Zephaniah Marryat

The Reverend Zephaniah Marryat
Born	1684
Died	1754

Zephaniah Marryat (1684–1754) was an English Nonconformist minister. He was a strict Calvinist.[1]

Career

Marryat was a tutor at dissenting academies funded by the King's Head Society. Between 1743 and 1744 he was a tutor at Stepney Academy;[2] he then taught at Plaisterer's Hall Academy.[3] At Plaisterer's Hall, he was the educator of Robert Robinson[4] and Thomas Williams.[2][5] Joseph Priestley was also sent to him, but Priestley 'resolutely opposed' the condition of subscribing every six months to 'ten printed articles of the strictest Calvinistic faith.'[6] After Zephaniah Marryat suddenly died, John Conder filled his place as theological tutor in this academy,[7] while Samuel Pike succeeded him as one of the Tuesday lecturers at Pinners' Hall.[2]

Personal life

He was the father of Thomas Marryat.[8]

References

1. Nicholas Hans (1998). New Trends in Education in the 18th Century. Routledge. p. 57. ISBN 0-415-17611-5.
2. "Marryatt, Zephaniah (c.1684-c.1754)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
3. "Plaisterer's Hall Academy (1744-1754)". Dr Williams’s Centre for Dissenting Studies. 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
4. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1897). "Robinson, Robert (1727?-1791)" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
5. Harvey-Williams, Nevil (March 2011). "The Williams Family in the 18th and 19th Centuries - Part 1". Retrieved 21 December 2013.
6. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1896). "Priestley, Joseph" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 46. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
7. Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1887). "Conder, John" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 12. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
8. The Congregational magazine. 1828. p. 60.

Further reading

• Marryat, Zephaniah, D.D., in the Cyclopaedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature