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<p> an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Dursley, Gloucestershire, October 27, 1780. He joined the [[Methodist]] Society at the age of seventeen, entered the ministry in 1802, became a supernumerary in 1845, and died May 16, 1852. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1852. </p>
<p> Davis, John (4), A.M. </p> <p> a [[Baptist]] minister, was born in Liverpool, England, November 8, 1803. He studied at Horton College, Bradford; was ordained pastor at Portsea, Hampshire, January 13, 1829; was minister to several churches, the last of which was Port Mahon, Sheffield. In 1845 he came to New Jersey; became pastor of a church; afterwards accepted ail agency for the American and Foreign Bible Society; visited the provinces, and in 1853 succeeded Burton in the pastorate at Yarmouth, N.S. After a short period of ministry at St. George, N.B., he became pastor at Charlottetown, P.E.I., and remained there until his death, August 14, 1875. See Cathcart, Bapt. Cyclop. page 314. </p>


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<ref name="term_36903"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/davis,+john+(4),+a.m. John Davis from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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John Davis [1]

Davis, John (4), A.M.

a Baptist minister, was born in Liverpool, England, November 8, 1803. He studied at Horton College, Bradford; was ordained pastor at Portsea, Hampshire, January 13, 1829; was minister to several churches, the last of which was Port Mahon, Sheffield. In 1845 he came to New Jersey; became pastor of a church; afterwards accepted ail agency for the American and Foreign Bible Society; visited the provinces, and in 1853 succeeded Burton in the pastorate at Yarmouth, N.S. After a short period of ministry at St. George, N.B., he became pastor at Charlottetown, P.E.I., and remained there until his death, August 14, 1875. See Cathcart, Bapt. Cyclop. page 314.

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