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Type of entity
Person
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Colbert, William
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Description area
Dates of existence
1764-1833
History
William Colbert (1764-1833) was a Methodist Episcopal Church minister who served several circuits in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and Virginia. He was admitted on trial to the Philadelphia Conference in 1790. Colbert served most of his time as a traveling minister and had a traveling connection with the Baltimore Conference until 1811, when he located. In 1826 he was readmitted as a supernumerary in the Philadelphia Conference. He was instrumental in forming the Strousburg (Pennsylvania) and Milford circuits.
In November 1804 he married Elizabeth Stroud, whose parents were the original founders of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. The Colberts had six children.