Daniel Matthews Baptist Minister

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Just made connection between Clay family and others to Daniel Matthews Baptist Minister who broke away from George Barr & Rowley Parish Church to set up Baptist Chapel at Bell End details below
Could not find his marriage to Mary so if anyone can find it would complete story .
Before his ministry he was a Huckster which I thought was someone who sold door to door ?

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Daniel Matthews and the strict Baptists of Bell End.
Strict Baptists owed their origins to Rowley and the preaching of the Rev George Barrs. Rowley Regis parish church had George Barr"™s as incumbent between 1800 and 1840, his forceful ministry was unlike any Anglican before him in Rowley. He bought about a change throughout the parish, raising moral standards, restoring law and order, getting rid of abuses and building up believers, he was vehement however against "believer"™s baptism." This led to some of his congregation check it out in their bibles "“ and found only believer"™s baptism to be there!

In his History of the Strict Baptist Chapels of England, Ralph Chambers tells us that George Barrs was a

"warm advocate for Scripture searching".Two of those who were members of the

Congregation of St. Giles Church were a Daniel Matthews and a Joseph Smith.

They listened to George Barrs' sermons on Infant Baptism and by searching the

Scriptures on their own became convinced in their own minds that baptism by immersion for believers only was the only baptism which Christ had given. This lead to a separation from the Church of England and eventually to

the formation of the congregations which became Strict Baptist churches. They

saw eye to eye with Barrs on the grand Scriptural truths of Covenant Redemption

but could not agree with his position on baptism.



Such men eventually started 3 strict Baptist churches within the Rowley parish which then included Old Hill and Blackheath. Including the churches which arose from them they gave the area more strict Baptist chapels per square mile than anywhere else in Britain.



In 1823 other Baptists opened a rented chapel in Bell End Rowley village and formed a church of seven members. Daniel Matthews had a choice between this new local Baptist group who"™s ministry had "a mixture of faith and works" and the more Calvinistic chapel in Bartholomew St Birmingham which was not Baptist, at first he chose the latter. One day Matthews revisited the Rowley Baptists "to see if they had altered" No preacher arrived so Daniel was persuaded to preach. His emphasis on mankind"™s "fallen and ruined condition" and on the need for a new birth seems to have upset them and many started leaving. They never asked him again. However in 1828 the chapel closed and the owner immediately offered it to Matthews.

"a warehouse at Rowley Regis registered for Protestant Dissidents by Daniel Matthews of Rowley, Rivet maker on 14/05/1829"



Matthews was an extreme isolationist, he never mixed even with other strict Baptists, he never preached anywhere else and never invited anyone else to preach at Rowley. This went on from 1828 to his death in 1888. He was viewed with derision by some inhabitants of the village, local hooligans often showered him with mud, stones and bricks on his way to or from chapel, once they put a heavy stone on the roof joists but mercifully it did not break through the ceiling until he was leaving the pulpit. A purpose built chapel replaced the original on a new site in Bell End, Rowley village in 1876, the original being now too small, it still exists today.

[grangers14]

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familysearch

groom's name: Daniel Matthews
bride's name: Mary Cheshire
marriage date: 1829
marriage place: Clent, Worcester, England
indexing project (batch) number: M03517-3
system origin: England-VR
source film number: 1042161


1851. Mincing Lane, Rowley Regis
Emma Matthews, head, 20, Dress Maker
Caroline, sister, 17, Dress Maker
Hannah Maria, sister, 14, Dress Maker
All born Rowley Regis

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Thanks graingers14

[MarkCDodd]

A huckster is actually somebody who sells from a booth or shop rather than door to door.

A typical huckster would cart his goods around and set up a table/stall on a street corner or other place of high pedestrian traffic.

[MarkCDodd]

He managed to be at two places at once in 1881!!

1881 census transcription details for: 4, Mineing Lane, Rowley Regis
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11 Piece: 2858 Folio: 90 Page: 11

Reg. District: Dudley Sub District: Rowley Regis
Parish: Rowley Regis Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 4, Mineing Lane, Rowley Regis
County: Staffordshire
Name Relation Condition Sex Age Birth Year Occupation , Disability Where Born
MATTHEWS, Daniel Head Widower M 77 1804 Minister Rowley Regis Staffordshire
MATTHEWS, Caroline Daughter Single F 47 1834 Rowley Regis Staffordshire

1881 census transcription details for: 45, Market Place, Willenhall
National Archive Reference:
RG number: RG11 Piece: 2808 Folio: 134 Page: 10

Reg. District: Wolverhampton Sub District: Willenhall
Parish: Willenhall Enum. District:
Ecclesiastical District: City/Municipal Borough:
Address: 45, Market Place, Willenhall County: Staffordshire
Name Relation Sex Age Birth Year Occupation, Where Born
HOENBY, William Head M 51 1830 Leather Merchant (Cutter) Lutterworth Leicestershire
HOENBY, Mary E M Daughter F 26 1855 Bilston Staffordshire
HOENBY, Caroline G M Daughter F 24 1857 Bilston Staffordshire
HOENBY, Naomi A M Daughter F 12 1869 Scholar Bilston Staffordshire
HOENBY, Rachel M Daughter F 10 1871 Scholar Bilston Staffordshire
HOENBY, Daniel M Son M 8 1873 Scholar Bilston Staffordshire
HOENBY, Julia Sister F 49 1832 Leather Seller (Cutter) Birmingham Warwickshire
MATHEWS, Daniel Visitor M 77 1804 Baptist Minister Rowley Chapel Rowley Regis Staffordshire
HAYWOOD, Mary A Servant F 77 1804 General Servant Wolverhampton Staffordshire

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Thanks Mark as that is missing 1881 Census for William Henley who married Mary Matthews dau of Daniel

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