William Carvosso was an early Wesleyan

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John Wesley was a Church of England cleric and Christian theologian. Wesley is largely credited, along with his brother Charles Wesley, as founding the Methodist movement which began when he took to open-air preaching in a similar manner to George Whitefield...

 leader in Cornwall

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, England

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. He was converted to Christianity at age 21 and went on to become a Class Leader in the Wesleyan Connexion and a prominent figure of the church. Towards the end of his life he roamed all over Cornwall preaching. He learned to write after he was 65 and wrote a famous memoir, edited by his son Benjamin Carvosso

Benjamin Carvosso

Benjamin Carvosso was the first Wesleyan Minister to preach in Australia in 1820. He built/started the Hobart Wesleyan Church Benjamin Carvosso (1789–1854) was the first Wesleyan Minister to preach in Australia in 1820. He built/started the Hobart Wesleyan Church Benjamin Carvosso (1789–1854) was...

, filled with his journal and letters.

His grandson Robert Rundle was a notable missionary in Western Canada.

Writings

• William Carvosso: A Memoir, Harvey Christian Publishershere (1996) - see details here

Further reading

• Clara McLeister, Men and Women of Deep Piety, 1920 accessed at Northwest Nazarene Universityhttp://wesley.nnu.edu/wesleyctr/books/2401-2500/HDM2403.PDF Feb 12, 2007