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Boyd, John (3),

an English Wesleyan minister, was born at Douglas, Isle of Man, July 14, 1796. He was converted at nineteen under Dr. Raffles, in Liverpool; was ordained in 1823 for the Newfoundland Wesleyan mission; labored in that island until 1832; returned to his native land; preached until 1864; retired to Lymm, near Warrington, and died Jan. 15, 1868. He was an indefatigable worker, never allowing a moment to be unemployed. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1868. p. 20; Wesl. Meth. Magazine, 1871, p. 769.