A catalogue of notable Middle Templars, with brief biographical notices/Brand, Thomas

by John Hutchinson

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Admitted 15 May, 1656.

Son and heir of Rev. Thomas Brand, of Leaden Rooding (Roothing),Essex. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford. Becoming acquainted with Dr. Samuel Annesley, he abandoned the law and joined the Presbyterian ministry. He resided for some time at Staplehurst in Kent, but subsequently settled in London, where he devoted himself to preaching, the building of meetinghouses, and the distribution of religious literature, in which, and in works of charity, he expended all his income. He died 1 Dec 1691, and was buried in Bunhill Fields.