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Susannah Wesley
Cenotaph

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Susannah Wesley

Birth
London, City of London, Greater London, England
Death
23 Jul 1742 (aged 73)
Finsbury, London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England
Cenotaph
London Borough of Islington, Greater London, England
Memorial ID
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Susannah's actual burial site is at Bunhill Fields, across the road from Wesley's Chapel. The findagrave memorial for that is here.
Susannah's actual burial site is at Bunhill Fields, across the road from Wesley's Chapel. The findagrave memorial for that is here.

Inscription

IN THE
BUNHILL FIELDS
BURIAL GROUND OPPOSITE
LIE THE REMAINS OF
SUSANNAH WESLEY
WIDOW OF
THE REV. SAMUEL WESLEY, M.A.
RECTOR OF EPWORTH, LINCOLNSHIRE
WHO DIED JULY 23RD 1742
AGED 78 YEARS
SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF
THE REV. SAMUEL ANNESLEY D.D.
EJECTED BY THE ACT OF UNIFORMITY
FROM THE RECTORY OF
ST GILES CRIPPLEGATE AUG 24TH 1662
SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF
THE REVS. JOHN AND CHARLES WESLEY
THE FORMER OF WHOM WAS UNDER GOD
THE FOUNDER OF
THE SOCIETIES OF THE PEOPLE
CALLED METHODISTS.
THIS MONUMENT
WAS ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
DECEMBER 1870

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