Robert Hindmarsh

Robert Hindmarsh (1759–1835) was an English printer and one of the original founders of Swedenborgianism.

Life He was born at Alnwick, Northumberland, on 8 November 1759. His father, James Hindmarsh, was one of John Wesley's preachers, At the conference held in Derby, 1818, over which Hindmarsh presided, it was resolved that he had been ‘virtually ordained by the divine auspices.’ Hindmarsh preached at Salford till 1824. After his retirement he wrote a history, from 1824 to 1834 working on the manuscript for Rise and Progress of the New Jerusalem Church in England, America and Other Parts. He passed the work on to others (including the Rev. Edward Madeley) to edit and complete. It was published in London in 1861.

Family and death He married Sarah Paramor on 7 May 1782; Sarah died on 2 March 1833. They had five children, Henry, Elizabeth, Charles, George, and Jane.

He died on 2 January 1835 in his daughter's house at Gravesend, and was buried at Milton-next-Gravesend.