Susanna Wesley

186 SUSANNA WESLEY.
consumed Ep worth Parsonage. The Earldom of Anglesey
had become extinct for want of heirs male.
If the Annesley papers had been in existence, it was
supposed that there might have been some possibility
of Samuel Wesley claiming it through his mother. His
only son, however, was dead, and the one daughter^
who grew up to womanhood, married an ambitious
man, a Mr. Earle, who might have pushed his researches
vigorously with such a prize in view, had not
Charles Wesley married late in life and become the
father of sons. If there had been any prospect of
success, it would have been that of Charles junior, but
his father, who at twenty years of age had refused to
be recognised as the heir of Garret Wesley of Dangan,.
was the last man to prosecute any inquiries into the
inheritance of English estates and a title. The Earles
after a time went to France and settled there ;
one of
the daughters,
it is said, married the celebrated Marshal
Ney.
Disquieting intelligence speedily came from Georgia.
John and Charles were terribly disappointed, especially
the latter. He also became possessed of the
idea that he was unregenerate. Samuel wrote urging
his return, and sent word to John that he was uneasy
about Kezia's residence with the Halls, both because
he distrusted his sister's husband and on account of
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the affection the girl had previously had for him.
could not afford, he said, to keep her unless John
could pay for her board. Charles did return, reaching
England on the 3rd of December 1736, bringing
dispatches from the colonists. He was heartily welcomed
by his uncle Matthew, and at his house received
a warm-hearted letter from Samuel, with all
news, and an invitation to Tiverton, which he speedily