Thomas Coleman
Thomas Coleman [1]
an English Congregatiaoal minister, was born at Kettering in 1798, and was studiously and religiously inclined from childhood. He was refused admission to Hoxton Academy on account of the loss of one of his eyes, yet he persevered in the work of self-improvement. In 1822 he became pastor of the Independent Church at Wollaston, Northamptonshire, and in 1831 at Ashley and Wilbarston. Failure of health in 1867 compelled him to resign. Subsequently he became totally blind, yet, from the tenacity of his memory and his disciplined habits of thought, he continued to preach almost to the end of his life, frequently conducting the whole service himself. He died at Market Harborough, December 30, 1872. Mr. Coleman is spoken of as being "a strenuous student." His historical acquirements, especially, were very considerable. He published, Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire: — The Two Thousand Confessors of 1662: — The English Confessors after the Reformation to the Days ofthe Commonwealth; also other works, chiefly expository, as well as contributing many articles to denominational periodicals. See (Lond.) Cong. Year-book 1874, page 318.
