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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, Mar. 29, 1805. Of Surrey. [S. of Alexander, farmer, near Halifax, Yorks. B. Aug. 4, 1785.] School, Manchester Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1805; Scholar, 1805; B.A. 1809. Ord. deacon (Chester) May 28, 1809; priest, Sept. 22, 1811; C. of Hundersfield, Rochdale, 1809-16. V. of Littleborough, 1816-44. Married and had issue a daughter. Author, A Collection of Psalms and Hymns; An Address to the Inhabitants of Littleborough. Died Oct. 30, 1844, aged 59. M.I. at Littleborough. (Manchester Sch. Reg.; Scott, MSS.; Crockford; G. Mag., 1844, II. 663. See Fishwick, History of the Parish of Rochdale, 200.)