1. Micaiah Towgood was an English dissenting minister, theologian, and writer.
10 Facts About Micaiah Towgood
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Micaiah Towgood was known as having Arian views and was a theological controversialist.
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Micaiah Towgood was at school with Thomas Amory, and with him entered in 1717 the dissenting academy in Taunton run by Stephen James and Henry Grove.
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Micaiah Towgood had a substantial congregation, and concentrated on pastoral work.
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In 1760 Micaiah Towgood's congregation left James's meeting for the newly built George's meeting in South Street, Exeter.
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Micaiah Towgood resigned his charge in 1782, and was succeeded after an interval by Timothy Kenrick.
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At Crediton Micaiah Towgood began a series of controversial publications, which culminated in the Dissenting Gentleman's Letters in reply to John White, perpetual curate of Stoke Nayland, Suffolk.
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Micaiah Towgood corresponded with John Wesley in 1755, John and Charles Wesley read together Micaiah Towgood's "A Gentleman's Reasons for his Dissent from the Church of England", in preparation for their Conference at Leeds.
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Micaiah Towgood was a daughter of James Hawker of Luppitt, Devon.
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Micaiah Towgood had a slight speech impediment, which he never entirely overcame, but was known as an effective preacher.