Rev Dr John Breynton (1719, Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales – 15 July 1799, Edgware Road, Paddington, London) was a renowned minister in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.He was baptised 13 April 1719, and spent his first 14 years between his home at Trefeglwys and school in nearby Newtown. From 1733 to 1738, he attended Shrewsbury School, and in 1738, matriculated at Magdalene College, Cambridge, subsequently gaining a BA in 1741.