William Black (Methodist)

William Black (November 10, 1760 – September 8, 1834) was a Yorkshireman and founder of the Methodist congregation in colonial Nova Scotia.

Black's daughter married the merchant and politician John Alexander Barry, who was the son of Robert Barry, a prominent businessman and Methodist. His son, Martin Gay Black, became a prominent businessman and also furthered the Methodist cause in Nova Scotia.

References

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online

William Black made Canadian Methodism

The John Rylands Library : Mr Wesley's Preachers : William Black

History of Nova Scotia : William Black

Biography by John Maclean

Memoir 1839

1760 births

1834 deaths

18th-century Methodist ministers

19th-century Methodist ministers

Canadian businesspeople

English businesspeople

English emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia

English Methodist ministers

Canadian Methodist ministers

People from Huddersfield

People from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

Colony of Nova Scotia people

Methodist Church of Great Britain people

Clergy from Yorkshire