GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
1726
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-1878)
Name
Thomas Boys
Gender
Male
Lived
b. d. ca. 1703-04-21 (old)
Linked Sermons
Sermon on Psalms 90:12
(autograph: Yes )
- subject of sermon
Associated Places
Source of Data
Anne James
Biographical Sources Consulted
ODNB (article on Thomas Brett, #3349), AO (Foster), ACAD (Venn) (ID: BS670T)
Other note
B.A. (1673/4) and M.A. (1677) from St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Incorporated at Oxford in 1677. Rector of Betteshanger, Kent from 1680 until his death in 1702-3. Also curate of Sutton-by-Dover for the same span. Uncle of Thomas Brett, who preached his funeral sermon on 21 April 1703. The biographical sources differ on the date of his death: ODNB places it in 1703 (which corresponds to the date of the funeral sermon), but AO (Foster) and ACAD (Venn) place it in December 1702.
GEMMS record created
April 15, 2018
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024