John Wesley's Birthday
June 28, 1703

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John Wesley's Early Life
from nps.gov

Born in 1703 at Epworth, England, John Wesley was the son of an Anglican minister and the 15th of 19 children. He attended both Charterhouse School and Oxford where he graduated in 1724. Three years later he was ordained as a minister at the age of 24. In 1729, he joined his brother Charles’ Holy Club whose members were derisively called Methodists. His education prepared him for life as an Anglican minister in England, yet his first real field of work lay far from England’s shores.