Family
John was born abt1840 at Wramplingham, Norfolk, to parents John, a hawker (1851), and Susannah.
Census returns identify the following occupations for John.
- 1851 agricultural labourer
- 1861 baker’s servant
- 1871 PM minister
- 1881 harness maker
He married Sarah Cox (1839-1913) in the summer of 1867 at Battle, Sussex. Census returns identify six children.
- Sarah Jane Susan (1868-1947) – a nurse (1911)
- Elliott Hephzibah (1870-1937) – married William George Lawrence, a salesman for market gardener (1911), in 1898
- John Reeve (1871-1951) – a bootmaker & repairer (1911)
- William Henry (b1872) – a greengrocer & fruiter (1901)
- Frederick James (b1876) – a sadler & harness maker (1901)
- Arthur (b1879) – a carpenter (1901)
John died on 26 February 1884 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Sarah worked as a laundress after John died. She died at Wimbledon, Surrey, at the home of her daughter Elliott.
Circuits
- 1862 Bagshot
- 1864 Diss
- 1866 Maldon
- 1867 Portadown
- 1869 Grassington
- 1871 Penrith
- 1875 Margate
- 1876 Ashford
- 1880 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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