Brownson, John (1809-1861)
Englesea Brook Museum ENBM 1990.21.35b
John was born at Brailsford, Derbyshire on 13 October 1809.
Ministry
Kendall describes John as ‘one of the tall pillar-preachers of the old Nottingham district’.
Family
John’s first wife was Jane (1813-1848). They had four children
- Eliza Ann (1837-1875) – married William Frederick Goodliffe, a manufacturer of hosiery.
- William James (1839-1897) – a PM Minister; married daughter of Charles Lace
- James Harold (1847-1922) – a colliery commercial manager
- Sarah Matilda (1846-1918) – married John Adams, a railway station worker
James married Ann Cliff (1821-1868) in late 1849 in Nottingham. They had one daughter.
- Mary Cliff (1855-1869)
John died on 17 September 1861 at Leicester.
Circuits
- 1830 Welton (18 mths)
- 1831 Leicester (18 mths)
- 1833 Loughborough
- 1836 Melton Mowbray
- 1838 Nottingham
- 1840 Barnsley
- 1842 Belper
- 1845 Nottingham
- 1847 Nottingham S
- 1849 Nottingham N
- 1853 Sheffield
- 1857 Leicester l
- 1861 Leicester ll
References
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1853/577; 1862/129; 1868/692 (Ann)
PM Minutes 1862/6
J Petty, The History of the Primitive Methodist Connexion, 1880, p75, p378, p494
H B Kendall, Origin and History of the PM Church, vol 1/263
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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Thanks for all the information about John Brownson. He was the eldest brother of my great-grandfather James Cox Brownson (1821-1880).
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