John Alexander Wilson (missionary)

John Alexander Wilson
Born(1809-06-15)15 June 1809
Ipswich, England
Died5 June 1887(1887-06-05) (aged 77)
Jersey, Channel Islands
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)Anglican Minister and Missionary
Spouse(s)Anne Catherine Hawker (married 1828, died 1838)
Charlotte Jane Emma Dent (married 1863)

John Alexander Wilson (15 June 1809 – 5 June 1887) was an Anglican missionary and a member of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) mission in New Zealand in the 19th century. He entered the Royal Navy in 1822 as a gentleman volunteer. He participated in the capture of a pirate vessel in the Bay of Campeche off Mexico, and the rescue in 1824 by HMS Windsor Castle of John VI of Portugal out of the hands of a faction in the April Revolt.[1] He married Anne Catherine Hawker in Jersey in 1828.[2] Wilson retired from the Royal Navy and in 1832 he joined the CMS as a lay missionary.[3]

  1. ^ John Alexander Wilson (1889). C.J. Wilson (ed.). "Missionary Life and Work in New Zealand, 1833 to 1862: Being the Private Journal of the Late Rev. John Alexander Wilson". Early New Zealand Books (NZETC). Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  2. ^ McCauley, Debbie (2015). "Anne Catherine Wilson (née Hawker) (1802-1838)". Debbie McCauley, Author. Archived from the original on 26 June 2022. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
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