Background
Beddome was born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England, the son of Baptist minister John Beddome and Rachel Brandon.
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Education
The family later moved to Bristol, where Beddome was apprenticed to a surgeon. He studied initially under Bernard Foskett at the Baptist college in Bristol, where he became friends with John Ash.
Career
At the end of his apprenticeship, he decided instead to pursue theological education with the intention of becoming a Christian minister. He later moved to complete his education at Moorfields Academy in London. He was baptized at the Baptist church in Prescott Street, Goodman"s Fields, in 1739.
In 1740 he became the pastor of the Baptist church in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, and was ordained in 1743.
He continued in this ministry for fifty-five years. He became well-known as a preacher.
John Rippon commented that, "though his voice was low, his delivery was forcible and demanded attention." He was a leading figure in the Midland Baptist Association. They had three sons, John, Benjamin and Foskett.
In 1770, Beddome received an Master of Arts degree from Providence College, Rhode Island.
He died in Bourton aged 78, and was buried in the graveyard of the Baptist church.
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United Kingdom