Taylor, John (1817-1885)

Family

John was born abt1817 at Mollington, Oxfordshire, to parents Joseph, a labourer, and Elizabeth. he was baptised on 30 March 1817 at Mollington.

He married Mary Ann Adams (b abt1825) of Madron, Cornwall. Census returns identify two children.

• Theophilus John (1848-1914)  – died in Queensland, Australia
• William Ambrose (1855-1934) – a general accountant (1901)

John died in 1885

Circuits

• 1840 Banbury
• 1841 Reading
• 1842 St Ives
• 1843 London
• 1844 Shipston
• 1845 disappears
• 1851 Lostwithiel, Cornwall – Congregational minister
• 1852 North Petherton
• 1855 Newbury, Stroud Green
• 1860 Adsett
• 1867-1868 Westbury on Severn

References

Surman Index id: 26669

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

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers