Cranbrook: timeline and bibliography
( Narrative here ) James Cranbrook Source, unless stated otherwise: Kathleen Chater, The Congregational History Society Magazine, Volume 7, No. 4 Autumn 2014. Here 181 Grandfather: William Gregory Cranbrook, (who worked for Bank of England in 1812) m. Rebecca They had three children: 1) John, m. Jane Sprott. 2) William 3) ) James: bap Clapham 1793, m. Jemima Piper 1817. d. 1821 aged 28, F ather to our James & Jemima, baptised 1820 James 1819 Baptised He was of black Caribbean descent. Chater says “Nowhere in the newspaper reports or other sources that document his career is his ancestry mentioned.” I found a single reference. 1836-1840 Trained for ministry at Highbury College, London, 1840-1842 First post in Wickham Market, Suffolk Mar. Charlotte Frost. They had two boys & girl November 1843 Second post in Soham, Cambridgeshire 1847 to Ireland, where “he was not attached to any particular church. Here he seems to have made