Wesley family

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English family clerical family family musical family

The Wesley family was an influential English clerical and musical family best known for producing John and Charles Wesley, founders and leaders of the Methodist movement in the 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Wesley family canonical 5

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English family ⓘ
clerical family ⓘ
family ⓘ
musical family ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
fieldOfActivity hymn writing ⓘ
music ⓘ
religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
hasAncestor Samuel Wesley (poet) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMatriarch Susanna Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableMember Charles Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Charles Wesley junior NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Wesley (composer, born 1766) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samuel Wesley (poet) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susanna Wesley NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced Evangelical movement in Britain ⓘ
Methodist Church of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
Protestant hymnody ⓘ
knownFor producing founders of the Methodist movement ⓘ
producing influential preachers ⓘ
producing prominent hymn writers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor contributions to church music and hymnody ⓘ
influence on 18th-century English religious life ⓘ
role in the origins of Methodism ⓘ
region Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousTradition Anglicanism NERFINISHED ⓘ
Methodism NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Samuel Wesley the Younger → memberOf → Wesley family ⓘ
Samuel Wesley the Younger → notableFamily → Wesley family ⓘ
Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland → ownedBy → Wesley family ⓘ
subject surface form: Dangan Castle
Dangan Castle, County Meath, Ireland → formerOwner → Wesley family ⓘ
subject surface form: Dangan Castle
Epworth → hasHistoricAssociationWith → Wesley family ⓘ