolley. Somerset, James Wilson, John Everhart. Gloucester, Daniel Fidler, Amos C. Mahonin, Amos Barnes, Bazil Barry. Moore. Monoxdahela Dist. Christopher Frye, Burlington, John Vanschoick, Joseph P. Elder. Rusling. Pittsburg, Jacob Dowell. New-Mills, John Fox, Daniel Ireland. Connelsville, John Swartzwelder. Freehold, David Bartine, Charles Reed. Redstone, Thornton Fleming, Asa Shinn. Trenton, John Walker, Thos. Neal. Greenfield, James Laws, John White. Essex and Staten Island, Joseph Totten, Harrison, , John Bear. John Robertson, Daniel Moore. East Wheeling, Wm. Monroe. Bergen, David Best, John Finley. Monongahela, Asby Pool, Robert Boyd. Sussex, Joseph Osborne, James Quail. Ohio, Joshua Monroe, James Francis. Asbury, Manning Force, William Smith. John W. Bond travels with Bishop Hamburg, George Banghart, Earl Ban- Asbury. craft. PHILADELPHIA CONFERENCE. NEW-YORK CONFERENCE. Schuylkill Dist. Robert R. Roberts, New- York Dist. Samuel Merwin, P. Elder. P. Elder. New- York, W. Wm. Philadelphia—" Phoebus, Thacher, St. George's, R. Burch, S. Martin- E. Washburn, M. Richardson, A. dale, L. Lawrenson. Scholefield. New-Rochelle, Smith Arnold, Samuel Union, Geo. Sheets, Joseph Lybrand. Bushnell. Kensington, William Williams. Courtlandt, Eben Smith, Bristol, Wm. Torbert, Wm. W. Foulks. Henry Eames. Croton, Aaron Hunt, Can Northampton, John Potts. Ezekiel field. Stamford, Coles Dauphin and Pine Creek, John Price, Carpenter, Theodosius Clark. Henry Kunzelman. Suffolk and Sag Harbour, John Lancaster, Thos. Miller, Phinehas Price. Reynolds, Oliver Sykes. Chester, Asa Smith, Joseph Samson. Jamaica, Joseph Wilmington, John Emory. Crawford, Benjamin Griffen. Chesapeake Dist. Henry Boehm, Brooklyn, Nathan Emory. P. Elder. Rhinebeck Dist.. Nathan Bangs, Smyrna, Lawrence M'Combs, John Col P. Elder. lins. Poughkeepsie, James M. Smith, Dover, Jas. Ridgaway, Wm. Ryder. Dutchess, Phinehas Cook, Noble W. Caroline, Jas. Moore, Wm. Hardesty. Thomas. Talbot, John Woolson, R. W. Petherbrid. Rhinebeck, William Anson, Thomas Ann's, William. Queen Leonard, Edward Thorp. Stout. Pittsfield, Dolus Ensign, John Finnegan. Kent, John Wm. Ross. Sharpley, Granville, Cyrus Culver, Aaron Pierce, Cecil, John Goforth, Samuel P. Levis. Litchfield, S. Cochran. B. Hibbard, Smith Delaware Dist. Wm. Bishop, P. Elder. Dayton. Cambridge, Sylvester Hill, W illiam Lum- Stratford, Elijah Hebard, Benoni Eng rais. lish. Dorchester, John Smith, Lott Warfield. Redding, Elijah Woolsey, Reuben Harris. Somerset, Jas. Smith, Thos. Davis. Middletown, William Jetoett, Jona. Lyon. Annamessex, Samuel J. Cox, Jacob New-Haven, Truman Bishop. Moore. Hotchkisstown, Gad Smith. Accomack, Thomas Walker, James Pole- Ashorove Dist. Sam'l Draper, P. Elder. mus. Cambridge, Andrew M'Kain, Peter Bus Snow Hill, David Daily, William Pretty- sing. man. Thurman, Daniel Brayton, Stephen Joyce. Lewistown and Milford, Joseph Bennett, Montgomery, Gershom Pierce, Samuel James Aikins, Avra Melvin. Luckey. 264 Minutes for 1815.

Saratoga, Samuel House, Jesse Hunt. Salisbury, Martin Ruter. Chatham, Daniel Ostrander, Sherman Poplin, Ebenezer Blake. Minor. Portsmouth, Thomas W. Tucker. Whitingham, Daniel I. Wright, Phinehas Scituate, Bradbury Clay. Doan. Sandwich and Falmouth, John TV. Hardy, Pittstown, Laban Clark. Richard Emery. Pownal, Friend Draper, Moses Amadon. Harwich, Philip Munger. Troy, Tobias Spicer. Wellfleet, Thomas C. Pierce. Hudson, Phinehas Rice. Nantucket, John Lindsey. Martha's Vineyard, Benjamin Hazelton. Champlain Dist. Henry Stead, P. Elder. New-Bedford, Artemas Stebbins. Brandon, Justus Byington, Jacob Bee- man. Vermont Dist. Joseph A. Merrill, Middlebury, Cyprian H. Gridley. P. Elder. Charlotte, David Lewis, Nicholas White. Athens, Eleazar Phelps. St. Albans, Almon Dunbar. Wethersfield, . Stowe, Gilbert Lyon, Buel Goodsell. Barnard, Warren Banister. Dunham, Vershire, Amasa Taylor. Grand Isle, William Ross. Barre, Joel Steele. Plattsburgh, John B. Slratten, Samuel Danville, Zenas Adams. Eighmey. Unity, Caleb Dustin, James Fainnan. Ticonderoga, John T. Addoms. Stanstead, John Lewis. St. Francis River, Shipley W. Wilson. Hudson River Dist. Peter P. Sandford, New-Hampshire P. Elder. Dist. David Kilbourn, Albany, Thomas Drummond. P. Elder. Albany circuit, L. Andrus, J. B. Matthias, Landaff, Jacob Sanborn, John Lord. Stratford, Isaiah Emerson. J. Crawford. Schenectady, E. P. Jacob, Eli Barnett, Bridgewaterand New-Salisbury, Jonathan James Young. Worthen, Hezekiah Davis. Sharon, Beardsley Northrop, Alvin Ab Sandwich, Leonard Frost. bott. Conway, Josiah A. Scarritt. Delaware, Stephen Jacob, Heman Bangs. Tuftonborough, Benj. Burnham. Ulster, Charles Northrop, Josiah Bowen. Pembroke, James Jaques. Newburg, S. Fowler, John Kline, W. M. Norway Plains, Noah Bigelow. Stilwell. Canaan, Walter Sleeper. New- Windsor, Zalmon Lyon, Bcla Smith. Portland Dist. Oliver Beale, P. Elder. Freeborn Garrettson, from his own re Portland, Eleazar Wells. quest, has no station this year. Durham, Robert Hayes, John Paine. William Swayze removes to the Ohio Scarborough, Aaron Lummus. Conference. Buxton, John Adams. NEW-ENGLAND CONFERENCE. Bethel, Joshua Randall. New-London Dist. Asa Kent, P. Elder. Livermore, Samuel Hillman. Tolland, Wm. Marsh, Orin Roberts. Poland, Leonard Bennett. Ashburnham, Benjamin Sabin, Salmon North Yarmouth, Cyrus Cummins. Winchester. Readfield, Daniel Wentworth. Chamberlain, W. Needham, Vanrensellaer Osborn, B. Othe- Vienna, Josiah F. E man. Coffin. Providence and Mansfield, Orlando Hinds, Kennebeck Dist. Joshua Soule, Francis Dane. P. Elder. Warwick, Edward Hyde. Norridgewock, Wm. Hinman. Bristol, Somerset, and Rhode Island, Hallowell, John Atwell. Benjamin R. Hoyt, Jason Walker. Vassalborough, Joseph B. White. New-London, Elisha Streeter, Nathan Pittstown, John Wilkinson. Paine. Industry, Henry True. Pomfret, Elias Marble, Job Pratt. Orrington, Joshua Nye. Boston Dist. Charles Virgin, P. Elder. Hamden, David Hutchinson. Lynn, Geo. Pickering, Solomon Sias. Bristol, Ebenezer F. Newell. Boston, Elijah Hedding, Daniel Fillmore. Penobscot, Joseph Lull. Marblehead, Benjamin F. Lambord. Union, Benjamin Jones. Minutes for 1815. 265

GENE8EE CONFERENCE. Lower Canada Dist. Henry Ryan, Oneida Dist. Chas. Giles, P. Elder. P. Elder. Utica, Benjamin G. Paddock. Augusta, Thomas Madden, Andrew Prin- Litchfield, Joseph Willis, Isaiah Bennett. •die. Otsego, Geo. Gary, Seth Mattison, Asa St. Lawrence, Israel Chamberlin, John Cummins. Arnold. Herkimer, Goodwin Stoddard. Ottawha, Nathaniel Reeder. Westmoreland, Chandley Lambert. Montreal, Paris, Abner Chase. Quebee, Western, Isaac Puffer, John Stebbins. Quest. 16. Where and when shall our Black River, Ira Fairbank, James Ha- next be held ? zen. Conferences 1. Ohio Conference, at Lebanon, Ohio, Sandy Creek, Elias Bowen. September 14, 1815. Genesee Dist. Gideon Draper, P. Elder. 2. Tennessee Conference, at Bethle New-Amsterdam, Robert Minshall. hem, M. H., in Wilson county, Tennessee, Caledonia, James H. Harris. October 20, 1815. Bloomfield, William Snow, James S. 3. South Carolina Conference, at Lent. Charleston, South Carolina, December Ontario, G. Lanning, W. Barlow, /. Kim- 23, 1815. berlin. 4. Virginia Conference, at Raleigh, Lyons, Dan Barnes, Elijah Warren. N. C, January 24, 1816. Crooked Lake, Reuben Farley, Jasper 5. Baltimore Conference, Georgetown, Bennett. D. C, March 8, 1816. Seneca, James H. Baker, Wm. Brown. 6. Philadelphia Conference, at Phila Newtown, Peter Baker. delphia, April 18, 1816. %* General Conference, at Baltimore, Chenango Dist. George Harmon, May 1, 1816. P. Elder. 7. New- York Conference, at New- Scipio, James Kelsey, Orin Doolittle. York, June 1, 1816. Sodus, Joshua Rogers. 8. New-England Conference, at Bris Cayuga, Jonathan Huestis. tol, R. I., June 22, 1816. Oswego, John Griding. 9. Genesee Conference, at Paris, July Broome, William Cameron. 17, 1816. Chenango, Ralph Lanning, Elijah King. Lebanon, Loring Grant, John Hamilton. Susquehannah Dist. Marmaduke Pearce, P. Elder. The book agents having received a Bald Eagle, John Ilazzard, Peter Jones. printed memorandum of the late Rev. Dr. Coke, and the death of this Lycoming, John Thomas, Wyatt Cham- knowing great berlin. and good man, and minister of Jesus Christ, Shamokin, Benjamin Bidlack. was an event in which thousands in Ame rica Northumberland, Renaldo M. Everts, Is would feel deeply interested ; they rael Cook. deem it proper to make some extracts from said memorandum, which must Wyoming, George W. Densmore. suffice till Canaan, Ebenezer Doolittle. they are furnished with materials to pre sent the Bridgewater, James Hall, Nathan Dod- public with the memoirs of a man, son. who, for talents, learning, piety, and use Wyalusing, Elisha Bebins. fulness to mankind, has been equalled by Tioga, Palmer Roberts. few since the days of the apostles. Dr. Coke was born at Brecon, in South Uppbb Canada Dist. William Case, Wales, October 9th, 1747. His father P. Elder. was a physician in that town, and died Quintie, Bay David Cnlp, Ezra Adams. when the doctor was yonng. He was Creek, Smith's educated at the public grammar-school Young-street, John Rhodes. there. Thence he removed to Jesus Col Ancaster, Thomas Whitehead, David Yeo lege, Oxford, where he graduated. While man. at the university he was a Deist. When Niagara, William Brown. about twenty-five years of age he filled the Detroit, Joseph Hickcox. office of chief magistrate of the corpora 266 Minutes for 1815.

tion of his native town, with great reputa In 1800 he was president of the Ameri tion, and greatly promoted the good order can General Conference at Baltimore. of the town, lie was said to have been In 1804 he visited the United States of awakened to a sense of his need of regene America for the last time. ration by reading Dr. Witherspoon's trea In 1805 he was again president of the tise on that subject. He was curate of English Conference at Sheffield.

Road, and afterward of South Petherton, April 1, 1805, he married Miss Smith, both in Somersetshire. of Bradford, in Wiltshire, who died in Aug. 13, 1776, he had his first interview London in 1810. with Mr. Wesley, which Mr. Wesley has In 1811 he married Miss Loxdale, at taken remarkable notice of in his Journal, Liverpool, who died in 1812. vol. ii, p. 459. Dec. 31, 1813, he sailed for Ceylon, August, 1777, he had been dismissed with six preachers, Messrs. Lynch, Ault, from his curacy, arid attended the Confer Erskine, Harvard, Squance, and Clough, ence in Bristol, and afterward accompa and two of their wives. On this occa " : nied Mr. Wesley upon a tour into Corn sion, he writes thus in his Journal My wall. divine call to Asia has been so indubita

1778, his name first appears on the print bly clear, that, if all human aid had been

ed Minutes of the British Conference. withheld, I should have been obliged to 1780, he was Mr. Wesley's assistant in have thrown every thing into the hands the London circuit. of my God, and to have said to him, Here

Sept. 18, 1784, he sailed for the United I am, send me to Asia." States of America, the first time, with Mr. Account Ihr. Coke. Messrs. Whatcoat and Vasey. November dough's of

3, he landed at New-York, and commu Dec. 10, 1813, we left London and pro

nicated to the preachers a new plan of ceeded to Portsmouth, where we were to government and discipline for the Method embark. I have seldom seen the doctor ist societies on the continent of America, more lively and happy than he has been

drawn up by Mr. Wesley and himself, this day. He considered this as the com which was afterward published. March mencement of his mission, and the thought

9, 1785, while travelling in the United that he had so far succeeded inobtainingthe

States of America, he was in imminent consent of Conference, with six missiona danger of being drowned in crossing the ries to accompany him, (and that all these a River Akatinke, in Virginia, during were either gone or were on their way flood. This the doctor always thankfully to Portsmouth,) afforded him unspeakable remembered as a great deliverance. pleasure. His happy soul would frequent in Sept. 24, 1786, he sailed for Nova ly break forth loud praises to God, who Scotia, with Messrs. Warrener, Clarke, had thus far opened his way to the East. ; and Hummel t but after enduring the most When he had collected his little party at terrible tempests for thirteen weeks, they Portsmouth, and they were all assembled were driven to the West Indies. The around him, he lifted up his heart and doctor, after visiting many of the islands, hands to God, and broke forth in the and establishing missions in them, sailed following language : Here we are, all be to the- United States. fore God, now embarked in the most im Oct. 26, 1788, he sailed again, with portant and most glorious work in the Messrs. Lumb, Gamble, and Pearce, to world. Glory be ascribed to his blessed

the West Indies, and returned by way of name, that he has given you to be my the United States. companions and assistants in carrying the Oct. 16, 1790, he sailed, with Messrs. gospel to the poor Asiatics; and that he Lyons and Werrill, to the West Indies, has not suffered parents, brothers, sis and then to the United States. ters, or the dearest friends to stop any

Sept. 1, 1792, he sailed with Mr. you accompanying me to India.

of from Graham for the United States, and re At this time he seemed as though he had : a turned by Jamaica, and the other West not dormant faculty about him every India islands. power of his soul was now employed in

In 1794 he visited the United States forwarding the work in which he bad en again. gaged.

1797, the doctor was president of the When we had arrived safe on board, I English Conference at Leeds. was ready to conclude that every anxious Minutes for 1815. 267

thought had taken its flight from the doc God : every action of the day tended to tor ; I procured the carpenter to fix up his forward the work of God in Asia. In the bed ; after he had taken proper refresh beginning of the voyage, he corrected part ment he retired to rest, and slept as com of the Old and New Testaments of the fortably as though he had been on land. Portuguese Vulgate. This he intended to The next morning he rose, and com print immediately on our arrival at Cey menced his usual practice, as one amidst ton ; but when reflecting on the import busy multitudes alone ; he wrote several ance of setting the press for the Old and letters to send by the pilot to land, when New Testaments, and the infancy of our he left the ship. The ship's company be work, it was thought proper to defer that gan soon to notice him as a singular cha at present, and begin with something of racter. When we came into the bay of less magnitude, such as tracts, prayers, Biscay, and had to contend with gales of hymns, &c. This being determined upon, wind and tempestuous seas, the doctor the doctor began to write hymns, ser seemed alike unmoved, and pursued his mons, Portuguese prayers, and translate labours of prayer, study, reading, and wri our hymns ; I believe he has translated ting, with as much settled composure of nearly fifty. mind as though he had been on land. Drawing near the line, I began to have Now it was that the doctor, who had serious impressions that the doctor would been to the present a suspected person, materially injure his health, and expressed began to gain the good opinion, attention, those fears to Mr. Harvard, who was fully and even respect, of all the passengers. of the same opinion. I also consulted His polite and easy address, and his attain several medical gentlemen on board the ments in literature, were conspicuous traits ship, who were witnesses of his conduct ; in his character ; and these, together with and they gave it as their decided opinion, the sacred office which he sustained, at that if he pursued the same line of con tracted the veneration of all. duct in India, he would very soon injure On Saturday, Jan. 8, Dr. Coke proposed himself. But the difficulty was, how to to give a short lecture upon some passage prevail upon him to give up any, or almost of Scripture the next day, alter the cap the whole of that employment in which he tain had read prayers on deck : this offer so much delighted, and which ho consi was not denied, but the weather being dered of such importance. However, I " unfavourable, we were prevented from would say, Doctor, you certainly must having service in the intended manner. take a little exercise in the open air upon However, this offer of the doctor's was deck ; it will undoubtedly be conducive to not afterward repeated ; this was rather your health." He frequently complied ; at a painful subject of reflection to him, but other times he would refuse, stating, (no he observed, "I believe our captain has doubt what in some respects was true,) his reasons for it." Since the doctor's that the motion of the ship was a great death, Captain Birch informed me, that deal of exercise to him. Knowing the his instructions from his employers were, delight he took in viewing any thing that " that he should go on just as usual ;" the was curious or new, I sometimes had him " captain added, that it had frequently out several times in a day to see shoals been a matter of pain to him to hinder so of flying fish chased by a dolphin, a shoal excellent and valuable a man from doing of porpoises, the catching of a shark, to all the good in his power. I cannot ex see a whale, or view an island ; and he press the regard and respect which I have always thanked me for giving him the in had for Dr. Coke, since I have had the formation. He also took great delight in honour and very great pleasure of know viewing the beautiful appearance of the ing him ;" but many of the passengers clouds about sunset, which in those lati were disappointed : they frequently ex tudes are strikingly grand ; and on these pressed their sorrow and regret that Dr. occasions I could sometimes keep him Coke could not fulfil his promise. upon deck for half an hour. Yet he la In the whole of his voyage he seemed boured very hard, and always rose with to live with his mind fixed on that pas the sun, so that when we were under sage, Eph. v, 16, Redeeming the time. the line he began to be a .little out of He had no idle moment, though in a ship : order, but soon recovered ; and from that the work in which he was engaged occu period until we got round the Cape and pied his attention next to communion with near the line again, he was as active and 268 Minutes for 1816. lively as I ever knew him to be. Yet, I he had the soldiers together who desired believe this kind of labour was too severe to flee from the wrath to come. How for a man of his advanced age in this hot lovingly and earnestly he would address climate ; and I am sorry to add, not only them ! and how fervently would he ad frqm my own thoughts, but also from the dress the Lord Jesus on their behalf! judgment of the above-mentioned medical These little meetings he considered as gentlemen, that it was one means of has dawnings of the gospel in the East. tening his sudden death. Yet while we Tuesday, May 3. This day God has view and deplore this conduct, as exem visited us with a most awful and afflictive plified in the case of our venerable leader, dispensation. Our highly esteemed and it is a standard of emulation, at which all venerable leader is taken from us. Dr. young ministers ought to aspire ; and even Coke is dead ! This morning he was our passengers confessed that Dr. Coke's found dead in his cabin. While we view conduct was a tacit reproof to all. The every circumstance of this most distress only way in which I can account for his ing visitation, we are led to wonder and unremitting labours, is this :—That as Asia adore. The event would have been less had so long occupied his serious attention, alarming had he been encircled by his and to send the gospel to so great a num friends, who might have heard his latest ber of immortal souls, who were in hea testimony, received his dying instructions, thenish darkness and superstition, was and obtained directions how to proceed in now the chief concern of his life ; as more the work of this great mission ; but these than once, since we came on board, he advantages were not enjoyed, and we are had told me, that if he had not succeeded now left to lament the departure of our in establishing the present mission, he be Elijah, and to tremble for the cause of lieved it would have broken his heart; but God. He is gone ! and he is gone to re having so clear a discovery of the will of ceive a crown of righteousness that fadeth God on the subject, he cast himself upon not away. His death, though a loss to us, his direction, fully persuaded that his way and to the cause of God, to himself is infi would be opened ; and having so far suc nite gain. Though sudden, his death was ceeded, he took it as a proof of the divine glorious : he died in the work of God, with approbation of the undertaking, and now his soul fired with an ardent desire and determined to spend and be spent in so zeal for the enlargement of his church, glorious a cause. And now, having made and the divine glory. For some time be a beginning, by translating and composing fore his death it appeared that he had no in Portuguese, he experienced great joy desire to live, but to see the gospel est*, in his soul ; and when he had composed a blished in Asia. He frequently observed, short sermon or prayer, he always read that he had given up his life to Asia ; and it to us with joy and gratitude. But it is astonishing with what assiduity he that which afforded him the greatest joy pursued his object. Though near sixty- • was, when in our prayer meetings we seven years of age, in a short time he ac sung his translation of our hymns into quired such a knowledge of the Portuguese Portuguese, and which (according to our language that he had written many sermons, judgment) were translated astonishingly and translated many hymns : this work he well. Among all these labours, our ever was engaged in but yesterday, and is now dear father enjoyed deep communion with enjoying his reward. Thus did he his Lord and Saviour; this we felt both " His body with his charge lay down, in our public and private meetings, when And cease at once to work and live."

MINUTES TAKEN AT THE SEVERAL ANNUAL CONFERENCES OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH,

FOB THE YEAR 1816.

Quest. 1. Wh» are admitted on trial ? Cunningham, Absalom Hunt, James Sim- OHIO CONFERENCE. mons, John Tivis, Othniel Talbot, James Cornelius Springer, Samuel Hamilton, G. Leach, Matthew Mahan, Samuel Che- Andrew Monroe, Benj. Lawrence, Wm. nowith, John Kent — 13.