Joseph Fownes

Joseph Fownes (1715-1789) was originally from Andover. He was educated at a Presbyterian academy in the early 1730s. He began his ministry with the Presbyterian congregation at Cradley in 1736, and was ordained there in April 1743. He then removed to the Presbyterian congregation at High Street in Shrewsbury, first as assistant, then co-pastor (1748-1765) with Job Orton, and finally as pastor, 1765-1789. He authored An Enquiry into the Principles of Toleration (Shrewsbury, 1773).