Kendall, Joseph (1827-1890)

Joseph Kendall was born on 19th December 1827 in Ashby, Brigg, Lincolnshire. He was the son of Thomas Kendall and Frances ‘Fanny’ Dennis. Thomas was the village carrier. Joseph was one of ten sons and a daughter who survived to adulthood. Six of the ten brothers were ordained in the Primitive Methodist Church – Amos , Charles , Dennis, Henry, Thomas  and Joseph.

Before entering the Primitive Methodist ministry Joseph worked as a servant in Gainsborough.

Joseph’s stations as a Primitive Methodist minister were:

• 1849 Saffron Walden
• 1851 London I
• 1852 disappears

He joined the Wesleyan Reformers in 1855, becoming minister of the new Wesleyan Reform chapel in Louth, and with his congregation became part of the United Methodist Free churches in 1859. His stations were:

1855 Louth
1860 Bury
1863 Salford
1866 Manchester Lever Strett
1868 Bristol North
1871 Keighley
1872 Haslington
1875 Sunderland South: Durham Street
1877 Leamington
1879 Market Rasen
1882 Bury
1885 Brigg
1888 Blyth, Northumberland

Joseph married Charlotte Stanton (1830-1914) on  21 June, 1855 in Doncaster, and they had seven children:

• Maria Eva (1856-1922)
• Charles Thomas (1858-1926)
• Emily Annie (1859-1891)
• Susanna (b&d 1864)
• Alfred Henry (1870-1944)
• Effie Susanna (1871-1963)
• Fanny (b&d 1873)

He died on 16th September 1890 in Waterloo, Blyth, Northumberland.

References

O.A. Beckerlegge United Methodist ministers and their Circuits, 1968

W Leary, Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits, 1990

Maria Borrill The Kendall family of Ashby, Lincolnshire: a family history, 2009 [Maria is the great-great-great-grandaughter of Thomas and Fanny Kendall]