John Butterworth

John Butterworth (1727 – 1803) was an English Baptist minister.

Life John Butterworth was born on 13 December 1727, one of the five sons of Henry Butterworth, a blacksmith of Goodshaw and Baptist deacon in Cloughfold. He studied at the school of David Crosley, a Calvinist Baptist minister. Three of his brothers also became Baptist ministers: Henry was at Bridgnorth; James was at Bromsgrove; and Lawrence, who wrote two pamphlets against Unitarianism, was at Evesham. The other brother, Thomas, was also involved as a supply preacher.

In 1753, Butterworth was ordained pastor of Cow Lane Chapel (presently Queens Road Baptist Church), in Coventry. He ministered in the church for half a century, dying on 24 April 1803, at the age of 75.

He also wrote A Serious Address to the Rev. Dr. Priestley, 1790.

Family His son Joseph Butterworth is known as a publisher.