Founders' Hall Independent Chapel, City of London

Date: 1760 [unknown]
Location: London, England
Surnames/tags: London Congregations nonconformist

Blue Plaque for Founders Hall, City of London

Contents 1 Introduction 2 Original Members 3 Merger with Aldermanbury Postern 3.1 Sources

Introduction

Founder's Hall Chapel, London, also known as Founders Hall, Lothbury, met from 1760 until 1797.

The Founders Hall congregation was formed in 1760 when Joseph Barber (1727-1810) moved to London to take charge of a newly formed church, consisting of those who had separated from Mr Samuel Pike (abt.1717-bef.1773)'s Church at Three Cranes. The church met at Little St Helens from 1760 until 1764 when the Founders Hall became vacant. In 1797 the congregation formed a union with the congregation at Aldermanbury Postern.

Original Members

The Church books describe the first meeting of those who had been ejected from the Three Cranes congregation. Record of the proceedings of the church of Christ late a part of the church under Pastoral care of Samuel Pike, (Chequeyard/ Three Cranes church) from the time of their ejection april 21 1760

23 April 1760 At a meeting of the ejected brethren this evening at the Amsterdam coffee house That were of the opinion that tho Mr Pike and that part of the church which side with him and approve of his new sentiments had unjustly (as we think) cast them out, yet it had not discord their relationship with each other. ^[1]

The names of the ejected members

Name	Admitted	Deceased	Place of abode	WT profile	Notes
Bro Willm Fuller	Time unknown		Lothbury	William Fuller (bef.1705-1800)
Bro Henry Horne	Ditto	Withdrawn	In the Burroughs
Sist Langton	Ditto	Deceased	In Bermondsey Street
Sist Mary Dove	1729 13th Feb	Died April 4 1772	Birch Lane
Bro Jere Arminger	1732 Mar 9	Deceased	Queen Stree
Sist Mary Fuller	1736 Sept 6	Feb 19 1765	Wife of bro Willm Fuller		I think his wife was Bethia (Wellingham) Fuller (1708-1765)
Bro John Wright	1736 Nov 1	Deceased	Walthamstow
Bro Thomas Uffington	1737 Aug 15	Deceased	Princes Street Lothbury
Bro John Vorvell	1737 Nov 13		Queens Street
Bro Benj Field	1739 April 2	Deceased	Grass Church Street	Benjamin Field (abt.1730-)
Sist Baillie	1739 Aug 6	June 11 1770	Hornchurch essex
Sist Mary Uffington	1739 Sept 3		Wife of bro Uffington
Bro Geo Welch	1740 Sept 22	Deceased	Lombard Street
Sist Mary Lynn	1740 Sept 22	Deceased	Stoke Newington
Sist Hester Cramphorn	1740 Mar 15	Deceased	Ditto
Sist Deboro Savage	1742 june 27		Maidston Kent
Sist Elizabeth Sivafield	1743 Aug 14	Deceased	White Chapple
Sist Ann Nealson	1743 Jan 1	Deceased	Queen Street
Sist Mary Nurden	1744 Nov 4	Deceased	Aldermanbury
Sist Sarah Hackshaw	1745 Nov 4	Deceased	Aldermanbury
Sist Ann Adams	1747 Jan 24	Deceased	Well Court Queen Street
Sist Eliz Wellings	1748 Oct 2	Deceased	Sun Yard, BishopsGate Street	Poss Elizabeth (Watson) Wellings (abt.1734-)
Bro John Hall	1749 apr 16	Deceased	Aldermanbury
Sist Ann Field	1749 Jan 21	Deceased	Wife of Benj Field
Bro James Marriott	1750 Aug 5	Deceased 1787	Little Eastcheap
Bro Thomas Welch	1751 Aug 26	Died May 9 1771	Crosby Square
Bro Allyn Simmons	1753 July 15		Lime Street Square	Allyn Simmons (1732-1792)
Sist Susanah Dyer	1753 Dec 30	Deceased 1787	Shoreditch
Sist Eliz Hall	1754 Jan 27	Deceased	Wife of Bro John Hall
Bro Sam Perry	1754 Aug 11	April 25 1765	Braintree Essex, Dismissed to the Church at Weatherfield, Essex
Sist Mary Barton	1754 Dec 1	Dismissed feb 27 1772	Norton Fallgate, Dismissed to Dr Conders Church Moorfields
Bro Thomas Fuller	1755 Jan 26	Deceased	Lombard Street	Thomas Fuller (abt.1735-1796)
Bro George Dyer	1755 Mar 23	Died May 2 1772	Shoreditch
Sist Frulock	1756 Mar 21	Deceased	Tottenham
Sist Flight	1757 Mar 21		Wlbrook, now of Hackney
Sist Elizabeth Giddon formerly Frulock	1756 Nov 23		Shrewsbury
Bro Henry Mayo	1757 Aug 29	sept 22 1762	Student at Mile End, withdrew his relation without dismissal	Henry Mayo (1733-1793)
Bro James Johnson	1758 May 29	Feb 2 1764	Stansted, Essex Dismissed to the church in Tadley, Hants
Bro John Stevens	1753 Oct 30	Feb 2 1762	Havant, Hants dismissed to the church at Tadley, Hants
Bro Tho Darby	1754 Oct 30	Deceased	Aldersgate Street
Forty members viz 19 men and 21 Women

Merger with Aldermanbury Postern

Click here for the Aldermanbury Postern Founders Hall category from 1797 onwards

See Wilson, W. (1808). The history and antiquities of dissenting churches and meeting houses, in London, Westminster, and Southwark. United Kingdom: author ; sold. Page 556 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_history_and_antiquities_of_dissentin/wpIsAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA532&printsec=frontcover

National Archives records The National Archives stores these records

Founders Hall (Independent Chapel) record of proceedings 1767-1797 https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/N13664769

Aldermanbury, Postern and Founder's Hall Chapel, London, Denomination: Independent:... See: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C2491940 with records from 1730-1800

Aldermanbury Postern (Independent) Chapel, London https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F106481 with records from 1730-1854

Sources

• google books