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Leighton Family and the Sandemanian Church

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Introduction

This page is part of the History of Nonconformists in London and surrounding counties, part of the TopicsTeam, a topic of the England Project.

Robert Sandeman
The Sandemanian church is a non-conformist protestant movement which began in Scotland in 1730’s and spread into England and to the USA. The church was founded by John Glas (1695-1773) (and is also known as the Glasite Church) but much of the teaching was developed and promoted by his son-in-law Robert Sandeman (1718-1771), who founded churches in England and in North America.


The churches were close knit communities, and many families were members of the church for several generations. There are 18 Leighton family members included in the London Sandemanian Church membership list 1762 – 1868 and many of the famly married into other church families with 6 men and 10 women from the family marrying spouses from other church families. See London Sandemanian Marriages and other links between church members for the full list.

See the Leighton Family category for individual profiles.


History of the Leighton Family

William Leighton was born in 1679 according to unsourced records, he married Margaret More in 1693 and lived in Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland and had at least 9 children.

One of his sons was Alexander Leighton born 1701, died 1775. He was a member of the Sandemanian Church in one of the Scottish congregations. One 24th January 1775 Alex Leighton died, aged 66. He had been putt away twice from the church. Appeared at death to hold very well the Divine righteousness as the only ground of his hope [1] The source is from a notebook written by a member of the church in Dundee, but this notebook may have covered more than one church.

Alexander Leighton had four sons who would have attended the Sandemanian church as children. Details are only known on Archibald Leighton. Archibald Leighton was born in 1742 in Aberdeen and married Margaret Mudie in 1761 in Dundee, who came from another nonconformist family. Alexander and Margaret moved to the City of London in about 1764 , where he established a successful bookbinding business. Archibald and Margaret were admitted in the London Sandemanian Church in 1778. When his first wife died the Sandemanian church elders helped him find his second wife, Euphan Douglas and she came from a Sandemanian family in Scotland. They married in 1781 at St Leonards, Shoreditch.

He has 23 children from his two marriages, according to contemporary accounts, but only about half have been identified. Many died young but the following lived to be adults.

George Leighton was born in 1762 and he married Abigail Egleton in 1785. She was also from a Sandemanian family. George was a bookbinder and when his father died, his step mother Euphan (Douglas) Leighton continued the business with George until he set up his own business at Vineyard Gardens, Clerkenwell.
Ann Madden Leighton was born in 1787 and she became a Sandemanian member in 1802 and married Thomas Iphedeiah Vincent in 1807. Thomas also came from a Sandemanian family and was an accountant.
Margaret Leighton was born about 1790 and married Robert Faraday in 1815. Robert's brother, the famous scientist Michael Faraday wrote a letter a year before the marriage saying how much in love Robert was. Robert became a Sandemanian member in 1821.
Archibald James Leighton was born about 1792 and married Harriet Gordon Ross. He ran a bookbinder business from Upper Ashby Street, Clerkenwell, which she carried on after his death. By 1881 she was employing "8 Hands".
Jane Nicoll Leighton was born in 1815 and her birth was registered at Dr Williams Library, a nonconformist Register. She remained single and worked as a silversmith.
George Leighton was born in 1816 and his birth Dr Williams Library, a nonconformist Register. George married Mary Ann Tobbit in 1842 and he worked as a modeller in the silver trade.
Abigail Harriet Leighton was born in 1817 and her birth was registered at Dr Williams Library, a nonconformist Register. She married Thomas Rickford in 1850, when she was 37. She was his second wife and he was a prison officer. Their children were christened in the Church of England.
Archibald Leighton was born in 1819 and married Matilda Proverbs Newell in 1845. He was a bookbinder and was probably not a nonconformist as his children were christened in the Church of England. He died in 1861 and 4 years later his wife and children emigrated to Melbourne Australia.
Charles Ross Leighton was born in 1822 and married Louisa Newell in 1847. Charles was a modeller and designer in the silver trade and died in 1861, and was buried in the Anglican Church in St Pancras. He left 4 small children.
Eliza Leighton was born in 1824 and in 1851 became the second wife of Charles Henry Fossey who had 5 children when they married. He was a pawnbroker.
Christopher Leighton was born about 1825.
Frederick Leighton was born in 1827 and became a modeller in the silver trade.
Jessie Leighton was born about 1832.
James Scott Leighton was born about 1834 and emigrated to Australia
Mary Leighton was born about 1837 and married Ferdinand Louis August Herbault in 1864
Thomas Baxter Leighton was born about 1841
Sarah Leighton was born about 1794 and married Daniel Deacon in 1816. He also came from a Sandemanian family and was employed as a clerk in the Bible Office, Fleet Street.
George Leighton was born about 1795 and married Phoebe Deacon in 1822.
Phoebe Leighton was born about 1822 and worked as a book plate placer.
Abigail Leighton was born about 1825 and worked as a book plate placer and bookbinders forewoman
George Benford Leighton was born about 1826 and served his apprenticeship with Eliezer Chater Wilson who came from a Sandemanian family. he became a printer by 1851. He probably emigrated to New Zealand and his son was christened on the journey in Bombay, India.
Edward Leighton was born about 1829 and became a printer
James Francis Leighton was born about 1830 and became a book binder. He also emigrated to New Zealand .
Henry Leighton was born in about 1833 and became a bootmaker
Stephen Leighton was born about 1798 and married Editha Helen Blair in 1822. He and his wife joined the Sandemanian church in 1823 and he became an elder in 1832.
Charles Blair Leighton was born in 1823 and married Caroline Boosey. They both became members of the Sandemanian Church in 1841 when they became adults and had grown up together in the church. Charles ran a publishing company with his brothers George Cargill Leighton and Stephen Leighton. He became a notable artist.
Abigail Leighton was born in 1824.
George Cargill Leighton was born in 1826 and he became a member of the Sandemanian Church in London in 1845. He married Margaret Faraday in 1849, the niece of Michael Faraday. She had become a Sandemanian member in 1841. He was in business with his brothers Charles Blair Leighton and Stephen Leighton. They ran a publishing company together.
Elizabeth (Leighton) Faraday was born in 1829 and married James Faraday in 1851, after his first wife had died. He was also a Sandemanian.
Helen (Leighton) Sandeman was born in 1831 and married Robert Sandeman in 1851, also from a Sandemanian family
Editha Jane (Leighton) Barnard was born in 1832 and married Vernor Barnard who has become a Sandemanian member in 1842.
Stephen Leighton was born in 1834 and married Christina Walker Todd) in 1859. He was a master printer in business with his brothers Charles Blair Leighton and George Cargill Leighton. By 1861 they were employing some eighty men and fifty boys
James Leighton was born in 1839
John Leighton was born about 1803 and married Matilda Deacon in 1826. He served an apprenticeship with Sandemanian Edward Barnard and became a silversmith. He became a Sandemanian in 1832. In 1851 he was living in Clerkenwell with his 5 children and Vincent Chater (15) and Thomas Barker (15), who may have been apprentices and also from Sandemanian families.
Charles Leighton was born about 1807 and became a Sandemanian member in 1831. He married Elizabeth Shaw in 1839 and was a coal merchant.
Mary Abigail Leighton was born about 1840 and married Theodore Baxter who also came from a Sandemanian family.
Elizabeth Leighton was born in 1841 and died in 1861 aged 20.
Jemima Leighton was born in about 1843 and married George Ross Baxter Sandeman in 1864.
Archibald Leighton was born about 1848 and married Marion Macomie in 1872, who also came from a Sandemanian family
Helen Leighton was born about 1850
Elizabeth Leighton was born in 1764 and married James Palmer in 1786
William Leighton was born in 1773 and was apprenticed to John Boosey a bookseller and Sandemanian elder in 1789.
John Leighton was born in about 1776. He was a bookbinder trading from 39 and also 40 Brewer Street. He became a member of the Sandemanian church in 1799 and became a deacon in 1813. He married Eleanor Mann who came from a Sandemanian family.
Margaret Leighton was born in 1798. Her parents registered the birth of their 5 children at Dr Williams Library, a nonconformiust registry in 1827. Later that day she was christened into the Church of England as an adult with her sister Elizabeth Leighton.
John Leighton was born in 1800 and in 1821 married Sarah Baynes, who was from a Sandemanian family. He was a bookseller in 1861 and publisher in 1871. He did not join the Sandemanians but several of the servants he employed came from Old Buckenham, Norfolk, where there was another Sandemanian church which was supported by the London Church.
James Leighton was born in 1802 and married Anne Fordham. He was a bookbinder, living in Brewer Street (1841, 1851)
Eleanor Leighton was born in 1806.
Elizabeth Leighton was born in 1808 and was christened into the Church of England as an adult in 1827.
Editha C. Leighton was born in 1778 in Scotland and never married.
Archibald Leighton was born in 1784. His mother Euphan Leighton took on the bookbinding business when his father died and Archibald went into partnership with his mother as Leighton and Son from from 1799 until 1835. Archibald was the first to use cloth binding. He died at 41 and left the business to his son Robert Leighton
Jane Leighton was born about 1817. She did not marry and lived with her mother Jane (Kemp) Leighton (abt.1785-1869), sister Ellen Leighton and brother William Henry Leighton
Ellen Leighton was born about 1818
Robert Leighton was born about 1822 and became a successful bookbinder, being a pioneer in the use of steam machinery in bookbinding. He married Caroline Ada (Hone) Leighton in 1849. By 1871 he was a master bookbinder employing 300 people, and living in Streatham, Surrey.
Fanny Elizabeth Leighton was born in 1852 and did not marry.
Caroline Ellen Leighton was born in 1853 and did not marry.
Robert Leighton was born in 1856 and married Clara Elizabeth (Bateman) Leighton (1854-1894). He was a a bookbinder
William Leighton was born in 1857 and married Harriett. He was employed as a printer (1881) and became a supervisor in a printing and paper manufacturer (1911)
Thomas Leighton was born in 1858 and married Edith Jane (Wilks) Leighton (1860-1906) in 1883. He was a wholesale bookbinder
Robert Leighton was born on 1884 and married Janet Wotherspoon in 1918. He became the managing director of Leighton Straker Bookbinding Co. Ltd
Douglas Leighton was born on 1886 and married Sarah West in 1915. He also became a managing director of a Bookbinding company.
Edith Janet Leighton was born on 1887
Kenneth Leighton was born on 1889 and died young
Archibald Leighton was born on 1892 and was killed in action in 1917
Harold Leighton was born on 1893 and was also killed in action in 1917
Alice Euphan Leighton was born on 1897
Emily Jane Leighton was born in 1860 and married John Bateman in 1885
Ada Matilda Leighton was born in 1862 and did not marry
Douglas Leighton was born in 1863 and married Ellen Homsby in 1890. He was a printer and publisher
Albert Leighton was born in 1864 and married Alice Needham. He was a publisher
Albert Lewis Leighton was born in 1895 and was a director of a printing and publishing company
Percy Lewis Leighton was born in 1898
William Henry Leighton was born about 1827 and was also a book binder.

Business Addresses

in 1784 Archibald Leighton (1742-1799) was trading from Cock Court, Saint Martin Le Grand, London as a bookbinder in the name of Archibald Leighton.[2]
In 1794 he was trading as a bookbinder from 5 Tennis Court,Middle Row, Holborn [3]
When he died in 1799 his wife continued the business.

Euphan Leighton was in business with her son, trading as Leighton and son from when her husband in 1799 died until 1835, when the partnership was ended. The announcement describes them as Euphan Leighton, Widow, and Archibald Leighton of Nos 54 and 55 Exmouth Street, Clerkenwell, Midddlesex, bookbinders, dated 4 July 1835 [4]

The bookbinders manual, 1832 [5] Leighton, Exmouth Street, Spafields
Leighton Vinyard Gardens, Clerkenwell
Leighton Brewer Street Golden Square John Leighton (abt.1776-abt.1857)

Leighton and Eeles, partnership of Archibald Leighton (died 1841) and Thomas Robert Eeles, 1837, 55 Exmouth Street Clerkenwell [6]

Robsons London Directory 1842 Leighton Archibald bookbinder 3 and 4 Lower Ashby Street Northampton Square 1842
Leighton and Eeles Bookbinders 54 and 55 Exmouth Street, 1842
Leighton James and Sons Bookbinders 40 Brewer Street, Golden Square, 1842 James Leighton (1802-)[7]

The Post Office London Directory 1843[8]
Leighton and Eeles Bookbinders 54 & 55 Exmouth St, Spafields
Leighton John and Sons Bookbinders 40 Brewer St Golden Sq
Leighton Archibald Bookbinder 4 Lower Ashby St., Northampton Squ
Leighton John Bookbinder and Stationer 19 High Road Camden Town
Leighton John Printer 10 Johnson's Court Fleet Street

Leighton James 40 Brewer Street (1846) [9] James Leighton (1802-)

John Leighton senior, 40 Brewer Street, 1870, Patents application [10] John Leighton (abt.1776-abt.1857)

Links to other Sandemanian families

There were strong links between the Leighton family and other Sandemanian families, which are detailed below.

Barnard Family

In 1817 John Leighton served his apprenticeship with Edward Barnard .
In 1853 Editha Leighton married Vernor Barnard .

Baxter

In 1861 Mary Abigail (Leighton) Baxter (abt.1840-) married Theodore Baxter (abt.1839-1868).

Baynes family

In 1821 John Leighton (1822-1912) i married Sarah Baynes (abt.1800-1877).

Boosey

In 1789 William Leighton (1773-) was apprenticed to John Boosey (abt.1736-1820).
In 1849 Charles Blair Leighton (1823-1855) married Caroline (Boosey) Leighton (1822-1910) .

Chater Family

In 1851John Leighton had Vincent Chater living with him, perhaps as an apprentice.

Deacon Family

In 1816 Sarah Leighton married Daniel Deacon.
In 1822 George Deacon married Phoebe Deacon.
In 1826 John Leighton married Matilda Deacon.

Egleton Family

In 1785 George Leighton married Abigail Egleton.

Faraday Family

In 1815 Margaret Leighton married Robert Faraday.
In 1851 Elizabeth (Leighton) Faraday (1829-1862) married James Faraday (abt.1817-1875).

Sandeman

In 1852 Helen (Leighton) Sandeman (1831-bef.1861) married Robert Sandeman (1825-1886).
In 1864 Jemima (Leighton) Sandeman (1843-1907) married George Ross Baxter Sandeman (1840-1880).

Vincent Family

In 1807 Ann Leighton married Thomas Vincent.

Research into the Sandemanian's in London

Introduction and Research Questions

An introduction to the Sandemanian Church includes an overview but also details of the categories used for the various families
Research into the London Sandemanian Church and the questions I am seeking to answer
The arrival of Sandemanianism in London with details of the people involved and the impact on the nonconformist community


Histories of other Sandemanian Families

Barnard Family and the Sandemanian Church
Baynes Family and the Sandemanian Church
Boosey Family and the Sandemanian Church
Chater Family and the Sandemanian Church
Deacon Family and the Sandemanian Church
Leighton Family and the Sandemanian Church
Peat Family and the Sandemanian Church
Rutt Family, London Nonconformists
Vincent Family and the Sandemanian Church
Young Family and the Sandemanian Church


Other pages with details of Sandemanians

Sandemanian Church London membership list 1762 - 1868 providing the most complete details of the London Sandemanian's with over 650 names included. Links added to Wikitree profiles as discovered.
Sandemanian Church London membership list as researched by Prof Geoffrey Cantor covering men and some of their wives from 1821-1867. Most have links to Wikitree profiles.
Sandemanian Church London membership list 1885 provides a one off snap shot of existing members in 1885. Most have links to Wikitree profiles.
London Sandemanian marriages and other links between families It was common in the Sandeman church in London for marriages to take place within the church, so this is a list of marriages and other links between church families.
Sandemanians and the bookbinding, paper and publishing trades There were 14 families in the London Sandemanian with links to the bookbinding, paper and publishing trades.
Grosvenor Family Stationers business Details of business addresses used by the company.
Reid and Sons Silversmiths a Sandemanian family from Newcastle, some of whom married into the London Church.
London Nonconformist Glass Cutters, the Leathley, Chater and Hayward Families The families were linked by marriage and in business, with some becoming Sandemanians.
Sandemanian Church, Old Buckenham, Norfolk and links with the church in London.
The letter from the London Sandemanian Church to the Edinburgh Church in 1855, including signatories to the letter.
Rev John Collett Ryland's Scholars


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==Links to the Glasite/Sandemanian Church==

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