Daily Baptist EncyclopediaPost by Jim Curran Bentley, Rev. William, son of Thomas and Abigail Bentley; born in Newport, R. I., March 3, 1775

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3h  · Daily Baptist EncyclopediaPost by Jim Curran Bentley, Rev. William, son of Thomas and Abigail Bentley; born in Newport, R. I., March 3, 1775; on the capture of the city by the British in 1777 removed with his parents to Providence, R.1I.; at the age of fourteen went to Boston; joined the First Baptist church, under Dr. Samuel . Stillman, June 5, 1791; transferred his member- ship to the Second Baptist church, under Dr. Thomas Baldwin; was induced to give himself to the ministry; commenced preaching in 1806; or- dained at Salem, Mass., Oct. 9, 1807; settled as pastor of the Baptist church in Tiverton, R. I.; in 1812 removed to Worcester, Mass., and became pastor of a church which he had instrumentally established ; in 1815 settled as pastor in Wethers- field, Conn., and.labored with great success for six years; afterwards labored with marked efficiency and power as an itinerant and missionary in dif- ferent parts of Connecticut; was distinguished for tenderness, devotion, purity; boldness, energy, and faithfulness; died Dec. 24, 1855, greatly beloved and lamented.From the Baptist Encyclopedia by WIlliam Cathcart Photo from Findagrave Marie Bonafonte