William Black (November 10, 1760 – September 8, 1834) was a

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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,

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, became a prominent businessman and also furthered the Methodist cause in Nova Scotia. File:Rev. William Black, Camphill Cemetery, Nova Scotia.jpg, Rev. William Black,

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File:PointDeButeLychGate.jpg, Cemetery in

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, near where the first Methodist church stood and where Black would have preached.

References

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''

William Black made Canadian Methodism

* ttp://www.rootsweb.com/~nscumber/bio/blackw.html History of Nova Scotia : William Black
Biography by John MacleanMemoir 1839
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