Rev. Samuel Fear

1802 - 1896  (93 years)

• Name	Samuel Fear
  Prefix	Rev.
  Born	15 Sep 1802	Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1825	Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England   [3]
  Occupation	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Minister
  Residence	1861	Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	Methodist
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-391308
  Died	21 Mar 1896	Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Buried	Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Person ID	I391308	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Family	Eliza Gale,   b. Dec 1796, , Somerset, England ,   d. 7 Jul 1862, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 65 years)
  Married	23 Jan 1825	Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England   [3]
  Children	1. Samuel Fear,   b. 7 Aug 1826, Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England ,   d. 28 Sep 1898, Elma Twp., Perth Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)   2. Edward Fear,   b. 15 Sep 1832, , England ,   d. 9 Aug 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)   3. Joseph Fear,   b. 15 Sep 1832, Bramcote, , Nottingham, England ,   d. 1878, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 45 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F263246	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

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• Notes

  Goshen Methodist Church Thomas Demorest, a Methodist minister in a letter to the Christian Guardian in 1861, describes the growth and zeal of the Wesleyan Methodist church in the "Peel Circuit " which comprised an area of approximately twelve miles square. "Church building was astounding", he said. Prior to 1860, two had been built in the circuit and in 1860, three more were built, one of which would be known as Goshen. It was a framed 26' x 36' building. The minister of the circuit at this time was the Rev. Samuel Fear. (Thomas Demorest had preceded him), and he is given great praise for his work on the circuit. The generosity and faith of the people is notable, when we consider only a slight debt remained when a church building is completed, although most of the contributors were still living in their log houses. Portraits of Peel Attiwandaronk to Mapleton _________________ Samuel Fear was born in Shepton Mallet, Somerset on Sept. 15th 1802. After moving from agricultural labouring to a brief spell in Beeston, Nottingham in the lace-making industry, he emigrated to North America, arriving in Guelph, Ontario, on 1st June 1836. He died while preaching in 1896 and is buried in Elora Municipal Cemetery, 20 miles north of Guelph. His son, James Fear, followed him into ministry but died aged 29 in 1870. Rev Samuel Fear. (2019). My Methodist History. Retrieved 17 November 2019, from https://www.mymethodisthistory.org.uk/people-2/methodist_ministers/rev-samuel-fear

  
  

• Sources

  [S855] Census - ON, Waterloo, Wellesley Twp. - 1861, Sect. 15 Page 102. [S3231] Find A Grave, Cemetery, E., America, N., County, W., & Cemetery, E. (1802). Rev Samuel Fear (1802-1896) - Find A Grave.... Findagrave.com. Retrieved 17 November 2019, from https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/123730447. [S2877] Somerset, England, Marriage Registers, Bonds and Allegations, 1754-1914. Name:Samuel Fear Gender:Male, bachelor of this parish Marriage or Bann Date:23 Jan 1825 Marriage Place:Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England Spouse:Eliza Gale spinster of this parish

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 15 Sep 1802 - Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England Residence - 1825 - Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England Married - 23 Jan 1825 - Shepton Mallet, , Somerset, England Occupation - Minister - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Methodist - 1861 - Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 21 Mar 1896 - Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada Buried - - Elora Cemetery, Elora, Wellington Co., Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth