Mills, William

Mills, William an early minister of the Methodist Church, was born in Monmouth County, N.J., August 26, 1747; entered the United States army in 1776; suffered various vicissitudes during the war until he was carried a prisoner to Europe, whence he returned after the war; was converted through Methodist instrumentality in 1792; entered the itinerancy at Philadelphia in 1799, and died at Long Branch, N.J., December 5, 1813. He was a most amiable and excellent man, and a very successful preacher. Several extensive revivals resulted from his labors. See Minutes of Conferences, 1:239.