Family
John was born on 17 May 1817 at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, to parents John and Martha. at Nottingham, Nottinghamshire. He was baptised on 8 June 1817 at St Mary Independent Chapel, baker gate, Nottingham.
Census returns identify the following occupations for John.
- 1851 PM minister
- 1861 whip thong manufacturer at Denstone, Uttoxeter
- 1871 whip thong maker – noted as blind
- 1881 no occupation – living at Aston, Warwickshire
He married Hannah Hughes (1810-1855) in late 1846 in the Hereford Registration District, Herefordshire.
He married Catherine Maskery (1832-1898) in the summer of 1855 in the Uttoxeter Registration District, Staffordshire. Census returns identify three children.
- George Taylor (1856-1895) – an office clerk (1891)
- Lydia Taylor (1859-1942) – married Walter Richard Perry, a labourer (1891), in 1890
- Elizabeth (b1862) – a warehouse assistant (1891); married William Summerfield, a tailor (1911), in 1902
John died in the spring of 1882 at Aston, Warwickshire.
Circuits
- 1839 Bishop’s Castle
- 1840 Prees
- 1841 Cwm
- 1842 Weobley
- 1843 Birmingham
- 1844 Wrockwardinewood
- 1846 Tunstall
- 1847 Hadnall
- 1849 Oswestry
- 1851 Cawley
- 1853 Ramsor
- 1855 Coventry
References
W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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