Arnold, James (b1821)

Family

James was baptised on 14 July 1821 at Malpas, Cheshire. His parents were Thomas, a farmer, and Mary.

He married Rebecca Brothwood Leech (1836-1904) in early 1855 in the Walsall Registration District. She was the daughter of Rev. Henry Leech. Census returns identify two children.

• Rebecca Mary (b abt1859)
• Thomas Henry Leech (1860-1866)

James went to America leaving his family behind.

Circuits

• 1847 Macclesfield
• 1848 Wrockwardinewood
• 1850 Prees Green
• 1852 Worcester
• 1853 Minsterley
• 1855 Ramsor
• 1858 Presteign
• 1859 W Bromwich
• 1861 Brierley Hill
• 1865 Oakengates & wellington
• 1866 Tunstall
• 1869 Ramsor
• 1870 Hanley
• 1873 Silverdale
• 1875 Whitchurch
• 1876 to America – disappears

References

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers