Robert Perry was a Methodist circuit rider.
Born in Upper Canada in the Bay of Quinte area to United Empire Loyalist parents, Perry was received on trial for the Methodist itinerary in 1805, and assigned to ride the Glengarry circuit, near Ottawa.[1] In 1806, he was moved to the Niagara Circuit.[2] He rode the Yonge Street Circuit in 1808, and the Niagara Circuit in 1809.[3] In 1810, he rode the Long Point Circuit, and worked together with Daniel Freeman on the Ancaster Circuit. Between the two circuits there was a 69 member increase in Church membership.[4] In 1811, Perry was located in Upper Canada.[5] Perry was a widower with a few children, and he may not have been able to meet the demands of circuit riding.[6]
In 1816, Robert and his brother Daniel both aligned themselves with the Reformed Methodist Secession, lead by Pliny Brett, bringing with them many of the church members around Earnestown.[7]
References
edit- ^ Carroll, John (1867). Case and his cotemporaries, or, The Canadian itinerants' memorial constituting a biographical history of Methodism in Canada, from its introduction into the Province, till the death of the Rev. Wm. Case in 1855. Vol. I. Toronto: Wesleyan Conference Office. p. 35.
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 131
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 179
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 225
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 243
- ^ Carroll, volume I, page 247
- ^ Carroll, volume II, page 48