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MMS/Special Series/Biographical/West Indies/FBN 2 (fiche 27)
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| Summary: |
Manuscript entitled 'Charges Alleged Against The Sectarians By Certain Senators In the Jamaica House of Assembly on the 30th November 1830 Examined and Refuted By Thomas Pennock Wesleyan Missionary'. In addition to a general defence of sectarian missionaries he also refutes the specific charges of Lutherism, sedition, 'robbing the slaves [enslaved people]', driving the enslaved people 'mad', 'exercising an undue influence over the minds of the slaves [enslaved people], ruinous to the property of the master [enslaver]', 'exercising a mode of discipline which leads to vice and immorality', preaching at unreasonable hours and assisting the Anti-Slavery Society and promoting emancipation.
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| Main author: |
Pennock; Thomas (fl 1818-1838); ordained missionary |
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43 pages
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| Note: |
Title from original caption
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| Admin history: |
Thomas Pennock was sent to the Antigua District of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in 1818 where he served not only on the island of Antigua but also the islands of St Christopher's, Tortola, St Eustatius' and St Martin's. In 1829 he moved to the Jamaica district where he was stationed at Kingston and served as chairman of the district in the early 1830s.
By 1833 his wife's and his own health had become poor (no doubt in part caused by the death of three children in quick succession) and they both were sent to New York to recover. Upon his return in 1834 he became embroiled in a disagreement over the status of indigenous ministers and church workers with colleagues leading to a split in the synod and the holding of two rival synods that year. The British Committee intervened and sent Vincent Ward to take charge but he unfortunately died not long after his arrival, so it was agreed that John Edmondson should take his place. Pennock continued working in the Jamaica District (at Morant Bay and Grateful Hill) although his preaching increasingly distanced him from his colleagues until he severed his connection with the WMMS in 1837 to form an Independent Methodist Church (with the assistance of Joseph Blythman and John T Parkyn). In 1838 this mission received support from the Wesleyan Association in Great Britain but the Church never lived up to its early promise, partly due to the deaths of its originators within a few years, including Pennock in the mid 1840s. The church eventually became part of the United Methodist Free Churches' mission in Jamaica.
Further reading:
Findlay & Holdsworth, The History of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society, (vol 2, 1921);
Smith, Swallow & Treffry, The Story of the United Methodist Church (1932). |
Thomas Pennock was sent to the Antigua District of the Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society in 1818 where he served not only on the island of Antigua but also the islands of St Christopher's, Tortola, St Eustatius' and St Martin's. In 1829 he moved to the Jamaica district where he was stationed at Kingston and served as chairman of the district in the early 1830s.
By 1833 his wife's and his own health had become poor (no doubt in part caused by the death of three children in quick succession) and they both were sent to Ne ... View more |
| Access status: |
Open
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| Access conditions: |
Only to be viewed on microfiche
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| Copyright: |
Copyright probably held by Methodist Missionary Society |
| User restrictions: |
For permission to publish, please contact Archives & Special Collections, SOAS Library in the first instance |
| Language: |
English
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| Related material: |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence (with journal extracts) for Thomas Pennock (MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/General/FBN 2-12 & MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/Jamaica/FBN 47-48). There are also a couple of letters written by him whilst recuperating in New York in 1834 (MMS/North America/Correspondence/FBN 4). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, in the West Indies districts (MMS/West Indies/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-2). However, this material will not include information on his work as an independent Methodist missionary in Jamaica.
There is one letter by Pennock within the Steele Collection (MMS/Special Series/Various Papers/FBN 46). |
Also within the records of the (Wesleyan) Methodist Missionary Society is the official correspondence (with journal extracts) for Thomas Pennock (MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/General/FBN 2-12 & MMS/West Indies/Correspondence/Jamaica/FBN 47-48). There are also a couple of letters written by him whilst recuperating in New York in 1834 (MMS/North America/Correspondence/FBN 4). Furthermore, the synod minutes will detail his work, and that of his colleagues, in the West Indies districts (MMS/West Indies/Synod Minutes/FBN 1-2). However, thi ... View more |
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Archive
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