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    H ^ ynesi , then of ]\ lr . Evans , in the service of a large anfl respectable congregation ; who have since had for their jnrtinisters Mr . Nay-1 ot and now JOjf . Phillips . He

    was a rnan of considerable popularity , of a strong and ardent mind , and particularly active in his opposition to the principles which occasioned * the American war .

    1746 . 45 & 46 . Thos . & Benj . Dawson See No . 1 % 47 . 'William Davenport

    Settled at Chevvbent about 1751 , and after some time removed to Hindley , near Wigan , where he for many years kept a respectable

    school . 48 . Johist Collier . iTrow bridge ? 49 . Pan ' iel Noble . London ? 174 S ; 50 . Isaac ' Smith-sou * Mr . Smithson , Mr . Whitehead , and Mr . Caleb Rotheram are

    mentioned by Dr . Priestley among his favourite fellow students at Daventry ; hence ' it appears , that , on Dr . Rbtheram ' s death , these three gentlemen , at least , removed to Daventry . At the close of his

    academical course , Mr . Smithson settled at HarlestotL in Norfolk , Where he was ok * d * iihed , Nov . 11 , 1755 . The Sei-mbn , by Mr . TVijiner , of Yarniputh , arid the Charge , by jt ) r . Taylor , of Nor-Avich 9 weV ^ published . ' During his ^ residence at H # riestoue , and

    indeed during hi ^ life , he cotiti - t \ u ^ 4 bis intimacy with Dr . Priestl ^ y 4 fro m whQ $ e iwetaoirs it appears , that be did not long contiiide at Hdrlestone , but removed to Nbtttn ^ hkhi in 1758 ; proh ably as an assistant or colleague of Dr ,

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    Samuel Eaton , of whom a memoir wotild txe cutious , if the time is not gone by . Here he continu - ed till his death , " of a consumption , Feb , 1 \ 1769 i greatly beloved by the Society . He was much

    of a gentleftian in his appearance and manners ; his style of preaching was sensible and correct , mild and persuasive ; and he was particularly distinguished for the variety and excellence of his devotional compositions . It is probable that he did not publish any thing ; and , like some other excellent persons , he ordered all his manuscripts to be burnt , an order which was faithfully , but reluctantly , complied with .

    51 . Caleb Rotheram . On his father ' s death removed to Daventry , as has been mentioned under the last article ; and , after an interval of four years , settled at Kendal in connection with the congregation which his father had so long and so ably served ; and whose high ly respected minister he continued till his death

    about 1795 . He maintained a constant intercourse of friendship wjth several eminent persons , par * ticularly with Dr . Priestley , and with Archdeacon BlackJburne , some of whose letters to him are

    quoted in the life of that venerable confessor prefixed to his works . 52 * Joseph THitELK £ r , D . r Settled atLongdon , U Stafiordshire , oh his rieihoval from which £ lace to Virgitlia he was succeed . ed by the learned Mr . Jdhn Alexander , author of the Cammentary on 1 Cor . xv . What became of

    hitii iiftetWatrds K not' khdwn to the writer of tK& ^ n 6 fes > but he is reported by Mr . Beveirly to h ave {\ i e € ii accounted a very ing enious man .

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    4 f 4 List of . Dr . Rotherams Pupils ,

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1810, page 474, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2409/page/2/