Samuel Annesley, English Puritan (1620 -- December 31, 1696) was a Presbyterian who was ejected from his pulpit at St. Giles Cripplegate for nonconformity in 1662. He edited and contributed to the
Cripplegate Sermons, including
The Adherent Vanity of Every Condition is Most Effectually Abated by Serious Godliness. He was among the signers of the
Epistle Commending the Westminster Standards. He had 25 children, one of whom was Susanna Wesley, mother of John Wesley. His funeral sermon was preached by
Daniel Williams.