Family
Issachar was born abt1795 in London to parents Issachar and Rebecca. He was baptised on 19 July 1795 at St Werburgh, Derby, Derbyshire.
Census returns identify the following occupations for Issachar.
- 1841 cordwainer, in Town Gaol, St Mary, Nottingham
- 1851 shoemaker
- 1861 shoemaker
He married Harriet Trolley (1805-1870) on 27 December 1924 at St Mary Le Wigford, Lincoln, Lincolnshire. Census returns identify five children.
- Lewis (1826-1908) – a shoemaker
- Miram Rose (1827-1908) – married Joseph Burton in 1848
- Leonis (b1835) – a silk lace dresser (1851)
- Rebecca (b1839) – married John Pitt, a lace designer (1861), in 1860
- Mary Jane (b1841)
Issachar died in July 1866 at Radford, Nottinghamshire. He was buried on 22 July 1866 at St Mary, Nottingham.
Circuits
- 1821 Scotter
- 1823 Brigg
- 1824 Lincoln
- 1825 disappears
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
Many records spell the surname Jaquiss
Comments about this page
Searching on this website with the words ‘Scotter’ and ‘Brigg’ will give you a little additional information.
Methodist records for circuits and chapels are not held centrally but in county archives. You could look in the online index for Lincolnshire archives to see if they hold information about these circuits that may make a visit worthwhile.
If you able to visit the Englesea Brook Museum of Primitive Methodism you could ask to see the Minutes of Conference for the years when Issachar was a travelling preacher. These may reveal his colleague travelling preachers stationed in the circuit at the same time and possibly any expenses he may have claimed for removals.
I’ve been struggling to find out about him. This is great. His father was an apprentice shoemaker in 1777 in Edingale which I believe was one of the circuits back then. I wonder why he was born in London but baptised in Derby. Visiting maybe? Is there any details on the circuits for Scotter and Brigg? His sister was baptised in Brighton at Countess of Huntington.
Susan,
Yes, for the few years before his marriage Issachar was a Primitive Methodist travelling preacher, what we would term today, a minister. Based on the timings, it looks like he married before his probationary period as a travelling preacher was completed and as a consequence left the full time ministry.
This is my 4th great grandfather. I don’t know much about him. Was he a minister?
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