THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOME ... - Kristoffersen

during the time he prepared for his studies at OxfordUniversity.John attended Charterhouse School. This was alsoa famous Public School. Johns elder brother, Samueljunior, reported to his father, the vicar of Epworth, SamuelWesley senior, that John was mature enough for studies atOxford University. John entered Christ Church College,Oxford, due to his academic merits in the preparatorySchool for the university.The Wesley-girls received their education atSusanna Wesley´ s College in their home. This was due tothe fact that the universities were not open for women atthat time. The Wesley-girls married one after the other witha number of the most worthless men one could fin on theBritish Islands. The family held together even under thissituation. Samuel junior died at the time when his twobrothers started their famous career, as it has been pointedout above.THE WOMEN AROUND JOHN WESLEY AT HOMEJohn Wesley had seven sisters with whom he grewup together with in their home. The eighth woman was hismother Susanna Wesley. She meant a lot as a adviser bothfor John and his brother and sisters.We shall first give a picture of his mother andafter that present his sisters.21