NANKEVILLE, Rev. Benjamin

Rev. Benjamin Nankeville was born in 1799 at Tavistock on the border between Cornwall and Devonshire England.

In 1827 he moved with his wife to Lostwithiel where he worked as a miner. After a few years he moved to Coglana on the Liskeard Circuit where he became a local preacher.

In 1834, he came to Canada where he taught school and assisted on the Credit Mission. The following year, he was received on trial and appointed to the Dumfries Circuit. He served next on the Guelph Mission. His last field was the Cooksville Circuit where he died October 9, 1856.

18 April 1858 Streetsville - Mrs. Mary Nankeville, widow of the late Rev. B. Nankeville Wesleyan minister died suddenly.