24 Facts About Benjamin Ingham

Benjamin Ingham was born and raised in the West Riding of Yorkshire in Northern England.

Benjamin Ingham relinquished control of his societies to the Moravian Brethren in 1742.

Still insecure as an independent church, Benjamin Ingham turned to Sandemanianism during the final years of his life as a viable option forward for his followers.

Benjamin Ingham died at Aberford in 1772, four years after his wife.

Benjamin Ingham left his fortune to his nephew Joseph Whitaker of the Whitaker family.

Benjamin Ingham's father, William Ingham, was a descendant of a group of clergy ejected from the Church of England by the Act of Uniformity 1662.

Benjamin Ingham was ordained the following year by the Bishop of Oxford, Dr John Potter.

Benjamin Ingham acted as liaison between the main settlement in Savannah and this school, where he and the Roses instructed the children.

Benjamin Ingham returned to London to rally support for the colony.

Benjamin Ingham had studied at the University of Jena and had been ordained by Count Zinzendorf.

Benjamin Ingham recognized the "First Religious Society in Fetter Lane, London" as a full congregation of Brethren and after introducing them to the rules and Officers of the German Congregation referred to them as the "London Church".

Benjamin Ingham saw this congregation as the union between the Moravian Church and the Church of England whose duty was to preach the Gospel.

Benjamin Ingham returned to Yorkshire from his 1738 visit to Saxony where he reestablished his ministry in The North, primarily the countryside surrounding Wakefield, Leeds, and Halifax.

Benjamin Ingham made the lasting acquaintance of a Lady Margaret Hastings upon his return to Yorkshire.

Beyond his personal life, Benjamin Ingham cultivated tremendous growth from among his societies.

Benjamin Ingham turned to Spangenberg, then residing in London, for help relinquishing personal control.

Zinzendorf's 1743 visit to Yorkshire strengthened the fraternal bond with Benjamin Ingham, who reciprocated to attend the Synod held in Vogtland later that year with his wife, Lady Margaret.

Benjamin Ingham purchased the Fallneck Estate in 1744 as a gift to the Brethren.

Benjamin Ingham softened his initial demand for full payment of the land surrounding Grace Hall, to require only an annual rent for some 500 years.

Benjamin Ingham considered reunification for his societies with his associates from Oxford, the Wesley brothers, in 1755, but was unable to get John Wesley's full support.

Later that year in Lancashire, Benjamin Ingham was elected to the position of "General Overseer" of his societies, with James Allen and William Batty chosen as his two principal helpers.

In 1759, Benjamin Ingham read Glas's Testimony of the king of martyrs concerning his kingdom, and Sandeman's Letters on Theron and Aspasio.

In 1762, Benjamin Ingham was elected an elder to the Church at Tadcaster, and continued in the office of "General Overseer" until his parting.

At the age of 60, Benjamin Ingham died in 1772, some four years after his wife, Lady Margaret, at Aberford.