Sarahs Siblings
Rev. John Hornblow, Particular Baptist Minister in Braintree Essex snd hos wife Elizabeth Young
BACKGROUND
John Hornblow who was born in Barnes in Surrey . The family then moved to Halstead where his father worked at a malster , sprouting barley corn to make malt as part of the brewing process for beers . John began his working life as an apprentice Looking Glass Frame Maker in 1760 age 16 indentured until he was 21 in 1765. At some point during that time he found the Baptist religion and in 1775 married Elizabeth Young, daughter of John Young a cabinet maker and his wife Rachel Ridley in Mansell Street Goodmans Field just outside the walls of the city of London . When he was ordained as a Baptist Minister he was recommended for the Particular Baptist Church in Braintree , Essex by Abraham Boothe the great Baptist orator of the time and when he was ordained he took up his post there on his ordination in 1779
JOHN HORNBLOW age about 31 with a Licence dated 11 Jan 1775 was married on 13 Jan 1775 to Elizabeth YOUNG the 22 year old daughter of John & Rachel Young witnessed by her mother William Young and one Morell Young at St George's the Anglican Church in Bardolph Lane; within the square mile of the City of London this narrow street backed onto Pudding Lane where the Great Fire had started 100 years before in 1660.
Mention was made of them having a 'large family' by the time John Hornblow was ordained as a Baptist Minister and given the Ministry in Braintree in 1779.
When searching for families in the past a problem arises from the fact that John & Elizabeth are common names and that makes it difficult even with a surname like HORNBLOW. However I have found only 2 children born before they went to Braintree. In those pre contraception days there could have been a child born every 18 months or so.
Adding to the difficulty is the fact that Baptists do not baptises babies and another John & Elizabeth Hornblow family in London
Married in January 1775 and recorded as having a 'large family' by the time John was ordained and given the Ministry in Braintree in 177. there could have been a child born every 18 months until in 1795 Hannah was born. Mother Elizabeth would have been about 40 by then and Hannah may have been her last child. This would have produced a family of 14 or 15 children.
1778 John still working as a looking Glass Frame Maker in London until he was ordained on 15th July 1779 and given the Braintree ministry & moved from London to Braintree, Essex
1776 John Hornblow 1st son of John & Elizabeth born 1776 in London died of convulsions as an infant buried1776 at St Giles Without, Cripplegate London
1777 Rachel born in London?? Died age 22 unmarried in 1799 buried Bocking
1782 John born & apprenticed in 1797 age 15 William Spencer 6 Apr 1797, Grocers' Company
1782 William baptised his twin, age 12 in 1802 at St. Michael the Archangel Braintree married a Sarah Hornblow & had 6 children
He became a ship owner and a sea captain working for the Honourable Hon. East India company owning sailing ships, the clipper the Moira and the Mary Anne . He died in 1847 having made 24 voyages to the Far East for the Honourable East India Company. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moira_(1813_ship)1783 Anne born 1783 baptised in 1804 age 21 before her marriage on 22 Feb 1804 in Bocking to Stephen Brown son of John Brown a glazier and his wife Mary b 1792 of Bocking. They had 4 children
1788 Ebenezer born 1788 son of John Hornblow & Elizabeth in Braintree; married Mary Hornblow in 1817; Died Age 38 Buried 29 Oct 1826 seems to have witnessed his sister Sarah's marriage to John Cadle in 1816.
1790 Sarah born EDB 1790 Married 1st George Moore in 1810 ; 2nd John Cadle 1816 ; 3rd James Thomas then lastly Thomas Gurney in South Africa. she had 11 children 3 by her 1st husband 6 by her 2nd and 2 by her 3rds She died age 54 in Port Elizabeth South Africa 3 Nov 1843
1791 Jeronimo born -died age 4 on 22 Feb 1795. Burial 26 Feb 1795 buried Bocking Protestant Dissenters burial ground
1794 Lidia I was told she had an illegitimate child but have not seen proof of this. ( this spelling of Lidia is a family name going back to 1600s) Married at St. Michael, Braintree as a minor with consent of Parents on 7th March 1814 to bachelor Edward Hayward of Saffron Walden, Both signed the register. Witnessed by, Hannah Hornblow and others. ( ref Boyd's Essex) Son Edward Hayward born 1815 in Saffron Waldo
1795 Hannah Born 6 Feb 1795 baptised age 21 in 1816 shortly before her marriage to Lloyd Henry Standish on 23 Aug 1816 at St Lukes Old Street Finsbury. They became Straw Hat makers & after being bankrupted in 1817 turned to school teaching in Enfield.
Apprenticed
Hornblow John son of John, Braintree, Essex, dissenting minister , apprenticed to William Spencer 6 Apr 1797, Grocers' Company
BRAINTREE
The earliest concentrated settlements being near the River Brain in the Skitts Hill area, and around the present crossroads at the junction of the A120. This latter area became the focus of the Roman Town, and Saxon development and medieval pilgrim routes influenced the shaping of Braintree over the following centuries.
In 1199 the Bishop of London obtained a Market Charter for Braintree, and with its weekly market and annual fair the town thrived as an important commercial site.
Braintree quickly developed into a significant location for the wool trade, which had probably existed in the area from as early as 1300, with fulling mills at the rivers Brain, Pant and Blackwater.
By 1452 the Braintree Bailiffs certified that “the Art of Mystery of weaving woollen cloth” was exercised at the town.
The weaving skills of Flemish immigrants brought a further boost to Braintree’s prosperity in the 16th century, with many settling in empty pilgrim hostelries in Bradford Street.
A fine new cloth called ‘Bays and Says’ was introduced by the Flemish weavers, which brought fame to the Braintree and Bocking area.
As religious intolerance and financial hardship took its toll, many people emigrated from Essex to the New World, including a group from Braintree who sailed on ‘The Lyon’ in 1632 and founded Braintree, Massachusetts and Hartford, Connecticut.
The Great Plague of 1665-6 further depleted Braintree’s population when out of out of the 2,300 it claimed 865 lives.
The quality and quantity of cloth from the Braintree area nonetheless brought renewed prosperity and growth until the end of the eighteenth century, when the rise of the cotton trade and revolutionary new production methods finally spelled decline for the wool trade.
MARKETS & FAYRS these social and economic gatherings were the life blood of communities
BRAINTREE 5756 2232. 1334 Subsidy �92.31. The Bishop of London granted a charter on 25 Apr 1200 to those who accepted his offer of houses or places to build on in Braintree that they would have them freely, in peace and with all customs (RCh, p. 51). This does not specifically mention a market. However, it is likely that the market was functioning by at least the mid thirteenth century. According to Morant, K John granted to William de St Maria, bp of London a Wed market and a fair on f Matthew (21 Sept), on 16 June 1199 (P. Morant, The History and Antiquities of the County of Essex (London, 1768), ii, p. 399). Market town c.1600 (Everitt, p. 175). Fair 1587, 21 Sept (Harrison, p. 396).
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(Prescriptive) Wed; recorded 1340, forum (PRO, E101/556/23, ex info R. Britnell).
Market recorded in 1344–5, in 1347 and 1351 (when it was held on several days), in 1353, in 1354 (when it was held on several days) and in c.1357
(PRO, E101/556/27, E101/556/34, E101/556/46, E101/556/49, E101/556/50, E101/557/6, ex info R. Britnell).
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(Letter Close) vf, Matthew the Apostle (21 Sept); feria gr 13 Dec 1225, by K Hen III to E. bp of London (RLC, ii, p. 89). To be held at the manor until the king came of age.
Notes
Bishop of London
1198 to 1221
Also known as William de St Mariæ Ecclesiâ. Formerly a Prebendary of St Paul's, London. Elected after 7 Dec 1198 Consecrated on 23 May 1199. Resigned on 25 or 26 January 1221. Died on 24 or 27 March 1224.
