16. John Adey (Richard , John , John , John ) was born about 1747. He died about 1786.
A John Adey married Hannah Brown on 21st April 1772 in Dursley.
He had the following children:
19. Sarah Adey (Thomas , John , John , John ) was born in 1752 in Painswick. She died in 1777.
Painswick Parish Records show that John Cooke of Miserden married Sarah Adey of Painswick on 2nd April 1771 in the presence of Thomas Adey.
Sarah married John Cooke on 2 Apr 1771 in Painswick. John was born on 7 Apr 1747 in Miserden, Gloucester.
They had the following children:
20. John Adey (Daniel , John , John , John ) was christened on 5 Jul 1752 in Gloucester. He was buried on 10 Jan 1830 in Stroud Old Meeting House.
John was a clothier. probably working with the Stanleys of Rock Mill, Painswick. . In 1795 James Stanley is shown as owner occupier of Rock Mill. In 1797 John Adey, clothier is shown as the occupier.
He was a prominent member of Stroud Upper Meeting House and he made and gave the pulpit to Painswick Congregational Chapel in about 1800.
Stroud Old Meeting House records describe John as John Adey formerly of Rock Mill.
John married Sarah Stanley daughter of James Stanley on 3 Jun 1789 in Painswick. Sarah was born in 1769. She was christened on 15 Jan 1769 in Gloucester. She died in 1820. She was buried on 26 Aug 1820 in Stroud Old Meeting House.
Sarah was daughter of James Stanley who bought Rock Mill on the Stroud to Gloucester Road a mile downstream from Small's Mill in approx 1790. According to A History of the County of Gloucester Volume XI the mill was owned and occupied by James Stanley in 1795, by John Adey in 1797 and Timothy Stanley in 1809. The mill was put up for sale after the death of James Stanley in 1815 when it contained 3 stocks and a gig-mill.
John and Sarah had the following children:
37 F i Elizabeth Adey was born in 1790. 38 F ii Anne Adey was born in 1791. She was christened on 27 Jul 1791 in Stroud Old Meeting House. She died about 30 Aug 1859. She was buried in Common grave number 023674 Abney Park Cemetery.
It is assumed that the Ann Adey buried at Abney Park is this Ann Adey but there is no proof at present.+ 39 F iii Mary Adey 40 F iv Hannah Adey was born in 1794. She was christened on 4 Sep 1794 in Stroud Old Meeting House. 41 F v Hephzibah Adey was born in 1796. She was christened on 7 Apr 1796 in Stroud Old Meeting House.
Hephzibah married William Fluck a clothier at Pitchcombe Mill in 1834. In 1838 he installed 3 power looms and had 35 hand looms with 16 winter hp and 8 summer hp. In 1844 he had the Valtch Mill, Slad and 6 powers looms, 55 hand looms with 66 steam hp and 2 12hp water wheels.
The 1841 census shows Hephzibah Adey (aged 40) in Middle St, Stroud with Hephzibah Hodges.Hephzibah married William Fluck. 42 F vi Sarah Adey was born in 1797. She was christened on 18 Sep 1797 in Stroud Old Meeting House.
21. Daniel Adey (Daniel , John , John , John ) was born in 1763/1772. He died in 1836.
Family tradition says that Daniel opened a short lived Sunday School in a cottage at Edge in the latter part of 1780. The Sunday school probably at Priscilla Kings was visited by Robert Raikes who is credited with starting the present system of Sunday Schools after opening one in Gloucester in 1780. According to his sons obituary the home was often visited by Rev Conelius Winter (minister of Painswick Congregational Chapel) and Rev William Jay of Bath (minister of Argyle Street Chapel, Bath for more than 60 years). Robert Raikes was an ocassional visitor and with Daniel he started the second Sunday School at Painswick Edge.
Daniel is believed to have had 3 wives. Catherine Sims was his first wife.
Family tradition says that around 1780 he went to Turnham Green , Middlesex, as a grocer but by 1820 only Thomas Adey is found there as a grocer and cheesemonger. Tradition and his sons obituary then places him at Laleham, Middlesex and Chobham, Surrey. Rev John's letters show him there from 1826 to 1834, in the last two years "an old man" "in poor circumstances", cared for by his neice Hepsibah. He had died before July 1837.
Either he or one of his brothers carved and gave the pulpit for the rebuilt Congregational Chapel in Painswick in 1803.
He was possibly a yeoman in Chiswick from 1799 to 1806.
Daniel married (1) Catharine Sims in 1792. Catharine was born in Stroud.
Sims was a common name in Stroud at this time.
Daniel and Catharine had the following children:
43 M i Rev John Adey was born on 15 May 1793 in Painswick. He died on 16 Dec 1869. He was buried in Grave number 006231 Abney Park Cemetery.
The British Library lists a number of books published by John Adey including The Eleventh Hour (1835, 46 pages, published by Ward & Co), Hymms for Public Worship (1845, published by E F Gooch of London), Hymms original and selected (1831, published by Westley & Davies of London), The Night Cometh (1858, 16 pages, published by Ward & Co), Puritan-Gems (1850) and The Convert From Popery (1851, 32 pages, published by Snow of London).
John was a Congregationalist (according to his obituary the Adey family had been non conformists for more than 200 years) he was born in Painswick and as a boy he often accompanied the Rev Cornelius Winter in his village labours and his preaching visits to the villages around Painswick. Cornelius Winter was the Congregational Pastor, the chapel is now named after him, he was the friend of Whitefield and the tutor of William Jay. He was the leader of 6 men who started Sunday School in Gloucester and taught themselves - often regarded as the real start of the voluntary system. Although Raikes had previously started Sunday Schools they had stopped after his death. According to F C Adey in A Cotswold Methodist Heritage hundreds of sunday schools failed due to lack of funds and the trouble was threatening to become fatal until a school with unpaid teachers led by John Adey was set up in the Countess of Huntingdon's Chapel in St Mary's Square, Gloucester.
While in Gloucester John was a drapers assistant, later he was engaged in business in Winslow, Buckinghamshire and spent his leisure time as an itinerant preacher. On Sundays he visited different villages in the neighbourhood and began work in Great Horwood where he founded a Sunday School for children that he found on the street. He found that adults also required instruction, he gathered them together and found friends to speak to them. On one occasion his friend did not arrive and so John preached his first sermon. Shortly after this he gave up his business interests, moved to Great Horwood and devoted himself full time to his preaching. In 1820 he was ordained after studying under Dr William Harris of Kingston, Surrey, who became a tutor at Hoxton Academy. According to West Gallery Churches website at http://www.westgallerychurches.com/Bucks/indexbucks.html the Sunday School in Great Horwood was started in about 1819 by John Adey of Winslow (Buckinghamshire) and led to the formation of an adult congregation for the increased needs of which a barn was fitted up as a schoolhouse and place of worship in 1821. A gallery was added 2 years later. The chapel, built as a barn, has brick walls and a tiled roof but the original barn enterances are still visible in the north and south walls. The interior retains its original seating with shaped ends to open benches. The gallery seats have open backs, the ends of two of which rise to slender posts serving as candle sconces. The east gallery has a plain panelled front. An ecclesiastical census from 1851 shows a general congregation of 140 for morning worship and 200 for evening worship.
In 1827 he took over from Rev James Skinner aged 78 who died after 42 years as Pastor in Cranbrook, Kent. Cranbrook Independent Chapel was at that time known as the "Chapel on the Hill". It was furnished with pews, a gallery, pulpit etc. Water colour pictures, of the outside and inside, painted by a former pastor many years ago hang in the vestry of the present day church. The church from Johns time is now three cottages which are private dwellings and one is still called "Dissenters Cottage". The church records from this period are unfortunately missing.
In 1830 he moved to Ramsgate, Kent (where he succeeded George Townsend). While in Ramsgate he often used to visit London where he preached at Surrey Chapel. This church still has a copy of his portrait signed "I am, your truly, Jno Adey".
John preached to North Sea Fisherman in Bethel and was London Missionary Society director from 1832 to 1855 The London Missionary Society was founded by William Wilberforce and other members of "The Clapham Sect". He was associated with continental work of the Sunday School Union, a hymn writer and phamphleteer, also a very early advocate (possibly 2nd) of early closing of shops.
The Times on 2nd November 1836 featured a lengthy editorial/leader beginning "There has recently sprung up in the suburban district of Sloane-street a curious polemical warfare". The article discusses "irregular places of worship and unauthorised teachers" and in its conslusion the article refers to the Rev Mr Adey late of Ramsgate.
In 1836 he became Pastor of the Union Chapel, Parish Street, Horsleydown, Southwark a chapel which had been built in 1823 to replace an earlier chapel in Back Street, Horsleydown. Here he worked for 22 years, he built 2 schoolrooms, gathered a large church and congregation. He is credited with forming useful institutions, bringing hundreds of people into the church and introducing many young men to the ministry. At this time a great religious revival was taking place and Johns sermon "The Night Cometh" was published selling over 150,000 copies in the UK and colonies. Although long out of print in 2004 it is still possible to buy digital electronic reprints from at least 2 publishers in the USA. It is said that John attracted much attention by preaching to different trades often taking curious texts. To tanners he preached from "He lodgeth in the house of one Simon a tanner". On the death by accident of a carman in his congregation he took for his text "O Wheel".
The 1841 census for St Mary Newington, Lambeth shows John, eliza and 2 servants living in Surrey Square.
The Times for Monday 11th April 1842 contains the following in the Court Circular: "The Queen held a court on Saturday afternoon at Buckingham Palace for the reception of addresses on the thorne. The general body of Protestant Sissenting Monisters of the three denominations were conducted by Sir William Martins, Gentleman Usher in Waiting, from the Library, where they had assembled, up the Grand Staircase to the Throne-room, where the Rev E Henderson, DD, read an Address of Congratulations to the Queen on the auspicious birth of a Prince. Her Majesty returned a most gracious answer. The Rev Dr. Henderson and the Rev Edward Steane had the honour to kiss hands and the latter rev. gentleman presented to the Queen the members of the body. There were present the Rev Dr Jenkyn, Rev James Matheson DD, Rev J Morison DD, Rev Professor Hoppys LL D, Rev Professor Kidd, Rev G Clayton, Rev John Burnet, Rev John Howard Clinton MA, Rev S Tomkins MA, Rev H L Berry MA, Rev Thomas Russell AM, Rev F W Gotch AB, Rev Robert Ainslie, Rev Edward Mannering, Rev Edward Alexander Dunn, Rev William Williams, Rev Charles Williams, Rev W Johnstone Hope, Rev J Raban, Rev Thomas Timpson, Rev John Pulling, Rev Thomas James, Rev John Morris, Rev Michael Angelo Garvey, Rev John Adey, Rev George Rose, Rev William Norten, Rev George Pritchard, Rev H J Crump, Rev John Peacock, Rev Joseph Mason, Rev T Binney, Rev John Blackburn, Rev John H Godwin, Rev William Smith, Rev H B Jenis, Rev George Verrall, Rev DavidDavies, Rev B Woodyard, Rev Thomas Lewis, Rev W Stern Palmer, Rev Charles Gilbert, Rev John Yockney, Rev John Robinson, Rev Joseph John Freeman, Rev William Greser, Rev Robert Ashton, Rev Israel May Soule, Rev James Mirams, Clement Dukes AM, Fox Vardy AM, John Edgecombe Richards, William Bean and S Mainmery Homerton. Addresses to the same effect were also presented from the same bodies to his Royal Highness Prince Albert."
The Times for Thursday 30th June 1842 contains the following in the Court Circular: "The Queen held a Court yesterday afternoon at Buckingham Palace for the reception of addresses on the throne. The Protestant Dissenting Clergy of the Three Denominations arrived at the Palace to present a congratulatory address, and having been ushered up the grand staircase we conducted to the presence of the Queen. The deputation consisted of the following: - The Rev J Howard Hinton AM Chairman; Rev William Stern Palmer, Secretary; Rev John Pye Smith DD FRS &c; Rev Edward Alexander Dunn, Rev John Yockney, Rev William Williams, Rev Joseph Berry, Rev H B Jenis, Rev John Blackburn, Rev Thomas Timpson, Rev John Edgcome Richards, Rev Robert Philip, Rev John Tudor Rowland, Rev Professor Hoppus LLD FRS, Rev Joseph Belcher, Rev John Hunt, Rev Joseph Mason, Rev Stephen Augustine Dubourg, Rev David Denham, Rev HenryRichards, Rev John Andrew Jones, Rev Thomas Lewis, Rev Thomas Jackson, Rev Joseph John Freeman, Rev Stephen Joshua Davis, Rev Israel May Soule, Rev William Bean, Rev Robert Ashton, Rev Daniel Curtis, Rev Charles Williams, Rev William Grosser, Rev John Adey, Rev H L Berry, MA, Rev George Verrall, Rev John Edwards, Rev George Wyard, Rev John Morris and the Rev Benjamin Woodyard. The Rev J Howard Hinton AM read the address of congratulation, and Her Majesty was pleased to return a most gracious answer. The Rev J Howard Hinton and the Rev W Stern Palmer had the honour to kiss hands, and the deputation then retired."
The May 1844 edition of The Evangelical Magazine and Missionary Chronicle contains a portrait of John by H Room.
The 1851 census shows John (aged 57) living at 19 Surrey Square, Old Kent Road with his wife Eliza (aged 43), his niece Eliza (aged 10), his nephew Alfred Dresser (aged 19, occupation architect) and Hannah Whittaker a 27 year old servant from Matlock.
The Post Office Directory for 1852 shows Rev John Adey still living at 19 Surrey Square, Old Kent Road.
In January 1858 he became pastor of Bexleyheath, a church where he had already preached on occassions and which was according to family tradition was formed by his village preaching. He fitted up the market-house for a Sunday School, erected a chapel, a gallery and enlarged the building. According to a booklet "The Church on the Heath", the church opened on 14th June 1854 and previous ministers were Mr Noble, Mr J Barfitt and Mr Gilbert. During Johns first year at Bexleyheath the church spent £80 converting the old Market House to a Sunday School and £20 purchasing a small organ, both of these expenses were paid by John himself. The Times 12th May 1858 carries an announcement of the wedding of Mr Francis Hudson of Islington and Miss Julia Anne West of Bexley married at the Congregational Chapel, New Bexley by Rev John Adey.
The 1861 census for Bexley, Kent shows John & Eliza living on Bexley Heath, North Side with his niece Eliza and one servant.
In 1861 the church had financial problems and the pastor was not paid, John wrote them a rather stern letter and offered to give up his fixed income in return for the pew rents.
He retired in 1868 and on resigning a testimonial was presented to him at a public meeting presided over by his relative Mr Daniel Pratt amd attended by twenty other ministers.
On 4th December 1869 he was struck with paralysis and he died 12 days later.
He was buried in grave number 006231 at Abney Park Cemetery but unfortunately the sandstone monument is badly weathered and almost unreadable although in 2004 it was possible to make out a reference to "The Night Cometh" and to "The Lord of the Vineyard" (a verse which is printed inside the front cover of The Night Cometh). According to the cemetery records and the inscription John is buried with his wife Eliza Ann. The cemetery records show that Julianna Dresser was buried in the same grave on 1st March 1851, Julianna Dresser was the wife of John Dresser, the mother of Alfred Dresser and that she was formerly Julianna Gooch, the sister of John's wife Eliza Ann Gooch. The Rev Robert Ashton officiated at Abney Park whilst funeral sermons were preached by Rev H Young at Painswick, Rev H J Bevis at Ramsgate, Rev J Moss at Horselydown and Rev E Mannering at Bexley Heath.
John's obituary was published on page 300 of the 1871 Congregational Year Book and in the February 1870 Evangelical Magazine. A favourite motto of his was "Earth for work, Heaven for rest".John married Eliza Ann Gooch daughter of Thomas Gooch and Ann Woodruff on 19 Nov 1833 in St Giles, Camberwell, Surrey. Eliza was born in 1807 in Clerkenwell. She died on 1 Dec 1871. She was buried on 7 Dec 1871 in Grave number 006231 Abney Park Cemetery.
The Times for Tuesday 12th December 1871 announced that Eliza Ann Adey widow of Rev John Adey died at her residence in Bexley-Heath aged 64+ 44 M ii Rev Edward Adey + 45 M iii Daniel Francis Adey
Daniel married (2) Hannah Reay in 1824.
Daniel married (3) Sussanah Carter in 1834.
22. Winifred Adey (Daniel , John , John , John ) was born in 1769/1770.
Winifred married Onesiphorus Stanley, a clothier and son of James Stanley, by licence, in Painswick.
Winifred married Onesiphorus Stanley on 24 Oct 1788 in Painswick.
They had the following children:
26. Lucy Adey (Daniel , John , John , John ) was born in 1778/1779.
Lucy married William Pratt on 14 Feb 1809 in Painswick. William was born in 1779 in Miserdine, Gloucestershire.
They had the following children:
+ 54 M i Rev John Adey Pratt 55 F ii Lucy Ann Pratt was born in 1814. + 56 M iii Daniel Pratt 57 M iv Rev William Coolling Pratt was born in 1816. He died in 1874. 58 M v Thomas Pratt.
Thomas and Sophia moved to Canada in the 1840s. In 2006 there were about 80 descendants of Thomas living in Canada, mainly in Alberta and British Columbia.Thomas married Sophia Pedgrift on 7 May 1841 in London.
29. John Adey (Richard , Richard , John , John ) was born in 1743. He died in 1820.
The Universal British Directory, 1791 lists John Adey, pinmaker as one of the principal inhabitants of Gloucester as both a member of the Gentry and a Trader.
John Adey, Gentleman of Gloucester, was an elder of Southgate Congregational Chapel in Southgate Street, Gloucester from 1797 to 1807 and senior trustee and treasurer from 1809 to 1819. The church usually owed him and in 1818 as much as £32.12. He is described as a pinmaker in 1805 and later as a pin manufacturer. He owned many properties in and around the city of Gloucester.
His lengthy will was proved in London on 22nd April 1820. He left his copyhold estate in Painswick to his son Richard and his 3 daughters Ann Tippotts, Mary Thomson and Sarah Martin received £100 each. His freehold tithes were left to his son Richard, John Garn and Edward Bower with instructions that they should be sold to pay his daughters and any money left over should go to Richard. He left other freehold and leasehold lands to John Garn and Edward Bower. His lands in Drakes Croft in the hamlets of St Michael and St Mary, occupied by John Tovey on trust were to be used to give an income for his daughter Ann, those occupied by Samuel Nichols (butcher) were to give an income for his daughter Mary and those occupied by John Saunders to give an income to his daughter Sarah. Other lands in St Michael occcupied by various people including lands previously occupied by John himself and lands purchased from the Duke of Norfolk were to be used to create an annuity for Mary. The will also mentions his first cousin and friend Samuel James Horseman?, his friend William Bishop (minister of The Southgate Meeting House), Eliza Horseman (daughter of Samuel) and his aunt Susanna Adey who received an annuity.
A codacil was added to the will in 1819 revoking any monies due to George Martin, adding Richard as an executive and ensuring that Sarah's childern received support.
A Samuel Horseman died in Keynsham in 1858.
A Susanna Adey died in Clifton in 1859.
William Bishop, dissenting minister of an independent meeting house died in 1832.
John married Mary Pouis?. Mary was born in 1749. She died in 1816.
They had the following children:
59 M i John Adey was born in 1771. He died in 1800.
According to family records a Painswick clothier who purchased manorial lands in 1793 and moved to the City of Gloucester. He died intestate in 1800 and administration papers were granted to his father John, John Pytt printer of the City of Gloucester and Samuel Daniell a hatter of the City of Gloucester.60 M ii William Adey was born in 1772.
On 30th July 1791 at Buckingham General Sessions in Aylesbury a 19 year old William Adey, formerly of the 29th regiment of foot, was found guilty of stealing from the Wantage carrier (grand larceny) and sentenced to be transported for 7 years. He was transfered to the Stanislaus Hulk in Woolwich and then to Portsmouth where he sailed on 30th May 1792 aboard the Royal Admiral arriving in Sydney, New South Wales on 7th October 1792. The Royal Admiral belonged to the Chitty/Bowness line and the ships master was Henry Essex. Two people found guilty of burglary at the same court sessions were sentenced to death. It is not certain if this is the same William Adey but there is no further mention of William Adey in England and he is not mentioned in his fathers will.61 F iii Mary Adey was born in 1773/1775.
Died youngMary married ? Thompson. 62 M iv Ebenezer Adey was born in 1776. 63 M v Thomas Adey was born in 1780. He died in 1805. + 64 M vi Richard Adey 65 F vii Mary Adey was born in 1783. 66 F viii Sarah Adey was born in 1788.
A Sarah Ady married Abraham Gaston on 26th December 1811 in Minchinhampton.
The 1851 census shows a Sarah Adey Pauper/Cloth worker lving in Wotton Under Edge. Possibly this is the same person.Sarah married George Martin. 67 F ix Ann Adey. Ann married Living.