Bryan Mackey
Bryan Mackey (1770โ1847) was an English
Mackey was born in 1770 to William Mackey โ an English Gentleman โ and an unnamed woman from Jamaica.
He studied at Brasenose College, Oxford, was ordained as deacon in 1793 and was appointed curate at Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire the same year.[1] He was ordained as a priest in 1794. Mackey became rector of Coates, Gloucestershire in 1799. He conducted a wedding in Milton Lilbourne in 1806, and his three children were baptised there, suggesting he held curateship at that parish.[4]
He was appointed curate of Sapperton, Gloucestershire in 1813.[1]
Mackey died aged 77 in 1847 in Southampton.
References
- ^ a b c "short bio of Bryan Mackey first Black British Anglican clergyman". Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Grace Owen. "From Grace Owen" (PDF). Gloucestershire County History Trust Newsletter. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
- ^ "Acts of Jamaican Assembly 1760-1810 extracted from material held in the Public Record Office". Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ "Parish records from Milton Lislebon" (PDF). p. 348. Retrieved 2 March 2024.