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Joseph Jewell was a Methodist circuit rider.

Jewell was born in Ireland, but immigrated to the United States as a child. His family settled in Pennsylvania, where he converted to Methodism. He was received on trial as a circuit rider in 1795. His first circuit was the Dover Circuit. In 1796 he rode the Somersett Circuit in Maryland, and in 1797 he rode the Dorchester Circuit. At the 1799 conference he was made an Elder. He was assigned to be Presiding Elder of the Canada District, where he remained through 1803. He returned to the United States, being stationed on the Lewiston Circuit in 1804, and appointed the superintendent of the Genesee District from 1805 - 1809. He organized the first camp-meeting in New York, which took place in his district in 1805. Jewell was declared superannuated in 1808 and located in 1810.