Naaman Price

  General Notes:

on Shirley Cassidy family tree genes reunited.co.uk
1841 UK Census living with family age 11 folio 6 page 863
1851 census lodging with his wife at Richard Sharps house in Gotham age 21 Framework Knitter. 2128 fiche 508
1861 UK census living with wife and mother and 1 child in Gotham occupation stockingmaker cotton age 31 2446/55
1881 UK census age 51 occupation is undecipherable living with wife and children at 145 East St Gotham fiche 55
1891 UK Census age 61 residing with his wife and 3 children at 95 East street Gotham,Occupation Hosier Folio 45 piece 2680 Basford RO Gotham
alternative on IGI of 1829
bap on W Buchanan PR Transcripts
burial on W Buchanan PR TRanscript Gotham

religion prmitive methodist onthe trust list for Beeston Cheapel extension in 1882
The Birth of Primitive Methodism

Primitive Methodism began in Staffordshire, where Hugh Bourne, a Wesleyan Local Preacher, and a few other enthusiasts, became convinced that Methodism had lost some of its original evangelical zeal. They formed themselves into a group of Methodist revivalists, and later, when a revival broke out in Tunstall, William Clowes was converted. Encouraged by their success an American evangelist was invited to organise a Camp Meeting at Mow Cop on 31st May, 1807. ( Mow Cop is a stark limestone ridge rising over 1000ft. on the border of Cheshire and Staffordshire, the summit of which is a rock known as ' The Old Man of Mow ' ). To this bleak hill top people came in such numbers that during the afternoon it was estimated that between 2000 and 4000 were present. Bourne and his friends were greatly encouraged and the number of conversions confirmed their opinion of the effectiveness of Camp Meetings and inspired them to arrange another. The Wesleyan preachers of the Tunstall Circuit became alarmed and the Conference came to the conclusion that Camp Meetings were ' highly improper and likely to be of considerable mischief '. Undeterred, Bourne completed his arrangements for a second camp meeting ( at Norton ) and as a result, he and his associates suffered loss of official membership! Shortly afterwards, William Clowes and others associated with Bourne also suffered the loss of their membership. The revivalist group led by Bourne had become known as ' Camp Meeting Methodists '. In 1811 they were joined by Clowes and his friends, adopting the title of Primitive Methodists with their own class tickets, the first of which was dated May, 1811. The Primitive Methodists were soon given the nickname of ' Ranters ' and were familiarly known as such for many years.



About 1815 evangelistic work was commenced in the Midlands where a great revival began in many towns and villages. Among the places they planned to mission was NOTTINGHAM. The home of Rowland Kirkland at Mercaston ( near Derby ) was an open house to the early Primitive Methodist preachers and Kirkland's own daughter, Sarah had become a very effective local preacher. In 1815 Robert Winfield, another expelled Wesleyan preacher, was at Kirkland's house when the possibility of extending the work to Nottingham was discussed. Winfield invited Sarah, who was then about twenty-one years of age, to undertake this task saying, " If you consent to go, my daughter and I will go with you and stand by you ". So it was that they set out for Nottingham, arriving on Christmas Eve 1815, which hardly seemed right for the work they had in mind. A plan for Sarah to preach in the Market Place was abandoned because of rowdy crowds celebrating Christmas Eve, but the next day they made contact with a small group of revivalists led by a Mr Storer, who had a meeting place in Narrow Marsh. Winfield, with his daughter and Sarah, attended a Love-feast held in this room on Christmas Day afternoon - and arranged to preach there that night. From these first meetings, 23 converts were made. A larger preaching room was required, and the middle room of a disused factory in the Broad Marsh ( large enough to hold 1000 people ) was prepared. Sarah promised to open the room, and at the opening meeting the capacious building was crowded. Sixteen persons were converted ( of whom no less than 10 subsequently became preachers ). The young society soon grew and acquired roomier quarters in Broad Marsh, which stood not twenty yards from the site of the demolished factory. The foundation stone of the building was laid on 23rd April, 1823. Missions were led from Canaan Street to surrounding villages - including BEESTON - where meetings were held in the open air and in villagers' cottages. The society in Beeston soon began to grow and a permanent meeting place was required. In 1853 the opportunity arose to purchase a Particular Baptist Chapel on Brown Lane ( now Wollaton Road ) for £170. This provided seating for 120 persons. In the meantime Canaan Street had become the mother church of the ' Nottingham First Circuit ' and in 1883 was replaced by a larger building. After surviving a Zeppelin raid in 1916 and bomb damage during the Second World War, the society declined and the building was closed for worship on 27th June 1948. Sadly the building had to be demolished after a serious fire in July 1949.
TRUST - AS CONSTITUTED AT 1st JUNE, 1853

( when Particular Baptist Chapel purchased ) William Coxon Beeston Shopkeeper John Hall Beeston Lacemaker Samuel Farnsworth Beeston Lacemaker Robert Bloor Beeston Cordwainer ( Retired ) John Briggs Ruddington Framesmith John Saywell Nottingham Lacemaker ( Retired ) Henry Ward Nottingham Warehouseman ( Retired ) William England Nottingham Warehouseman ( Retired ) William Gibson Nottingham Mechanic

TRUST - AS CONSTITUTED AT 13th NOVEMBER, 1882 ( when extra land was purchased for new building ) John Coulishaw 139 Arkwright St, Nottingham Coal Merchant Thomas Daft Carrington St, Nottingham Saddler George Tyler Wilford Road Nottingham Book Stall Manager William Barnes High Road Beeston Painter Jabez Wright The Poplars Beeston Silk Throwster George Kirchin The Poplars Beeston Silk Throwster ( Declined ) Naaman Price Gotham Hosier James Bain Union Street Beeston Schoolmaster Thomas Elliott Cross Street Beeston Carter George Hoult Astill Beeston County Court Clerk Charles Gaskin Main Street Long Eaton Foreman Railway Carriage Works William Clay Gibb Street Long Eaton Fruiterer Benjamin Carter High Street Long Eaton Postmaster John Rice Gladstone House Long Eaton Lacemaker Andrew Crowe College Road Long Eaton Lace Manufacturer Thomas Sharp Ruddington Hosier

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptism, 28 Feb 1830, Gotham, Nottinghamshire England.

Naaman married Selina Bowley, daughter of John Bowley and Elizabeth Drury or Dring, in 1852. (Selina Bowley was born in 1832 in Gotham, Nottinghamshire England.)

Naaman next married Emma. (Emma was born in 1848 in Cropwell Butler, Nottinghamshire England.)