Minister. He was an early American Methodist Episcopal clergyman who helped spread Methodism to New England, founding the first Methodist classes in Stratford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts. From 1797 to 1800, he was assistant to Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. He wrote "A Short Account of the Life and Death of the Rev. John Lee" in 1805 and "A History of Methodism in the Early Period" in 1807. From 1809 to 1814, he served as chaplain for the United States House of Representatives, then from 1814 to 1815, he served as chaplain of the United States Senate.
He was originally buried in a Methodist graveyard on South Light Street in Baltimore but was moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery in 1873.
Minister. He was an early American Methodist Episcopal clergyman who helped spread Methodism to New England, founding the first Methodist classes in Stratford, Connecticut, and Boston, Massachusetts. From 1797 to 1800, he was assistant to Francis Asbury, one of the first two bishops of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States. He wrote "A Short Account of the Life and Death of the Rev. John Lee" in 1805 and "A History of Methodism in the Early Period" in 1807. From 1809 to 1814, he served as chaplain for the United States House of Representatives, then from 1814 to 1815, he served as chaplain of the United States Senate.
He was originally buried in a Methodist graveyard on South Light Street in Baltimore but was moved to Mount Olivet Cemetery in 1873.
Bio by: Grace Wallace
Inscription
New England Methodists erect this tribute to the memory of Rev. Jesse Lee on the 86th anniversary of his first sermon in Boston, preached under the old elm on the Common, July 11, 1790. "Apostle of Methodism to New England"
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