John May

John May (1814-1894) was ordained to the ministry at the Baptist church at Saltash, Cornwall, in 1837; in 1840 he was appointed as a BMS missionary to Jamaica. May and his wife initially worked in the mountain station at Bethsalem, but in 1844 moved to the church at Lucea in the Hanover parish. The Mays returned to England for health reasons in 1852, with May once again ministering to the Baptist church at Saltash. See John Clarke, Memorials of the Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica (London: Yates and Alexander, 1869).