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| 👶 Birth | 17 May 1806 | Huxley, Cheshire 📍 ⓘBiography |
| ⛪ Baptism | 29 Jun 1806 | St Peter Parish Church, Waverton, Cheshire 📍 ⓘBaptism Records 📎 View |
| 🏠 Lived | 1819 (13) | Elm Tree Farm, Hoofield Lane, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 ⓘA History of Hargrave and Huxley 🏛️ Regency period — George III incapacitated · Peterloo Massacre |
| 💒 Marriage | 23 Aug 1829 (23) | Elizabeth SADLER St Peter Parish Church, Waverton, Cheshire 📍 ⓘDella Torra 📎 View 📎 View Waverton Marriage 23/08/1829 John Sadler of the parish of Shotwick and Elizabeth Sadler of this parish married by Licence "with consent of parents". Witnesses were Joseph Wright and Thomas Neave. 🏛️ Catholic Emancipation Act |
| 🏠 Lived | 1830 (24) | Next door to Brook Cottage, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Elizabeth SADLER 🏛️ William IV accedes to the throne · Liverpool and Manchester Railway opens |
| 💼 Occupation | from 1830 (24) | Local Primitive Methodist Preacher 🔗 View |
| 💼 Occupation | 1830 (24) | Taught a day school assisted by his wife Next door to Brook Cottage, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 |
| 🏠 Lived | 1834 (28) | Farm, Clotton Hoofield, Cheshire 📍 with Elizabeth SADLER 🏛️ Tolpuddle Martyrs transported · Poor Law Amendment Act — workhouses established |
| 🏠 Lived | 1836 (30) | Next door to Brook Cottage, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Elizabeth SADLER ⓘTithe Map 📎 View About 1838 John Sadler was listed at the occupier of land owned by John Farrall at Huxley on the Cheshire tithe map consisting of nine acres of land in seven parcels including a house and garden known as Brook Cottage (now Brook Lodge). The year is not quite correct as William Sadler died in 1836 and according to the book 'A History of Huxley & Hargrave' John Sadler moved to the family homestead by 1838. |
| 🏠 Lived | 1841 (35) | Elm Tree Farm, Hoofield Lane, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Elizabeth SADLER ⓘ1841 Census 📎 View 120 Acre Farm. In 1841 according to the census there were two young male servants and two young female servants living in. |
| 💒 Marriage | 13 Feb 1845 (39) | Martha FINDLOW Independent Chapel, Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire 📍 📎 View The witnesses were: Amos Sadler and Ann Findlow 🏛️ Irish Potato Famine — mass emigration |
| 🏠 Lived | 1851 (45) | Elm Tree Farm, Hoofield Lane, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Martha FINDLOW ⓘ1851 Census 📎 View In 1851 two servants lived with the family: Ann Farrall aged 20, House Servant and Peter Woolley aged 15, Farm Labourer 🏛️ Great Exhibition at Crystal Palace |
| 💼 Occupation | 1851 (45) | Farmer of 109 acres employing 2 lads ⓘ1851 Census |
| 💼 Occupation | 1860 (54) | Farmer ⓘA History of Hargrave and Huxley |
| 🏠 Lived | 1861 (55) | Elm Tree Farm, Hoofield Lane, Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Martha FINDLOW ⓘ1861 Census 📎 View In 1861 there were two servants living with the family 🏛️ Death of Prince Albert |
| 💼 Occupation | 1861 (55) | Farmer of 120 acres employing 1 labourer and 2 boys ⓘ1861 Census |
| 🏠 Lived | 1869 (63) | Huxley, Cheshire 📍 with Martha FINDLOW |
| 📝 Will | 19 Jan 1869 (63) | ⓘWill 📎 View I John Sadler of Huxley in the Parish of Waverton and County of Chester declare this to be my last Will and Testament. I do hereby give unto my dear Wife Martha Sadler all my real and personal estate whatsoever whatever and wherever to hold unto her and for her own special use during her natural life except she should marry and then in that case namely her marriage or at her decease I order that all my property if anything there be shall be divided amongst all my children namely Ephraim, Elizabe… Show more |
| ✝️ Death | 15 Mar 1871 (65) | Kelsall, Cheshire 📍 Diseased Liver ⓘGrave Headstone 📎 View 🏛️ Bank Holidays introduced |
| 🪦 Burial | 16 Mar 1871 (65) | Huxley Jubilee Primitive Methodist Chapel, Huxley Lane, Huxley, Cheshire, CH3 9BQ 📍 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View 📎 View The headstone is at the very front of the chapel facing the road are reads: In Loving Memory of John Sadler of Huxley who died March 15th 1871 aged 64 years. For 52 years a member of the Primitive Methodist Society Local Preacher & Leader for 38 years Also Martha, widow of the above, who died November 11th 1896 aged 79 years Also Rev. John Sadler, son f the above, who died April 17th 1924 aged 79 years Also Sarah Sadler, widow of the above, who died November 18th 1926 aged 76 years "The mem… Show more |
| ⚖️ Probate | 28 Apr 1871 (65) | Chester, Cheshire 📍 ⓘGrant of Probate 📎 View |
Children with Elizabeth SADLER
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b. 1831, Huxley, Cheshire · d. 1903, 34 Wellington Road, Eccles, Lancashire · m. Hannah SADLER
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b. 1833, Huxley, Cheshire · m. Thomas DENTITH
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b. 1837, Huxley, Cheshire · d. 1887, Northwich, Cheshire · m. John REECE
Children with Martha FINDLOW
b. 1846, Huxley, Cheshire · d. 1924, Manchester House, Tarvin, Cheshire · m. Sarah SMITH
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b. 1847, Waverton, Cheshire · d. 1920, Laurel Bank, Tarvin, Cheshire · m. Sarah Elizabeth GUNNERY
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b. 1849, Huxley, Cheshire · d. 1922, Road Cottage Farm, Higher Kinnerton, Flintshire · m. Eliza DILWORTH
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b. 1851, Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire · d. 1851, Great Boughton, Chester, Cheshire
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b. 1852, Waverton, Cheshire · d. 1904, Holme Street, Stamford Bridge near Chester, Cheshire · m. Martha Jane OWENS
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b. 1854, Waverton, Cheshire · d. 1942, 156 Station Road, Pendlebury, Manchester, Lancashire · m. Virginia WHITTAKER
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b. 1857, Waverton, Cheshire · d. 1921, Kings Norton, Leicestershire · m. Mary Ellen DERBYSHIRE
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b. 1859, Waverton, Cheshire · d. 1945, Redruth, Cornwall, Devon · m. Emily SMITH
Notes
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1872
Connexional Biography (Pages 360 - 363)
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
John Sadler
The subject of the following sketch, late of Huxley, in the Chester circuit, was born at Huxley, near Chester, May 17th, 1806, and at a very early age was taken by the kindest and best of fathers, to the house of God, and was privileged to listen to honoured Wesleyan ministers. He was the subject of early and powerful religious impressions, which eventuated in his… Show more
Connexional Biography (Pages 360 - 363)
John Rylands University Library of Manchester
John Sadler
The subject of the following sketch, late of Huxley, in the Chester circuit, was born at Huxley, near Chester, May 17th, 1806, and at a very early age was taken by the kindest and best of fathers, to the house of God, and was privileged to listen to honoured Wesleyan ministers. He was the subject of early and powerful religious impressions, which eventuated in his… Show more
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