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MEMOIRS OF THE REV . THOMAS THREJLKELD . : ( Taken from the Appendix to the Sermon on Ms . death , by the Rev . Dr . Barnes . )
THOMAS THRELKELD was the son of the Reverend Samuel Thorelkeld , Minister of the Presbyterian congregation at Halifax , in Yorkshire , whQ died in 1367 . He was born April 12 , ( N . S . ) 4 T 39 : and died April 6 th r 18 06 ^ having very nearly completed his 61 th year . Of the earlier part of his education , no particular account . has been received . After Iris grammar learning was finished ^ he went 5 first , to ihe Academy at Daventry , and was entered as a student under Dr . Ashwortm . who succeeded Dr * Doddridce . He did
not continue there long , though the singularly neat and beautiful copies x > f several of the Lectures delivered in that academy , written by him in what is commonly called Dr . Dod ~ dridge ' s Short Jffandj prove that his tittup there was very diligently employed . From Daventiy , he was removed to Warrington , soon after the opening of the academy there ^
in 1757 , In the year 1762 , Mr , Threlkeld settled as minister at &is < - ley , within four miles of Warrington , with a small and plain , but most harmonious , affectionate , and agreeable society of Presbyterian dissenters . Here he lived useful , respected , and happy , till the year 1778 ^ when he removed to Rochdale , where he continued to his death . At Rislev , he married Miss
Martjia WVight , the daughter of a much respected member of that congregation ; by whom he had no issue , and who survives him . When Mr . T . first went to the academy at DaVentry , he was at that early age > so wll acquainted with the English Bible , that he was a perfect living concordance tp the scriptures . You could not mention three words , except perhaps those words
of mere connection which occur in hundreds of passages ^ to which he coul ^ J not immediatol y ^ without hesitation , assign
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MONTHLY REPOSITOJai . ' ¦ ¦ OF I > . - ¦ - . . - ....... Theology and General Literature . ; ¦ ¦
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No . XVI ] . APBIL . fVol . XI
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1807, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2379/page/1/
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