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Joseph Mottershead (1688–1771) was an English dissenting minister. ==Life== The son of Joseph Mottershead, yeoman, he was born near Stockport, Cheshire, on 17 August 1688. He was educated at Attercliffe Academy under Timothy Jollie, and afterwards studied for a year under Matthew Henry at Chester. After license he preached (1710–12) at Kingsley, in the parish of Frodsham, Cheshire. On 5 August 1712 he was ordained at Knutsford as successor to Samuel Lawrence at Nantwich. Matthew Henry visited him in 1713, and died at his house in 1714. In 1717 Mottershead became minister of Cross Street Chapel, Manchester, and held this post till his death. His colleagues were Joshua Jones, John Seddon, and Robert Gore (1748–1779). When the Young Pretender entered Manchester in November 1745, Mottershead was selected as hostage for a monetary fine; but he had a warning in good time and made his escape. During his long ministry at Manchester, Mottershead, whom Robert Halley calls ‘a very quiet peaceable man,’ passed from Calvinism to a type of Arianism. About 1756 there was a secession from the congregation owing to the Socinian tenets of Seddon, his colleague and son-in-law. Mottershead died on 4 November 1771, and was buried near the pulpit in his meeting-house. His portrait, by Henry Pickering, was engraved by William Pether. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joseph Mottershead」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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