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William Jay was born at Tisbury in Wiltshire. He adopted his father"s trade of stonemason and worked with him on alterations to Fonthill House, but gave it up in 1785 in order to enter the Review Cornelius Winter"s school at Marlborough.
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William Jay was born at Tisbury in Wiltshire. He adopted his father"s trade of stonemason and worked with him on alterations to Fonthill House, but gave it up in 1785 in order to enter the Review Cornelius Winter"s school at Marlborough.
He is considered to be one of the most eminent English Congregationalist preachers of Regency England. One of the first Independents or Congregationalists to articulate the Great Awakening or Religious Revival championed by George Whitfield and John Wesley. During the three years that Jay spent there, his preaching powers were rapidly developed.
Before he was twenty-one he had preached nearly a thousand times, and in 1788 he had for a while occupied Rowland Hill"s pulpit at the Surrey Chapel in London.
Wishing to have time for self-education or scholarly interests, he accepted the humble pastorate of Christian Malford near Chippenham where he remained about two years. This was followed by one year at the more demanding Hope Chapel, Clifton.
On 30 January 1791 Jay was called to the ministry of the Independent or Congregationalist chapel with which he became connected, Argyle Chapel in Bath. Here he followed revivalist principles by preaching to people regardless of religious denomination or social rank.
Attracting note as a populist pulpit orator, religious author and scholar, and a friendly counselor
Richard Brinsley Sheridan praised his oratorical skills. William Jay"s long connection with Argyle Chapel came to an end in January 1853. He died on 27 December following in Bath.
He also wrote a Life of Review
Cornelius Winter, Memoirs of Review John Clarke and Female Scripture Characters, along with Jay"s Works (first published in the early 1840s, and again in 1856, followed by a new edition in 1876).
One of William Jay"s sons, William Jay (1792/3-1837), became an architect, continuing the family"s interest in stonemasonry and building design. His designs for Surrey Chapel Almshouses were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1814.
He designed Doctor Fletcher"s Albion Chapel in London, laying the foundation stone the following year.
In 1817 he moved to the United States for four years, where he established as an architect in Savannah, Georgia. His American work includes the Owens-Thomas House, the William Scarbrough House, Telfair Academy, and The Savannah Theatre. He returned to England in 1822.
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