He had fallen off his horse and suffered a simple fracture of the leg, which was effectively set and seemed at first to be healing satisfactorily when, after three weeks, he contracted lockjaw and died inside just a few days. All three are commemorated by monuments in Westminster Abbey; now truncated from their original measurement and transferred elsewhere – Montagu to the west end and Harvey and Hutt, on a joint memorial, to one of many window ledges of the north aisle. In Could of the same 12 months, as Marsh tells us, other occasions have been afoot; ‘About this time began the Rupture with Spain about Nootka Sound, which occasion’d an extended Negotiation & nice hostile preparations, which nevertheless at size ended pacifically, to the good dissapointment of many Naval Officers who had been at some expence in fitting themselves out for an Expedition towards the Spaniards, amongst whom was my Brother Henry, who was appointed 1st. Lieut’t of the Arrogant (74 Gun Ship) command’d by his Friend Capt Harvey of Sandwich, through which he was station’d about 3 Months at Spithead, Torbay and so forth, in the Grand Fleet. James Montagu, son of Admiral Montagu was a contemporary of John Marsh’s at school; further reference to John Harvey will probably be made later.

It should be recorded to the honour of Sir James Watson’s principles and emotions, that his new connections did not obliterate from his reminiscence former times, for it was his practice, whenever his household increased, to visit, along with his lady, their old pals in Hampshire, after which to current their offspring for public baptism by the hands of his quick successor, Dr Bogue. James Watson, who followed him, was the son of James Watson DD and had studied on the Homerton Academy ‘however having been dedicated to the profession of the Christian ministry by the partiality of his father, as was too incessantly the case at that interval, there is purpose to fear that he entered upon its sacred duties simply to fulfil the necessities of the profession wherein he was engaged, and destitute of that devout preference for his work, and for that elevation of soul in it, which are indispensable to a successful discharge of the ministry amongst Protestant Dissenters.’ ( 洗牙 contrasts with the admiration expressed by John Marsh for his ‘eloquent method the extra so because it was quite free from the frequent Cant of the Dissenting Ministers.’ and for being ‘far less rigid in his ideas & manners than the generality of people of that persuasion.’) ‘The congregation very naturally, subsequently, grew to become dissatisfied along with his providers, and a large number of the members separated from his charge, and invited Mr English, afterwards of Wooburn, Bucks to minister to them.

Not however then understanding the circumstances of the Case, I need to confess I at first reasonably demurr’d at this below the concept of its being a typical Bastard, that co’d not be actually authenticated to be his, & that most likely might be fathered upon him in consequence of his Loss of life. It is perhaps applicable here to remark in more element on the succession at Gosport Congregational Chapel after the demise of the Rev. Thomas Williams, which was briefly alluded to within the account of the latter’s life. Unhappily, he additionally became involved in its developing monetary problems, collectively with his cousin, Thomas Sydney, which result in them both being censured by a meeting of the Castle Gate Chapel and required to resign their membership. Accord’gly on Sunday the 23d. (Dec. 1787) in the Afternoon I went within the Mail Coach to Mr. Williams’s, the place I had much discuss with him & my Cousin, whom I found had not gone on properly collectively for someday past, the latter having quickly began to complain of the confinement of the Shop, & to dislike the Business, & as a substitute of going to Church or Assembly on a Sunday Afternoon & Evening as the other younger Males often did, used to take that opportunity of going to some Public House (not always of one of the best character) the Expences attending which being much past what his funds wo’d afford, he was induced to take Cash occasionally from the Shop Until, which in the entire (as Mr W. had cause to suspect) amounted to about £20.

On settling our Accounts the next day, we found that for 2 days pleasure (together with one night time only) tho’ we had been at no expence going & returning to & from the Island, yet the entire expence got here to upwards of £9, or £3 apiece for Mess’rs Williams, Presland & myself; Miss Stewart on our barely objecting to her paying a share, at once taking us at our word, which was reasonably arduous on Mr Presland, as Mr W. & I had at any rate a full third. half every to pay for our Wives & selves. Marsh records that on Monday 8th March 1790 ‘Mr Inexperienced, Stocking Manufacturer of Nottingham got here to stay 2 or three days at Mr Williams’s.’ One can surmise, perhaps, that he was then a supplier to Thomas Williams’s enterprise in Gosport and, as will emerge later, persuaded Thomas some years afterwards to go into partnership with him at Nottingham. A 12 months later, in February 1786, the Marshes visited Chichester and Portsmouth once more and went to see ‘the Williams’s at Portsea who had been now remov’d to a brand new, handsome a lot bigger House than that they had before (from which it was only a few doors) which Mr Williams had bought cheap of a Mr Mitchell who had been in the identical means of enterprise with himself however was grow to be a Bankrupt.