James Jezreel

James Jezreel, born James Rowland White (cir 1851 – 2 March 1885), was a nineteenth-century soldier and self-proclaimed prophet.

Life

Jezreel started off as a follower of John Wroe signing as a member of the Christian Israelite Church at Chatham 15 October 1875.[1] In the 1880s, White chose the name 'James Jershom Jezreel' as he became convinced that he was a prophet. His followers, known as the Jezreelites, were mainly concentrated in Kent and the south-east of England. A temple was built, Jezreel's Tower, in Gillingham, Kent.[2]

Further reading

  • The tower of mystery surrenders its secrets by Stephen Rayner, Memories page, Medway News, May 2006
  • The Sixth Trumpeter by PJ Rogers
  • The Times
  • D Roberts, Observations on the Divine Mission of Joanna Southcott (1807)
  • R Reece, Correct Statement of the Circumstances attending the Death of Joanna Southcott (1815)
  • Library of Biography. Remarkable Women of different Nations and Ages. First Series. Boston. John P Jewett and Co. (1858)

References

  1. ↑ James Jershom Jezreel, Wikisource
  2. ↑ Who were the Jezreelites?, by Nick Rennison, p.95, April 2011, BBC History Magazine


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