Hill Thomas (1825-1903)

Family

Thomas was born on 7 December 1825 at Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, to parents John and Olive. he was baptised on 11 December 1825 at Newcastle under Lyme.

He became a local preacher in 1844.

He married Eleanor Jarrett (1824-1911) in the summer of 1856 in the Croydon Registration District, Surrey.

Thomas died on 31 October 1903 at Southport, Lancashire.

Circuits

• 1853 Isle of Wight
• 1854 Croydon
• 1856 Bromsgrove
• 1858 Congleton
• 1860 joined M.N.C.
• 1860 Silverdale
• 1861 Bury
• 1863 Newtownards, Ireland
• 1866 Leeds II
• 1868 Boston
• 1871 Hawarden
• 1873 Stourbridge
• 1875 Sheffield V
• 1878 Alnwick
• 1880 London I Sup
• 1882 Southport Sup
• 1895 Newcastle under Lyme Sup
• 1899 Southport Sup

References

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

Beckerlegge, Oliver A.   United Methodist ministers and their circuits . London: Epworth Press, 1968

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers