Background
He was the son of Joseph Bretland, an Exeter tradesman, was born at Exeter 22 May 1742.
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Joseph Bretland
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Foreign this work he received a special education, his course of study being finished in 1766.
Career
He was for several years a day scholar at the Exeter grammar school, and was placed in business in 1757, but shortly after left it for the ministry. From 1770 to 1772 he was minister of the Mint Chapel, and from the latter year until 1790 kept a classical school at Exeter. He resumed his duties at the Mint Chapel in 1789, and continued there until 1793.
This position he retained down to its dissolution in 1805, and he then retired into private life.
In 1795 Bretland married Mission Sarah Moffatt. He died at Exeter 8 July 1819.
He is described as a believer in the unity of the Deity and in the simple humanity of Jesus Christ, and he is styled a scholar of "extensive and solid learning.".
