Bound, Ambrose (1827-1917)
Early years
Ambrose was born on 26 December 1827 at Martin, Wiltshire to parents George and Sarah. He was baptised on 27 January 1828 at Martin. George was a carpenter. In 1851 Ambrose was living with his parents working as a carpenter.
Ambrose was brought up as an Anglican, but through the influence of a Primitive Methodist minister’s wife, he made his decision for Christ and joined the Primitive Methodists. He was a hired local preacher for a short time before entering the itinerant ministry.
Ministry
His obituary gives little information about Ambrose’s active ministry except to record he was a delegate to conference on four occasions.
Family
Ambrose married Jane Thomas (1840-1925) in the summer of 1859 at Richmond, Yorkshire. Census returns identify four children.
- George J (b1860)
- Sarah Elizabeth (1862-1872)
- Minnie (1867-1938) – a governess
- William (b1874) – a schoolmaster; a tutor a Bourne College in 1917
Ambrose died on 12 December 1917 at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Circuits
- 1854 St Austell
- 1855 Baldock
- 1856 Buckden
- 1857 Pembroke
- 1859 Richmond
- 1860 Newtown
- 1861 Bristol
- 1862 Redruth
- 1863 St Ives
- 1865 Pillowell
- 1869 Seend Cove
- 1870 Chippenham
- 1872 Pillowell
- 1876 Tredegar
- 1878 St Day
- 1880 Truro
- 1886 Chipping Norton (S)
References
Primitive Methodist Magazine 1882 (portrait); 1919/73
PM Minutes 1918/248
W Leary , Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits , 1990
Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers
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