Wesleyan Apostolic Succession

I was ordained July 10, 1987, when General Superintendent, Dr. Earle Wilson, laid hands on me, shook my hand, and thundered, "Take thou authority to preach the Word!"
I was thinking about this a while back, and wondered how far back I could go with the succession of my ordination. So, I did a little research.
* I was ordained by Earle Wilson
* Earle Wilson was ordained by Pilgrim Holiness General Superintendent, William Neff.
* Earle Wilson was ordained by Pilgrim Holiness General Superintendent, William Neff.
* William Neff was ordained by the Pilgrim founder, Seth Rees

* Phineas Bresee was ordained by Methodist Bishop, Levi Scott
* Levi Scott was ordained by Elijah Hedding.
* Elijah Hedding was ordained by Francis Asbury
* Francis Asbury was ordained by a renegade Anglican priest named John Wesley
* John Wesley was ordained by Anglican Bishop (of Oxford) John Potter.
* From Potter -- there's a trail all the way back to St. Peter! (You can see the Anglican list here.) (Potter is #163)
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