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Vincent Perronet

Vincent Perronet

Male 1693 - 1785  (91 years)

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  • Name Vincent Perronet  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 11 Dec 1693  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5, 6, 7
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Between 1728 and 1785  Vicar of Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 1735  [7
    Chaplain to Earl Stanhope 
    Death 9 May 1785  Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 5, 6
    Burial Aft 9 May 1785  St Peter and St Paul Churchyard, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I2409  Sells Nation
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2023 

    Father David Perronet,   b. Bef 16 Feb 1664, Chateau d'Oex, Berne, Switzerland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1717 (Age > 52 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Philothea Arthur,   b. Bef 1667   d. Abt Oct 1713 (Age > 46 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Jan 1681  London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9
    Family ID F311  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Charity Goodhew,   b. Abt 1689   d. 5 Feb 1763, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 74 years) 
    Marriage 4 Dec 1718  St Mary Magdalene Old Fish Street, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 7
    Children 
     1. Thomas Perronet,   b. Aft 1729, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1755 (Age < 24 years)  [natural]
     2. Henry Perronet,   b. Aft 1729, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 1755, London, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age < 24 years)  [natural]
     3. John Perronet,   b. Abt Jan 1732, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Oct 1767, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years)  [natural]
     4. William Perronet,   b. 1729, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1781, Douai, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years)  [natural]
     5. Charles Perronet,   b. 1723, Sundridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Aug 1776, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years)  [natural]
     6. Edward Perronet,   b. 2 Aug 1726, Sundridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1792, Canterbury, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [natural]
     7. Daniel Perronet,   b. Bef 2 Oct 1719   d. Bef 1767 (Age < 47 years)  [natural]
     8. Damaris Perronet,   b. 25 Jul 1727, Sundridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Oct 1782, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [natural]
     9. Elizabeth Perronet,   b. 8 Aug 1728, Shoreham, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Apr 1807, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [natural]
     10. Vincent Perronet,   b. 1724, Sundridge, Kent, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1746 (Age 22 years)  [natural]
     11. _____ Perronet   d. Bef 1767  [natural]
     12. _____ Perronet   d. Bef 1767  [natural]
    Family ID F708  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Jul 2023 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 11 Dec 1693 - London, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 9 May 1785 - Shoreham, Kent, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Photo - Vincent Perronet
    Photo - Vincent Perronet
    Photo - Vincent Perronet 1
    Photo - Vincent Perronet 1

  • Notes 
    • Vincent Perronet (1693-1785) was born in London, the son of a Swiss surgeon. He was educated at Queen's College Oxford and after ordination served a curacy at Sundridge in Kent before being appointed Vicar of Shoreham in 1728. Perronet was introduced to John Wesley in 1744 and soon became one of the closest associates and advisors of the Wesley brothers. He attended the Conference of 1747 and his influence as an elder statesman of the evangelical movement, is reflected in the fact that he was sometimes referred to as the Archbishop of Methodism. His sons Edward (1721-92) and Charles (1723-76) both served as Methodist itinerant preachers but broke away in later life. Edward Perronet wrote the hymn 'All Hail the Power of Jesu's Name'. Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Encyclopedia of World Methodism (1974) and Dictionary of Evangelical Biography, edited by Donald Lewis (1995)

  • Sources 
    1. [S281] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).
      Marker - Vincent Perronet
      Marker - Vincent Perronet


    2. [S8] John Hunt DD, Biography of Vincent Perronet, Pgs 3-24.
      Book - Vincent Perronet Biography by John Hunt
      Book - Vincent Perronet Biography by John Hunt


    3. [S269] Ancestry.com, London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;).
      Record for Vincent Perronet
      Marriage Record - Vincent Perronet and Charity Goodhew
      Marriage Record - Vincent Perronet and Charity Goodhew


    4. [S381] Sells, John H, Personal Collection.
      Sells Family Tree
      Family History - Sells Family Tree
      Family History - Sells Family Tree


    5. [S504] Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed., Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-22, (Name: Oxford University Press; Location: London, England;), Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed.; London, England: Oxford University Press; Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22; Volume: Vol 15; Page: 902.
      His father, a native of Chateau d'Oex in the canton of Berne, and a protestant, came over to England about 1680, and was naturalised by act of parliament in 1707, having previously married Philothea Arther or Arthur, a lady of good family, whose paternal grandfather, an officer of the court of Star-chamber, lost a considerable estate near Devizes, Wiltshire,during the civil war.
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1981&h=20043170&indiv=try
      Book - Dictionary of National Biography
      Book - Dictionary of National Biography


    6. [S280] Ancestry.com, Cambridge University Alumni, 1261-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 1999;).
      Record for Vincent Perronet
      https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=3997&h=54107&indiv=try

    7. [S136] Margaret Batty, Vincent Perronet - The Archbishop of Methodism, (Name: WMHS Publication 2002;), Marriage - p 16.

    8. [S438] Wills.
      Vincent Perronet
      Will - Vincent Perronet
      Will - Vincent Perronet


    9. [S533] Ancestry.com, London, England, Clandestine Marriage and Baptism Registers, 1667-1754, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013;).
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=5344&h=929505&indiv=try
      Marriage Record - David Perronet and Philothea Arthur
      Marriage Record - David Perronet and Philothea Arthur