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Webb, Thomas 1724-1796

Clergyman; born in England in 1724; was an officer in the British army; served with the Royal American forces, being wounded at Louisburg and Quebec; became a Methodist in 1765, and was licensed to preach; and was made barrack master at Albany, N. Y., about the same time. In 1767 he went to New York City, and there aided Philip Embury in the work of the Methodist Society. After being retired from the army with the rank of captain, he devoted his time to missionary work in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. In 1767 he established the first Methodist Society in Philadelphia, Pa. He visited England several times, and permanently settled there at the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He died in Bristol, England, Dec. 20, 1796.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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