Braintree Baptists

[slightlyfoxed]

I do sympathise. These days I am only responsible for myself which is quite a relief!

I have a birthday soon the 66 one! big groan! I keep quiet about them these days! Not wishing to be reminded!

Your Ma in Law, does she know of Rev John Hornblow of Braintree?The Baptist Church there said he was quite famous locally and he was said to have been born in Halstead 1743  but I couldnt find him 1740 -1745.

[Mrs Lizzy]

I will e-mail and ask her but she and her husband came to Halstead from London in the 1970s. However, we do know some people whose families have been in the town for quite a bit longer than that.  I'll see what I can find out for you. 

[slightlyfoxed]

that would be great. thank you.

[Mrs Lizzy]

Sorry, foxy, mum in law says the church only keeps records of people coming into membership and anyway those records don't go back far enough to be of any use to you.  She can only suggest Essex Record Office, which no doubt you've already tried.

It's a memorable name though, so I'll keep an eye open and also have a word with the people I know who run the Halstead History Society.

[slightlyfoxed]

That would be very useful He may have had a brother called Ebenezer.

He witnessed the second marriage of Sarah Hornblow, when she married John Cadle  January 1816 as spinster Sarah Moore.

Ebeneza Hornblow  buried on 28 oct 1826 aged 38 , born abt 1788 , buried at South Weald Essex. (St Peter

Many Thanks
Foxy

[Mrs Lizzy]

Hello Slightly Foxed, very sorry about the long delay replying - only 3 years! I keep forgetting my password etc and it gets embarrassing having to keep asking for a new one! I remembered it by sheer luck this time.

I will ask my mother in law about Rev thingumybob.

 

[slightlyfoxed]

In Find My Past I found a Hornblow connection in Halstead where the Rev.John Hornblow said he was born in 1744

 JERONIMO HORNBLOW Birth year unknown  Buried 28 Jan  1797 HALSTEAD ST ANDREW ANGLICAN church Essex
Record National Burial Index for England & Wales - Category  Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records

 MARY HORNBLOW Birth year    Burial year  1789  19th Nov  HALSTEAD

I love the idea of a past relative called jeronimo !

I have as much of his life as i expect to find -I have put it all on my website where he has his own page.
https://sites.google.com/site/pomeroytrees/reverend-john-hornblow