John webley biography

Family Life

On June 17, 1703, in the village of Epworth, twenty miles north of London, John Wesley was born and raised with seven sisters and two brothers by Samuel and Susanna (Annesley) Wesley.

The fifteenth of nineteen children, he was the third son to be named John Benjamin as two sons born earlier had died. Seven other children born into the family did not survive birth or infancy, which left ten children to be raised together at home.

John’s father served as rector of St.

Andrews Anglican Church in Epworth while Susanna, youngest of twenty-five children, attempted to shield John and his siblings from real life by teaching them from home. The Wesleys also saved money by keeping the children at home, as sending them to school was not something their large family could afford.

At a time when only one in four women could sign their name, John’s mother, Susanna, could read and write both English and French.

She also loved to debate Biblical theol