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Born at Baistow, Skircoat, near Halifax, Yorkshire, England, 1794; converted in early life and began to evangelise; ordained, 1815; Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society missionary to Ceylon, 1815-1820; missionary to southern Africa, 1820-1826; his health failed and he returned to England; minister at Penzance, Cornwall, England, 1826-1827; Ashby-de-la-Zouche, 1827-1830; Hereford, 1830-1833; Douglas, Isle of Man, 1833-1836; Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1836-1839; Carlisle, 1839-1841; Newark, 1841-1844; Bramley, 1844-1846; Doncaster, 1846-1848; Warrington, 1848-1851; Grimsby, 1851-1854; Midsomer Norton, 1854-1857; Retford, 1857-1859; Darlington, 1859; became a supernumerary and settled at Lytham, continuing preaching and pastoral work, 1863; married firstly Louisa (1801-1832) and secondly Sarah (c1804-1865); died, 1867. Publications: The Pious and Princely Village Shoemaker; or, a Short account of Mr Joseph Watkins (J Mason, London, 1852); The Missionary Martyr of Namaqualand: Memorials of the Rev William Threlfall (J Mason, London, 1857); A Narrative of the First Introduction of Christianity amongst the Barolong Tribe of Bechuanas, South Africa: with a brief summary of the subsequent history of the Wesleyan mission to the same people (Wesleyan Mission House, London, 1865).