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Joseph married Elizabeth ASHMORE in 1890 in New Zealand. Elizabeth (daughter of William ASHMORE and Mary ALLCOCK) was born in 1869 in Otokia, Dunedin City, Otago, New Zealand; died on 26 Apr 1936 in Balclutha, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand; was buried on 28 Apr 1936 in Fairfax Cemetery, Milton, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Benjamin married Eliza ROWLING. Eliza was born in 1823. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Mary ALLCOCK on 15 Apr 1847 in Hazelwood, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. Mary (daughter of Andrew ALLCOCK and Elizabeth GOODWIN) was born in Kirk Langley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England; was christened on 26 Apr 1829 in Kirk Langley, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England; died on 2 Jun 1904 in Milton, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand; was buried in Fairfax Cemetery, Milton, Clutha District, Otago, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Robert married Margaret GEARY on 19 May 1822 in Collegiate Church of St Mary, St Denys, and St George, Manchester, Lancashire, England. Margaret (daughter of Thomas GEARY and Elizabeth HASLAM) was christened on 2 Oct 1803 in Hucknall Torkard, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England; was buried on 16 Oct 1876 in Hazelwood, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Andrew married Elizabeth GOODWIN on 6 Nov 1828 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of John GOODWIN and Mary SLATER) was christened on 9 Aug 1801 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 9 Apr 1840 in St. Werburgh's Churchyard, Spondon, Derby, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Martha MYCOCKE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Elizabeth HASLAM on 20 Jul 1800 in Greasley, Broxstowe, Nottinghamshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of William HASLAM and Margaret OSCROFT) was christened on 1 Jul 1775 in Hucknall Torkard, Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edward married Mary HILL on 4 Apr 1788 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. Mary was born in 1763; was buried on 29 Dec 1844 in Mugginton, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Mary SLATER on 27 Mar 1798 in St. Michael's Church, Derby, Derbyshire, England. Mary (daughter of Thomas SLATER and Elizabeth HITCHCOCK) was christened on 10 Aug 1777 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 3 Oct 1870 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Richard married Elizabeth GREET. Elizabeth was born in 1742. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Margaret OSCROFT. Margaret was born in 1753. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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William married Elizabeth EYRE on 7 Mar 1760 in St. Alkmund's Church, Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Joshua EYRE and Elizabeth ALLSOP) was born in 1737 in Hazelwood, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; was christened on 15 Aug 1737 in St. Alkmund's Church, Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; died in Jan 1815 in Hazelwood, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 29 Jan 1815 in St. Alkmund's Churchyard, Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Shottle, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; Thomas Slater opened his farmhouse kitchen, which could accommodate up to 50 people, for services
• Will: 16 Oct 1821, Derby, Derbyshire, England

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Thomas Slater known as "Parson Slater of Shottle"

Thomas Slater was born in 1738 and from an early age was such an avid reader particularly of the Bible that it was said he would become a Parson and, because of this, was affectionately called “Parson” Slater. He was converted at the newly erected Crich chapel in 1765 to which he had been taken by the stone mason who was building a barn for him on his farm at Shottle. He joined the Society at Crich before, two years later, opening his farmhouse kitchen, which could accommodate up to 50 people, for services where Thomas Slater was undoubtedly Class Leader. The Society formed part of the Derbyshire Round, a Round being the forerunner of the Circuit, and was regularly visited by the Round preachers one of the most notable of which was Francis Asbury, the first Bishop of the Methodist Church in the Americas, the 200th anniversary of whose death was commemorated last year.

In about 1770, Thomas Slater became a recognised Local Preacher. For nearly 50 years, he fervently spread the Gospel and it was undoubtedly through him more than anyone else that the Derbyshire Methodist Societies were formed. Preaching was far from easy for him. He had to endure being pelted with stones and eggs. On one occasion, while stood to preach by the side of a house, someone from a bedroom window using a stick with a hook on the end tried to make him an object of ridicule by lifting off his wig and twirling it round. The power of his message was undiminished though and many through him were brought to know their Lord, the most notable being Joseph Taylor converted at an open air service in Duffield. He assisted Thomas Slater with his services and later became one of Wesley’s preachers, a member of the Legal Hundred, the first Superintendent of the newly formed Ashby de la Zouch Circuit in 1792 and finally, in 1802, President of Conference.

In Duffield, following the formation of a Society there through his open air preaching, he hired a room for the 1770- 1771 winter and finally secured a site for the first chapel which opened in 1777. He also procured a site for a chapel in Belper which opened five years later. It seems that, while not recorded in his Journal, during its construction Thomas Slater invited John Wesley to come to Belper to preach and that a crowd proceeded to the site of the chapel led by him arms linked with Thomas Slater on one side and holding the hand of Mary, Thomas Slater’s daughter, on the other. Certainly, Mary would relate how, as a girl of twelve, she had heard John Wesley preach in Belper Market Place and had walked in procession to the site of the chapel alongside John Wesley who had held her hand.

Upon becoming a local preacher Thomas Slater had vowed that if the Lord showed him some fruits from his work, he would preach the Gospel in every town and village in the county. In 1809, he said that he had fulfilled that vow. He was a familiar figure riding his famous mare and his stamina was formidable. At harvest time he would leave with his labourers, travel some 8 miles to preach and be there next morning when they arrived for work. On one Sunday, he preached in Leicester, Nottingham and Derby.

In 1816, John Slater, his son, built a chapel on the garden attached to the farm but not before his father had held several prayer meetings on it “to know the Lord’s will”.

He died in 1821 aged 83 leaving a widow of nearly 85 to whom he had been married for almost 64 years, 9 children, 60 grandchildren and 24 great grandchildren. It was from this line of descendants that two would come, Humphrey Cooper and his son, William Gervase Cooper, who would have a profound effect on the development of Methodism in a small corner of North West Leicestershire one part of which is in the National Forest East Circuit and the other in the South Derbyshire one

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Thomas married Elizabeth HITCHCOCK on 21 Dec 1757 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. Elizabeth (daughter of Nathaniel HITCHCOCK) was born in 1737 in Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; died on 17 Nov 1833 in Shottle, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England; was buried on 21 Nov 1833 in St. Alkmund's Churchyard, Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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