INFORMATION
Joseph Stennett (1663 – 11 July 1713) was an English Seventh Day Baptist minister and hymnwriter.
Joseph Stennett was born in 1663 at Abingdon, Berkshire, England of pious parents, Edward Stennett and Mary (Quelch) Stennett. He attended Wallingford Grammar School. He was also tutored by his father, Edward, and older brother, Jedudah, and learned French, Italian, and Hebrew. Both his father and his brother had written Hebrew grammars. Joseph’s heart was turned to Christ at an early age. In 1685, at the age of 22, he moved to London where he worked as a tutor.
In 1688, Joseph Stennett married a daughter of George Guill, a French Protestant refugee. Joseph Stennett was the father of Joseph Stennett, D. D., the grandfather of Dr. Samuel Stennett and Samuel’s brother Joseph, the latter whom also had a son named Joseph.