Joseph Brooksbank 

Joseph Brooksbank (1762-1825) was originally from Yorkshire. He was educated at Homerton Academy, 1780-1785. He preached at Haberdashers’ Hall, London, from 1785 to 1825, eventually uniting his Independent church with the Baptist congregation at Broad Street. In 1801 he served on the committee of the Religious Tract Society. See John Rippon, ed., Baptist Annual Register, vol. 3 (1798-1801),543.