local history of uttlesford Saffron Walden Primitive Methodists

The regulations relating to the keeping of membership lists underline how the Methodists got their name = they were very methodical ! The Primitive Methodist Connexion gave order at its 1848 Conference that a Society Roll-Book should be kept. Each preacher had to renew tickets in May/June, entering the class members in his roll-book and class-book. At the end of every new member's name, he must write to denote that member was on trial. He must distinguish those on trial from those approved. The book was then examined by the leader who signed it, then the preacher signed it. The roll-books were then presented to the Circuit, Branch or Mission Committee who recorded the contents in their Minute Book. Then everything was further recorded in the General Quarter-day Book.When a new preacher arrived at his/her station, they took the roll-book relating to the places where they would preach the following week, fortnight, month or more, as they went round the circuit. The roll-books were compared to the class-books and if necessary, remarks such as ‘dead’, ‘removed’, ‘left’ or ‘fallen’, etc. were inserted. The number of members found was then inserted at the bottom of the column, distinguishing the approved from those on trial, then initialled. New names could be inserted in August, November and February. In May there must either be a new roll-book or new entries in the former roll-book. In the Saffron Walden circuit, the first roll-books began to be kept in 1850-51 which is very useful as regards the 1851 census, enabling a reconstruction of the age, sex, marital status, household, occupation etc of those who joined the chapels. It becomes clear what a great impact the ‘Prims’ made on villages, for the vast majority of their members were typically agricultural labourers who chose to join – note also these lists do not include the ‘hearers’ (typically three times as many as the members) who, perhaps because they were too poor, merely attended services but did not become members. The roll-books are thus an enormously valuable resource, not always replicable in other denominations and of great interest to family historians. In some cases, for instance, they mention when families left the chapel to emigrate to Australia, or move to another village.

Note: The roll-books, which were originally discovered in a chapel cupboard by the Circuit Archivist, are now deposited in the Essex Record Office under the ERO D/NM/3-collection

As they were only recently deposited, they may not yet be fully catalogued so may not appear on the online SEAX database, but would have a temporary archive number – in this case ask the archivist at Chelmsford for the reference.

Transcribed by Jacqueline Cooper. 1997 – a huge amount of work went into transcribing this information, so the author would appreciate that if it is made use of elsewhere, in any other context, please acknowledge provenance. If required for publication, please seek permission via this website.

ESSEX PARISHES MISSIONED BY PRIMITIVE METHODISTS
for which members’ names are noted below

ASHDON - 1853-4

CHRISHALL - 1851-52/53, 1861

CLAVERING - 1850-1900

Samuel Abram

Ann Andrews

John Adams

Sarah Barton

Alfred Baynes

Emma Biscoe

Ann Brand

Arthur Brand

Hannah Brand

James Brand

Jemima Brand

Joshua Brand

Mary Brand

Robert Brand

Thomas Brand

Abram Button

David Button

Elizabeth Button

Sarah Button

Susan Button

Lettice Carter

Hannah Cave

James Cave

Stephen Cave

Eliza A. Challis

Mary Challis

Sarah Challis

William Chamberlain

Caroline Clarke

Caroline Clarke Jnr.

Emily Clarke

Joseph Clarke

Rebecca Clarke

William Clarke

George Corby

William Corby

Samuel Cowell

Sarah Cranwell

Mr. Cranaway

Mrs. Cranaway

Mary Ann Creek

William Creek

James Day

Richard Drayton

Susan Drayton

James Drury

Steven Durnley

Thomas Durnley

Charlotte Dyer

Stephen Dyer

Ellen Elsham

Mary Farnham

Joseph Flack

Lucy Flack

Mary Flack

Rebecca Flack

William Flack

James Greenhill

Rebecca Greenhill

James Guiver

Honor Hagger

William Hagger

Susan Harry

Ann Harvey

Emma Harvey

Harriet Jeffrey

Miss Jefferies

Susan Kemp

Thomas Kemp

William Kemp

Ann Law

Betsy Law

Elizabeth Law

John Law

Joseph Law

Mary Ann Law

Philip Law

Sophia Law

James Mansfield

Thomas Manning

James Miller

Mrs. Miller

John Monk

Phoebe Monk

Josiah Mussle

Ann Norris

William Norris

Lettice Phillips

Lydia Pigg

Susan Pigg

Thomas Pigg

George Pitchers

Rebecca Pitchers

Eliza Rigg

George Rodgers

Peter Rodgers

Phillip Rodgers

Phoebe Rogers

Rebecca Rodgers

Samuel Rodgers

Thomas Rodgers

William Rodgers

John Rumble

James Smith

Sarah Smith

John Starr

Susan Starr

Eliza Sutton

Josiah Sutton

William Sutton

Mary Waller

Charlotte Ward

James Ward

Rachael Ward

Mary Ward

Timothy Waters

Hannah Watts

Chapman Woods

Eliza Woods

Joseph Wood

Mary Woods

Rebecca Woods

Thomas Woods

Sarah Wright

Amy Young

Caroline Young

Charles Young

Joseph Young

Daniel Andrews

Emma Andrews

Alice Atkinson

Charles Atkinson

Henry Atkinson

Jane Atkinson

Mary Atkinson

Robert Atkinson

William Atkinson

Joshua Baker

George Banks

Henry Banks

Mary Banks

Cary Barker

George Barker

John Barker

Kerrenhappuch Barker

Mary Barker

Richard Barker

Frederick Booker

George Bowtle

John Bowtle

Mary Bowtle

Hetty Brooks

Kitty Brooks

John Buckingham

Mary Buckingham

Matilda Bunting

Rhoda Bunting

Lydia Burgess

Ann Bush

James Bush

Joseph Bush

Lucy Bush

May Bush

Samuel Bush

Susannah Bush (1)

Susannah Bush (2)

James Button

Annie Cakebread

James Cannon

Martha Cannon

Ada Chesham

Albert Chesham

Ann Chesham

Betsy Chesham

Elizabeth Chesham

Ellen Chesham

Emma Chesham

Ezekiel Chesham

Giles Chesham

James Chesham

Joseph Chesham

Maria Chesham

Mary Chesham

Mary Ann Chesham

Michaela? Chesham

Noah Chesham

Samuel Chesham

Sarah Chipperfield

James Clarke

John Clarke

Rachel Clarke

Ann Cole

Betsy Cole

Caroline Cole

Emma Cole

George Cole

James Cole

Martha Cole

Rebecca Cole

Samuel Cole

Sarah Cole (1)

Sarah Cole (2)

William Cole

Martha Cooper

Alice Corby

Allen Corby

William Corby

Harry Deards

Malcolm? Farnham

Robert Flitton

Susan Flitton

Ezra

Harriet Frances

John Gapes

Henrietta Goodrich

Catherine Green

Charles Green

Dorcus Green

Ezra Green?

George Green

Louisa Green

Maria Green

Sarah Green

Emily Harvey

John Harvey

Robert Harvey

Stephen Harvey

Edward Holland

Mrs. Holland

Ann Jeffrey

George Jeffrey

Mary Ann Jeffrey

Sophia Jeffrey

Thomas Jeffrey

William Jeffrey

Eliza Johnson

Kate Johnson

G. Jordan

George Jordan

Hannah Jordan

John Jordan

Thomas Jordan

Ann Judd

Charles Judd

Elizabeth Judd

Mary Judd

Sarah Judd

William Judd

Ann Kemp

Daniel Kemp

Eliza Kemp

Harriet Kemp

Henry Kemp

John Kemp (1)

John Kemp (2)

Lucy Kemp

Charles Law

Emily Law

John Law

Mary J. Law

Thomas Lorkins

James Mathews

John Miller

Mary Miller

Rachel Monk

Allen Negus

John Negus

Mary Negus

Peter Negus

David Newland

Charles Norman

Ann Parrish

Henry Parrish

Louisa Parrish

Sarah Parrish

William Parrish

James Percy

Alfred Pilgram

Annie Pittaway

Sarah Pluck

Rebekah Rayner

William Rayner

Charles Reed

Hannah Reed

Mary Reed

Naomi Reed

Mary Reynolds

Charles Rodgers

Elizabeth Rodgers

Emily Rogers

George Rogers

Mary Rogers

Martin Rogers

Sarah Rogers

John Rook

Mary Rook

Sarah Rumble

Thomas Rumble

William Rumble

Esther Rust?

Amelia Sanders

John Sanders

Alice Sell

Emma Sell

Lucy Sell

Rebecca Sell

Samuel Sell

Cornelius Smith

Elizabeth Smith

Ephraim Smith

John Smith

Mary Sorrell

Thomas Sorrell

Charles Trigg

Elizabeth Westwood

George Westwood

James Westwood

Mary White

Frederick Whyman

John Widlock

Emma Wisbey

George Wisby

Hannah Wisby

Samuel Wisby

Stephen Wisby

William Wisbey

Alfred Wombwell

Charles Wombwell

Elizabeth Wombwell

George Wombwell

Henry Wombwell

Jane Wombwell

John Wombwell

Louisa Wombwell

Hannah Woodcock

William Woodcock

Emma Wright

Marian Wright

William Wright

DUDDENHOE END PRIMITIVE METHODISTS 1851-61:

George Andrews

Harriet Andrews

Jane Andrews

Samuel Andrews

Aaron Belsham

Elijah Brazier

Meller Brazier

Peter Brazier

Elijah Bye

Ann Chapman

Rebecca Chatters?

William Clayden

Elizabeth Coot

William Coot

Abraham Ford

Ann Ford

Luke Ford

Clarissa Hales

David Halls

John Hills

Henry Killingbeck

Elizabeth Medcalf

Susan Medcalf

Elizabeth Mitchell

Susan Mitchell

Mary Moss

Mary Pledger

Nehemiah Pledger

Nathaniel Plumb

Susan Plumb

Emma Purkis

George Purkis

Harriet Purkiss

Jeremiah Purkiss

Mary Purkiss

Sarah Purkis

Stephen Purkis

Julia Reader

Mary Ann Reader

William Reader

Catherine Ruttland

Deborah Ruttland

Eliza Ruttland

Elizabeth Saville

Samuel Saville

Hannah Smith

Aaron Sorrell

John Sorrel

Mary Sorrel

Susan Sorrel

John Stubings

Mary Stubings

Joseph Surrage

Josiah Surrage

Mary Surrage

John Ward

Mary Ward

Samuel Abraham

Ann Boyten

Caroline Copling

James Copling

Susan Copling

Elizabeth Corby

William Cranwell

Charles Debnam

George Dodkin

Rebecca Dodkin

William Dodkin

William Hagger

Jane Harvey

Elizabeth Heaves (Ives)

Eliza Ives

James Heaves (Ives)

Nathan Eaves (Ives)

Charlotte Jeffry

John Jeffry

George Law

Mary Law

Aaron Phillips

Moses Phillips

Thomas Phillips

Elizabeth Piggott (Pickett?)

John Piggott

Mary Piggott

William Revel

Sarah Savill

Eliza Sell

George Sell

Sarah Sell

William Sell

John Smith

Sarah Smith

Susan Smith

Charles Tofts

Thomas Tofts

William Tofts

William Warren

Elizabeth Wilson

James Wilson

Joseph Wilson

Elizabeth Wisby

George Wisby

Isaac Wisbey

William Wisbey

Arthur Wombell

Charles Wombell

John Wombwell

Peter Wombell

Sarah Wombwell

Susan Wombwell

Emma Barnard

Hannah Bayford

John Bayford

Thomas Bayford

John Buntiman

Lydia Buntiman

Rebecca Bush

Elizabeth Dellow

John Dellow

Emma Edwards

James Edwards

Kerrenhappuch Godfrey

Thomas Hammond

William Hammond

John Hartle

John Hasler

William Hasler

Elizabeth Horner

William Horner

Ann Howard

Eliza Jackson

Jane Jackson

Joseph Jackson

Thomas Jackson

David Johnson

Sarah Markwell

Sarah Monk

Abigail Parker

Charlotte Parker

David Parker

Erwine? Parker

Mary Parker

Sarah Parker

Thomas Parker

William Parker

Thomas Patmore

Rosana Peachey

Sarah Peachey

Susan Peachey

Susan Petchey

Mary Smith

James Taylor

Sarah Taylor

Thomas Taylor

William Tedder

Mary Trigg

William Trigg

Charlotte Warman

John Warman

William Warman

James Westwood

Ann Wheeler

Eliza White

William White

James Wright

Andrews, Joseph

Bacon, William

Banes, M

Barrett, Eliza

Bennett, Thomas

Bird, Susan

Bird, Joseph

Bishop, Sarah

Burton, Mary Ann

Burton, Richard

Byatt, William

Byatt, Susan

Byatt, Ann

Catin, Johnathon

Colley, William

Duce, James

Eldred, James

Eldred, Mary

Goodwin, John

Holland, Mary

Jeffery, Sarah

Kendall, Joseph

Kettle, John

Knowlden, Decimus

Knowlden,Mary

Law, Sarah

Nicklin, Samuel

Nicklin, Jane

Parmeter, Mary

Pearson, Charles

Pearson, Eliza

Porcher, Daniel

Richardson, John

Rules, Charles

Rush, Richard

Sampkin, Saul

Shepherd, George

Shepherd, William

Shepherd, Eliza

Warren, Mary

Williams, Mary

Williams, Henry

SAFFRON WALDEN PRIMITIVE METHODISTS, 1861:

Adams, John

Augur, Emma

Augur, William

Augur, Hester

Baily,

Barker, Charlotte

Bird, Charles

Bird, William

Button, Abigail

Button, Henry

Byatt, Sarah

Coe, Ann

Eldred, James

Eldred, Mary

Fish, Mary

Fish, John

Haylock, William

Hoppett, Eliza

Kettle, John

Lane, Mrs.

Law, John

Knowlden, Mary

Marshall, Mr.

Moon, James

Moon, Emily

Moone, Mary

Nash, Betsy

Negus, Aaron

Negus, Ann

Nott, Elizabeth

Parminter, Margaret

Reader, Richard

Rider, Charles

Rooks, Joseph

Salmon, James

Salmon, Ruth

Savill, Jane

Seaman, Caroline

Seaman, William

Shepherd, William

Shepherd, George

Steadman, william

Symmonds, James

Andrews, Robert

Auger, William

Auger, Emma

Bacon, Charles

Barker, Eliza

Basett, Henry

Bird, Joseph (Sawston)

Bowtell, George

Bowtell, Martha

Bush, Mary

Chapman, Walter

Clarke, Edwin

Clarke, Letitia

Cornell, James

Cowling, Mary

Cowling, Daniel

Dawson, Lewis

Dyke, Joshua

Eldred, James

Eldred, Mary

Fish, James

Fish, Mary

Hills,

Hilson, Robert

Kettle, John

Pledger, James

Pledger, George

Rands, Sarah

Richardson, Thomas

Richardson, Sophia

Rosendale, Arthur

Salmon, James

Sell, Mary Ann

Smart, Eliza

Start, George

Steed, Mary

Steed, Fanny

Wakeling, Emily

Warren, Mary

Wilson,

Wren, Alfred

Wright, Sarah

SAFFRON WALDEN PRIMITIVE METHODISTS, 1881:

Adams, George

Appleby, Annie M

Auger, Emma

Augur, William

Bacon, Charles

Barker, Eliza

Barker, John

Barker, Louisa

Barker, George

Barker, William

Bird, Charles

Bird,

Bird, Margaret

Bush, Elizabeth

Butcher, Joseph

Butcher, Mary A

Butcher, Walter

Buttle, John R

Caton, Jane

Cowling, Mary

Cowling, John

Cowling,

Draine, Bennet C

Driberg, Elijah

Edards, James

Eldred, Mary

Erswell, edward

Fish, James

Freeman, William

Gibbs,

Gilbey, Susan

Gilbey, John

Gilbey, Mary A

Green, Charles

Hayden, Alfred

Haylock, William

Hurry, Charles

Kent, Joseph

Kettle, John

Kettle, Mary A

Long, Robert

Mansfield, Charles

Peachey, Henry

Penning, George

Pledger, Ellen

Purkiss, John

Reed, Thomas

Reed, Alice

Richardson, Henry

Rust, Ester

Salmon, James

Salmon, William

Salmon, Lucy

Salmon, Sarah

Salmon, Emma J

Salmon, George

Sell,

Sergeant, Grace

Start, Thomas

Thompson, R

Thompson, H

Warren, Mary

Woolard, Susan

Woolard, William

Woolard, Susan

Wright, Sarah

Wright, Charles

Wright, Mary A

Adams, George

Auger, Emma

Bird, Annie

Borrett, William

Burbridge, Ellen J

Burbridge, George

Bush, J

Bush, Mrs.

Butcher, Joseph

Butcher, Mary A

Cornell, Joseph

Cornell, William

Edwards, Arthur

Edwards, Jane

Eldred, Mary

Fish, James

Halls,

Harrington, Alfred

Haylock, William

Kettle, John

Kettle, Mary A

Nokes, Esther

Pledger, Ellen

Pledger, Hannah

Reed, Thomas

Rust, Esther

Salmon, Albert J

Salmon, Alfred

Salmon, Emma J

Salmon, James

Salmon, Mark

Salmon, Mary J

Salmon, Sarah

Salmon, William,

Skillings, Arthur C

Thurgood,

Thurgood, Josiah

Thurgood, Lizzie

Thurgood, Mrs

Wright, Charles