David Simpson (priest)

Rev David Simpson
Born	12 October 1745 Ingleby Arncliffe, Northallerton, Yorkshire, England
Died	24 March 1799 Macclesfield, Cheshire
Nationality	English
Education	Scorton Grammar School St John's College, Cambridge
Occupation	Clergyman
Title	Reverend
Spouse(s)	Ann Yaldy Elizabeth Davy
Parent(s)	Ralph Simpson

Rev David Simpson, M.A. (12 October 1745 – 24 March 1799) was an Anglican priest who spent most of his career in Macclesfield, Cheshire, England.

David Simpson was born at Ingleby Arncliffe, near Northallerton, Yorkshire, the son of Ralph Simpson, a farmer. He was expected to follow his father's occupation but as a boy received a calling to the ministry. He was educated at Scorton Grammar School and then at St John's College, Cambridge where he graduated B.A in 1769 and M.A. in 1772. His theology was evangelical and this was to cause problems during his career. As an undergraduate he became a friend of Rowland Hill and he was also a close friend of John Wesley, the founder of Methodism.

In September 1769 Simpson was ordained deacon and worked as a curate in Ramsden Bellhouse, Essex. In 1771 he was ordained priest and became curate at Buckingham. However he was forced to leave this position within one year because of his evangelical preaching. He was invited to move to Macclesfield by Charles Roe, a local evangelical industrialist, and was appointed assistant curate at St Michael's Church. His subsequent promotion to prime curacy was opposed by a group of parishioners and Roe built a new church for him, Christ Church. Simpson was licensed in 1779 and he continued as minister of this church until his death in 1799.

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