William Black

William Black (November 10, 1760 – September 8, 1834) was a Yorkshireman and founder of the Methodist congregation in colonial Nova Scotia. Black's daughter married the merchant and politician John Alexander Barry, who was the son of Robert Barry, a prominent businessman and Methodist. His son, Martin Gay Black, became a prominent businessman and also furthered the Methodist cause in Nova Scotia. References Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online William Black made Canadian Methodism The John Rylands Library : Mr Wesley's Preachers : William Black History of Nova Scotia : William Black Biography by John Maclean Memoir 1839 1760 births 1834 deaths 18th-century Methodist ministers 19th-century Methodist ministers Canadian businesspeople English businesspeople English emigrants to pre-Confederation Nova Scotia English Methodist ministers Canadian Methodist ministers People from Huddersfield People from Cumberland County, Nova Scotia Colony of Nova Scotia people Methodist Church of Great Britain people Clergy from Yorkshire