Source:
Hunter River Gazette
Details:
Meeting of subscribers of West Maitland Church 12.3.1842
First Name:
Rev. Jonathan
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First Minister Methodist Church
First Name:
Rev. Jonathan
Details:
Letter to Mercury denying that he had been cheering for Mr. Wentworth at the elections
First Name:
Rev. Jonathan
Details:
Appointed to Windsor. Replaced in Maitland by Rev. Lewis
First Name:
Rev. Jonathan
Place:
Newcastle and Maitland
Source:
Glory be 1845-1945, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Wesleyan Chapel in Newcastle
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The year 1840 is important in Methodist history, for it marked the appointment of the first ordained Methodist minister, Rev. Jonathan Innes, to the Hunter River circuit, with headquarters at Maitland. Methodism had been established in Newcastle 19 years before the first services were held in Maitland, yet when a minister was appointed to serve both towns Maitland was chosen as his place of residence. This was because Maitland was more centrally situated for the smaller preaching places. In any case, Maitland was then the larger town, population figures compiled for the first Parliamentary election in 1843 being : Newcastle 1377, West Maitland 1747, East Maitland 1022 He was succeeded in 1843 by Rev. Frederick Lewis, who remained until 1846.
Surname:
McGuiness (McGuinness)
Details:
Appointed to East Maitland Parish in place of the late Rev. Mahoney
Place:
Maclean, Clarence River
Source:
Maitland Daily Mercury
Details:
Death of an old Maitland Resident. There passed away at Maclean, Clarence River, on Wednesday last, an old identity of the Maitland district in the person of the Rev. Duncan Mclnnes, of the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia (Free Church). The deceased was a native of Fort William, Scotland. He arrived in New South Wales in 1850, when 23 years of age, and made his way, to the Hunter district. He subsequently purchased a farm near Maitland, and while engaged in farming pursuits became closely identified with the Free Presbyterian Church of West Maitland, of which he was an elder, the Rev. William McIntyre, the minister in charge Mr. MacInnes was induced to study for the ministry after some persuasion, and while so doing the members of the church thoughtfully attended to the working of his farm. In April, 1869 he was inducted to the charge of Maclean (the Rocky Mouth), and continued as pastor to the Free Presbyterians of that locality till death severed the connection. The deceased was prostrated two weeks before his death by a paralytic seizure, from which he never rallied ; but passed away, as already stated, on Wednesday morning last.
