John Wells
General information▶Date of birth: 18 October 1792 Place of birth: Horsham, Sussex ▶Father: John Wells Mother: Mary ▶Spouse(s): - Date(s) of marriage: Place(s) of marriage: ▶Occupation: Clergyman (Countess of Huntingdon’s Connexion) ▶Lifestory: The Revd. John Wells was a nonconformist clergyman who belonged to Lady Huntingdon’s Connexion and lived in one of the poorer streets in Pittville. He was born in Horsham, Surrey, in 1792, the son of John Wells and his wife Mary; he was baptised at Horsham Independent Chapel. By 1821 he had graduated from Cheshunt College in Cambridge, founded by the Countess of Huntingdon, and in that year he was ordained to serve at the Countess of Huntington’s Chapel, North Place, Cheltenham. He lived with his sister Phoebe at No 6 (or perhaps 3) Northfield Terrace between 1831 and 1842, during which time he regularly bought subscriptions allowing his family to walk in the Pittville Gardens. Wells remained in Cheltenham until at least 1845, when he retired from his ministry and lived with two of his sisters, Phoebe and Charlotte, on North Parade in his native Horsham, where he remained until his death, unmarried, in 1863, at about the age of seventy. His effects amount to less than £1,500 in value. ▶Moved to Pittville from: Cambridge Moved from Pittville to: Horsham, Sussex ▶Date of death: c16 February 1863 Place of death: Horsham, Sussex ▶Date of burial: Place of burial: ▶Notes: See his entry on the Surman index. Not to be confused with the Revd. John Wells (late of Lambrook, Somerset) who was ordained at an Independent church in Winsham, Somerset. ID: 12734 Contributor(s): John Simpson
Found no family members on the Pittville History Works Database (based on “relation to head” in the 1841-1911 census records and 1939 register records) |