Jay, William, eminent Congregationalist minister, born in Wiltshire; was first a stone-mason, but entered the ministry, and after a short term of service near Chippenham was pastor of Argyle Chapel, Bath, for 62 years. He was an impressive preacher and a popular writer (1769‒1853).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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