Joshua Tinson

Joshua Tinson (1794-1850) was sent by the Baptist church at Shortwood to study with Joseph Kinghorn in Norwich in 1817. A year later, he entered Bristol Academy. He was set apart as a BMS missionary to Jamaica in 1822, preaching  primarily at Hanover Street, St. Thomas Parish, until his death in 1850. While on furlough in England, from August 1841 to January 1843, he completed plans with the BMS for the opening of a college at Calabar, Jamaica, which commenced under Tinson’s leadership in October 1843 with eight students (see letter 219). Tinson served as principal at Calabar until 1850. See John Clarke, Memorials of the Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica (London: Yates and Alexander, 1869), 82-85; H. O. Russell, “A Question of Indigenous Mission: The Jamaican Baptist Missionary Society,” Baptist Quarterly 25 (1973-1974), 88.