James Jackson ( – 6 July 1851) was a

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Methodist minister. Jackson grew up in

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. His family moved to Edwardsburgh, Upper Canada, shortly after the

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. Jackson was given his deacon's orders in 1818, at the Genesee conference. He was reassigned to the Long Point circuit in 1819, where he rode alongside William Rundle. Membership in the Episcopal church increased by 7, to 511, on that circuit that year.Carroll, volume II, page 224 In 1820, he was reassigned to the Long Point circuit, where he rode alongside William Williams. Although competition in Upper Canada between the

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, of which Jackson was a member, and the Methodist Church of Great Britain led to an overall decrease in membership in the Episcopal church, Long Point saw an increase in membership of one hundred and two people.Carroll, volume II, page 306

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lived in the Long Point area, and Jackson and Williams cajoled him into giving an exhortation, which went disastrously.Carroll, volume II, page 307 In 1821, he was assigned to the Westminster circuit, where he rode alongside George Ferguson.Carroll, volume II, page 353 The pair oversaw an increase in church membership of twenty-six.Carroll, volume II, page 356 In 1822, he was assigned to the Thames circuit, where he rode alongside

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. The pair oversaw an increase in church membership of thirty four people.Carroll, volume II, page 451 At the 1822 Genesee conference, a motion was presented to expel Jackson from the Methodist church. Although it failed to carry, a motion suspending his ordination.Carroll, volume II, page 391 Jackson was one of the chief organizers of the Canadian Wesleyan Methodist Church. At its peak the church had 7000 members. The church eventually merged into the Methodist Church of Canada in 1874.

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