Charles blackman brief biography of prophet
BLACKMAN, CHARLES – Dictionary of Canadian Biography!
BLACKMAN, CHARLES, Church of England clergyman and school administrator; b. c. 1798 in England; m. Julia Williams of Newfoundland, and they had four children, including the Reverend Thomas John Mark Willoughby; d. 16 March 1853 in St John’s.
Charles Blackman arrived in Newfoundland in 1819 as tutor to the son of Governor Sir Charles Hamilton*.
Charles blackman brief biography of prophet
When he decided to seek ordination he encountered difficulties: Newfoundland, which did not yet have a Church of England bishop, was under the authority of Robert Stanser*, bishop of Nova Scotia, who was in England for reasons of health, and Jacob Mountain*, bishop of Quebec, refused to ordain Blackman in 1821 because he did not have letters dimissory.
Nevertheless, Blackman read services in the St John’s outharbours during the winter of 1821–22. Early in 1822 he returned to England and was admitted to the ministry on 1 June. He then travelled back to Newfoundland as a missionary of