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Agency:
John Greenwood
Agency Number:
Start Date:
01 Jan 1778
End Date:
19 Jul 1866
Description:
John Greenwood, born England in 1778, was a devout Baptist. He emigrated to Tasmania in 1860 to live with his nephew Henry Speak on a property at Constitution Hill (near Kempton). He had previously lived for some time in America. Speak was one of the founding members of the Baptist congregation in Hobart and involved in the construction of a stone chapel at Constitution Hill.
Information Sources:
Royston, Laurence, F., Baptists in Van Diemen's Land: the story of Tasmania's first Baptist Church.;;RGD35/1/35, no 227
Functions Performed:
Religion
Family archives
Series Created By Agency:
NS6729 Letters22 Nov 186024 Jun 1862