Doddridge Family Correspondence: Biographical Index

Included below are 168 biographical notices of all the individuals who appear in the Doddridge Family Correspondence and the other letters included on this site. Many of these individuals have been identified from the various subscription lists for Doddridge's Family Expositor: Volume 1 (London: Printed by John Wilson; and sold by Richard Hett, in the Poultry, 1739), pp. ix-xxiii; Volume 2 (London: Printed by John Wilson; and sold by Richard Hett, in the Poultry, 1740); Volume 4 (London: Printed for the Benefit of the Family, and sold by J. Waugh, at the Turk's-head in Lombard-Street, and J. Buckland, at the Buck in Pater-noster Row, 1753), pp. vii-xvii; and Volume 5 (London: Printed and Sold by J. Waugh and W. Fenner, at the Turk's-Head in Lombard-street and J. Buckland, at the Buck, in Pater-noster Row, 1756), n.p.  Vol. 2 was reprinted in 1745, this time printed and sold exclusively by James Waugh and without a subscription list; Vol. 3 appeared in 1748, also printed and sold exclusively by Waugh and without a subscription list; Vol. 6 appeared in 1756, and, like Vol. 5, was printed and sold by J. Waugh and W. Fenner, at the Turk's-Head in Lombard-street and J. Buckland, at the Buck, in Pater-noster Row, without a subscription list. Some identifications have also been extracted from Nuttall's Calendar (about 2/3 of those listed below appear in the letters compiled by Nuttall), and others have been enhanced by information from the Surman Index, Queen Mary University of London; 103 of the names below can also be found among the subscribers to Doddridge's Family Expositor. * indicates a subscriber to Doddridge's Family Expositor. For additional notes on some of the individuals related to St. Albans, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

1.        Abell, Mr., merchant, Bristol. See Part I, Letter 24.

*2.  Abney, Mrs., was Lady Mary Abney (d. 1750) of Stoke Newington, the wife of  Sir Thomas Abney (1640- 1722). Their daughter was Elizabeth Abney (d. 1782) and their nephew was Sir Thomas Abney the younger, Justice of Common Pleas and Judge of the Marshalea.  Isaac Watts lived at Abney House at Stoke Newington between 1712 and 1748, including with Lady Abney and Elizabeth Abney after the death of Sir Thomas in 1722, when Lady Abney moved all their belongings from Hertfordshire to their home in Stoke Newington. Lady Abney was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, appearing with Sir Thomas Abney the younger. She appears in 24 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, one of which she is a correspondent. See Part I, Letters 60, 62, 64, 67. 

*3.   Abney, Miss Elizabeth (d. 1782), of Newington, was the daughter of Lady Mary and Sir Thomas Abney (above); she subscribed to two sets of Volume 4 in 1753 (where she was listed as "Mrs. Elizabeth Abney of Newington"). She appears in five letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 60, 62.

*4.   Ashurst [Ashhurst], Mrs. and Miss, St. Albans. The Miss Ashurst is probably Sarah Ashurst, who subscribed to Volumes 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to 2 sets of Volume 4 in 1753; a Miss Anne Ashurst also subscribed in 1739, along with a Samuel Ashurst and William Ashurst, none having a location provided. A Mrs. Ashurst, possibly Sarah's mother, also subscribed to Volume 4 in 1753, as did a Mrs. Ashurst of Derby. A Mrs. Ashurst appears in letter 1541 in Nuttall's Calendar, the original MS of that letter transcribed for the first time in Part 3, Letter 10; in this letter she has donated books to Doddridge, as did Elizabeth Abney. See also Part I, Letters 6, 10, 12. For more on the Ashursts of St. Albans, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

*5.     Ashworth, Dr. Caleb (1722-1775) studied under Philip Doddridge at his Northampton academy in 1739. When Doddridge died in 1751, the academy moved to Daventry, and Caleb Ashworth became the initial principal, ministering at the same time to the Independent congregation in Daventry. He was a subscriber to Volumes 2 and 4 of the Family Expositor in 1740 and 1753. He appears in 5 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 9, 34, 38, 63, 80; Part II, Letter 16;  Part III, no. 2.

*6.    Bell, Mrs., formerly of Northampton and now at St Albans. She may have been the wife of Humphrey Bell, a merchant, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; other Bells who subscribed to the Expositor include a Rev. Robert Bell, minister at Crailing, and a John Bell of Sheffield, both of whom subscribed to Volume 2 in 1740. See Mrs. Bell, see Part I, Letter 12. For more on Mrs. Bell, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

*7.   Belsham, Rev. James, Congregational minister at Bishop’s Stortford (1736-48) and Newport Pagnell (1749-63). He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753 (where he was listed as from Bedford). He appears in 8 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent of three of those letters. See Part I, Letter 35.

8.      Bentier, Mrs., Norwich. See Part I, Letter 53.

9.       Beresfords [Brerisfords], London. See Part I, Letter 57.

10.    Berry, Mr. Most likely this is Samuel Berry of Crediton, who was a student of Doddridge’s in the class of 1741.  See Part I, Letter 50.

*11. Besly [Bezly],  Mr., of Barnstaple. There were three Beslys that subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739: Henry Besly, Merchant at Barnstaple, along with Joseph and Miss Kitty Besley, lso of Barnstaple (they are possibly his son and daughter).  See Part I, Letter 32.

*12.  Birch, Mr. and Mrs. Most likely this is James Birch of Coventry, Receiver-General for Warwickshire, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, and his wife, Jane Birch, also a subscriber in 1739. A Joseph Birch was a pupil of Doddridge in the class of 1747 and most possibly the son of James and Jane Birch. A George Birch of Coventry, most likely another son, subscribed to Volume 4 in 1753. Another possibility is Sir Thomas Birch (d. 1757), Justice of the Common Pleas, or Thomas Birch (1705-66), a divine (these latter two Birches appear in Nuttall's Calendar). James and Jane Birch appear in 10 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 22.

*13.  Blake, Mr. Either the Rev. Malachi Blake (1687-1760) of Blandford, a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753; or his son, Malachi Blake, Jr. (1724-95), a student of Doddridge's at Northampton (class of 1743) who later ministered at Whitney and Fullwood, Somerset. Blake Sr. appears in 7 letters (3 as a correspondent) and his son in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 32.

*14.  Bliss, Jane, Northampton, was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. She was the wife of William Bliss of Northampton, members of the Castle Hill congregation. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and she to Volume 4 in 1753. He appears as a correspondent in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, and she in one letter. See Part I, Letters 2, 12, 32, 61.

*15.  Bond, Miss, married a Capt. Hardy of Dilipore; she was a friend of Molly Isted (see below). She was probably related to Benjamin Bond, a merchant (his location not specified) and subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; or of George Bond, possibly of Northampton, who subscribed to Volume 4  in 1753. See Part I, Letter 41.

*16.   Bunyan, Mrs., Northampton, most likely the wife of Henry Bunyan, a deacon at the Castle Hill congregation in Northampton and a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, and as correspondent in one of them. See Part I, Letter 39.

*17.   Burkitt [Birkitt], Mr. and Mrs., in or near St. Albans. A John Birkitt, Sr., of Sudbury, Suffolk, was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753, although whether the latter was Burkitt Sr. or Jr. is not known.  However, the letters from c. 1767-68 suggest that the Burkitts were living in or near St. Albans, so it may be that John Burkitt, Jr., had moved to that location by that date. He may be the same John Birkitt of Heversham, who appears in Nuttall's Calendar and is a correspondent of four letters and appears in another letter; his daughter, Agnes (b. 1729) and son George (b. 1736), also appear in three letters in Nuttall's Calendar, with Agnes as a correspondent in one letter.  See Part I, Letters 57, 58, 59, 62.

*18.   Bury, Mrs., of Northampton, was most likely the wife of Richard Bury, a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and probably a member of the Castle Hill congregation. See Part I, Letter 38.

*19.  Butlin, Mr. and Mrs., Northampton. Francis Butlin was a deacon of Castle Hill, Northampton; his relation, William Butlin, was also a member of the Northampton congregation; both men were subscribers to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. It is not clear which Butlin is mentioned in the letters in this collection, but both men appear in letters in Nuttall's Calendar, with Francis as a correspondent in one letter. See Part I, Letters 38, 47; Part III, no. 4.

*20.   Cartwright, Rev. Thomas (1687-1744), Congregational minister at Long Buckby, Northamptonshire, 1714-43, and a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 3 letters and his daughter in one in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 2.

*21.  Chapman, Rev. William (d. 1738), Congregationalist minister at Bethnal Green, 1704-38, and a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. Other Chapmans in Nuttall's Calendar are Jacob Chapman (d. 1795), also a dissenting minister who in 6 letters (4 of which he is a correspondent) and John Chapman (1704-84), a divine, who appears in 2 letters.  See Part II, Letter 2.

*22. Chitty, Betsy [Elizabeth], apparently of Norwich; she was a subscriber to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor in 1756. See Part I, Letter 48.

*23. Churchill, Mr and Mrs. and Miss, of Northampton. He was a clerk at Northampton, with a possible connection to Sarah Churchill (1660-1744), Duchess of Marlborough; a Fleetwood Churchill of Clare Hall, Cambridge, subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753, and he may have been some relation of the Northampton Churchills. The clerk at Northampton appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 22, 32, 40, 41, 72, 76, 77, 83.

*24. Clark, Dr. Samuel (1684-1750), the Congregational minister at St. Albans, 1712-50, who became Doddridge's mentor during his time in St. Albans (1715-19) and remained his close friend thereafter, corresponding regularly and hosting the Doddridges for visits often. Clark was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 169 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which for 147 was a correspondent. See Part I, Letters 9, 10, 11. For more on the Clarks, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

*25.  Clark, Rev. Samuel, Jr. (1727-69), was a student of Doddridge at Northampton (class of 1745) and assumed Doddridge's duties as minister at Castle Hill and principal of the academy upon Doddridge's illness and departure from Northampton in 1751. However, he was replaced after Doddridge's death as Principal of the Academy by Caleb Ashworth of Daventry, who promptly transferred the Academy there. Clark moved to Daventry as well and served as a tutor for Ashworth until 1757, when he became co-pastor of the Old Meeting at Birmingham.  He also served as minister at the Presbyterian meeting in Oldbury, maintaining both duties until his death in 1769.  He subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. He appears in 21 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was a correspondent for 3 of them. See Part I, Letters 13, 23, 34, 61.

26.  Clark, Mrs. Sarah (1701-57), of St Albans, wife of Dr. Samuel Clark. She appears in 10 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. Part I, Letters 9, 10, 11, 21, 23, 40, 42, 63.

27.  Clark, Sarah, St. Albans, a daughter of Sarah and Samuel Clark; she married Dr. William Rose, a schoolmaster at Chiswick and former student of Doddridge (see below). She appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 9, 11, 21, 48.

28.  Clark, Ann (“Nancy”) (1733-1804), another daughter of Dr. Samuel Clark and a close friend of the Doddridge sisters; she married the Rev. Jabez Hirons (see below), who succeeded her father as minister at the Dagnall Lane congregation in St. Albans. See Part I, Letters 4, 9, 11, 12, 16. 21, 40, 44, 52.

29.  Clark, Elizabeth, another daughter of Dr. Samuel and Sarah Clark; in 1767 she married the London printer/bookseller Ralph Griffiths, proprietor of the Monthly Review (see Griffiths, Mrs., below). See Part I, Letters 9, 11, 12, 60, 62. For more on Elizabeth Clark Griffiths, see Kate Morris's "Notes."

*30.  Clayton, Mrs. Elizabeth, Bush Hill, Enfield (near London), was the wife of Samuel Clayton (d. 1749); she was listed as a subscriber (already deceased) to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. On several occasions the two Doddridge daughters, Mary and Mercy, enjoy extended visits with the Claytons at Enfield. Mrs. Clayton appears in 7 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she was a correspondent for six of them. See Part I, Letters 6, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 31, 48.

31. Clayton, Miss, Enfield, was the daughter of Elizabeth and Samuel Clayton and sister of Nicholas Clayton. See Part I, Letters 6, 16.

*32.   Clayton, Rev. Nicholas (1733-1797), son of Samuel and Elizabeth Clayton, was a former student of Doddridge (class of 1748) who also studied at Glasgow (he later received an honorary D.D. from Edinburgh) before commencing his ministry at Boston, Lincolnshire, in 1759. He served as minister at the Independent chapel at the Octagon in Liverpool, 1763-76, and at Benn's Garden, Liverpool, 1776-81; he became a tutor at Warrington Academy in 1781, but in 1785 returned to the ministry at High Pavement, Nottingham, serving for a time under George Walker before becoming pastor of the congregation, a position he retained until 1794, when he returned in retirement to Liverpool.  (For more on Clayton, see John Crosby Warren, The High Pavement chapel, Nottingham, A Biographical Catalogue of Portraits [Nottingham, n.d.], p. 12; see also some 126 letters by Clayton now belonging to the Unitarian Collection (formerly kept in. the archives of the Manchester Unitarian College) at John Rylands University Library of Manchester). He first appears in this collection of letters in 1750, while still a student at Northampton but possibly already with his eyes aimed at Mary Doddridge. He is sending Mrs. Doddridge letters from Glasgow in 1752 and seriously courts Mary Doddridge in 1754-55 when she was at Norwich (in Letter 44 he is identified as "Mr. C--n") and he was still at Glasgow (he did not complete a degree there if he was a student for a time). Nicholas Clayton subscribed to Volume 4 of the  Family Expositor in 1753, as did his mother at Enfield Park, the only two Claytons to subscribe to that volume. A Mr. Clayton subscribed to Volume 5 in 1756, most likely Nicholas once again. He appears in 16 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was a correspondent for 7 of them. See Part I, Letters 16, 31, 34 (he is unnamed but the reference is to his being at Glasgow), 46, 47, 48. 

*33.   Cooper, Mrs., London. She could be the wife or mother of John Cooper, who subscribed to Volume 2 in 1740; of William Cooper of Great Glen (he appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar) or Joseph Cooper of Northampton, both of whom were subscribers to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753; another possibility is that she is Mrs. Cooper of Hackney (who may still have been the widow or mother of one of the three men above), who subscribed to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor in 1756. See Part I, Letter 57.

34.     Cooper, Mr., most likely the son of the Mrs. Cooper above and possibly one of the Coopers mentioned there. He was a suitor of Celia Doddridge, c. 1767-68. See Part I, Letters 57, 58, 59.

*35.   Coplestone [Copleston], Rev. Coriolanus, was a student of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1736. He commenced his ministry at the Old Meeting, Buckingham, in 1740, and then moved to Princes Risborough in 1744. In 1761 he conformed to the Church of England. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 5 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part 3, Letter 4, where Coplestone is described in 1739 (while still at Northampton) as already supplying various pulpits (including Norwich for Thomas Scott) and was also serving as Doddridge's personal secretary.  He or his brother, Thomas Coplestone, who also attended at Northampton (class of 1740) is mentioned as well in Part 2, Letters 4, 5.

36.     Cromer [Crowder?], Mrs., London. See Part I, Letter 47.

*37. Cruttenden, Mrs., of Moorfields, London, was the wife Robert Cruttenden (d. 1763). He appears in 19 letters in Nuttall's Calendar (he was a correspondent for 4 letters) and his wife appears in 4 letters. At various times Philip and Mercy Doddridge stayed in the Cruttenden home on visits to London. A Joseph Cruttenden also subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letter 6; Part II, Letter 12.

38.   Cuttler, Mr., Northampton. Possibly a relation of Henry Cutler, a minister who subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753 but had died by the time of its publication; he was a student of Doddridge in the class 1749. See Part I, Letters 25, 34.

*39.   Davies, Rev. Samuel (1723-61), Hanover County, Virginia. Originally from a family of Welsh Baptists who had emigrated to New Jersey, Davies followed his mother into Presbyterianism and Calvinist theology. He studied under Samuel Blair in Pennsylvania, and began preaching in Delaware in 1746. He was commissioned as an evangelist to Virginia in 1747, and ministered there until 1759. He was among the first dissenting preachers in Virginia, which was an Anglican colony for most of the 18th century. He helped found the Presbytery of Hanover and advocated for greater religious freedom and toleration in Virginia, including preaching to slaves, and authored several hymns and a book of poetry. He labored among several churches in Virginia, the most prominent being the Providence Presbyterian Church in Louisa County, Virginia. He visited England in 1753 for a fund-raising tour for the recently established College of New Jersey. During this time (11 months in England) he met the Doddridge family and many other evangelicals among the dissenting sects. He left Virginia in 1759 to become the 4th President of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), succeeding Jonathan Edwards. Davies only served in that capacity for two years before his death in 1761. He subscribed to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor in 1756. Davies appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was the correspondent for one of them. See Part 2, Letter 12.

40.    Doddridge, Anna Cecilia [Celia or Caelia] (3 July 1737 -14 August 1811) (she signed in the letters in this collection as “Celia,” and was always referred to by that appellation as well). She was the youngest surviving daughter of Philip and Mercy Doddridge, and, like her sister Mercy, never married, although as these letters reveal, she was briefly courted by a Mr. Cooper, it appears,  in 1767-68.  John Humphreys writes of Celia, that despite her "equal piety" she possessed "less mental activity than her sisters, [and] had an affectionate cheerfulness of manner which deeply endeared her to her friends" (Diary and Correspondence, vol. 5, p. 534). She appears in 20 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. She is mentioned frequently in many letters in this collection; as a correspondent, she appears in Part I, Letters 31, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63; others references to her can be found in Part I, Letters 4, 5, 11-13, 15-16, 18-19, 22-26, 30, 35-39, 41-42, 46-47; Part II, Letter 15. 

41.  Doddridge, Mary, cousin of Philip Doddridge from Worcester who later settles with the family in Northampton. She does not appear in Nuttall's Calendar. She appears as a correspondent in Part I, Letters 27-28, 49-50, 54-56, 61, 64-84; other references to her can be found in Part I, Letters 15, 18, 22, 23, 35, 40, 43, 63; Part IV, nos. 5 6, 8, 9.

42.  Doddridge, Mary (7 May 1733-1799) (she was generally known as Polly), lived with her mother and her two younger sisters and brother in Northampton and then in Tewkesbury after her marriage in 1759 to John Humphreys. He was a prominent lawyer in that city and was a relation of the Hankins of Tewkesbury, who were also relations of Mary's mother, Mercy Doddridge. Her husband's business failed in the early 1780s, resulting in his death, which then led to Mary Doddridge Humphreys returning to live once again with her mother. Not long thereafter Mercy Doddridge suffered the death of her son, Philip, in 1785, leaving her once again with her three daughters and grandchildren. Mary Humphreys died in 1799 at Tewkesbury and was buried in the ground attached to the Presbyterian Chapel there, the same place her sister, Celia, would also be buried.  Mary's three children included one son, John (1760-1813), who studied at Warrington Academy under Drs. Aikin and Enfield; another son, the Rev. Philip Humphreys, who was educated at Oxford and became Rector of Portland, Jamaica; and Harriet Mercy Humphreys, the wife of the Rev. Robert Knight, vicar of Tewkesbury, whose son, John Doddridge Humphreys, was the compiler and editor of The Diary and Correspondence of Philip Doddridge (1829-31). She appears in 62 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 2o of them. She appears as a correspondent in Part I, Letters 2, 3, 6, 7, 9-16, 18-19, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 32-36, 38, 40-42, 46, 51, 52, 53. Other references to her appear in Part I, Letters 54, 59, 61, 64, 68, 69, 70, 72, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83; Part II, Letter 15; Part III, Letter 1.

43. Doddridge, Mercy (26 August 1734-October 1809), the middle of the three surviving daughters of Mercy and Philip Doddridge. She never married, living with her mother and sister, Celia, in Tewkesbury after the marriage of her elder sister, Mary, in 1759; she later became a friend of the novelist Elizabeth Hamilton (see Part V, Letter 1) and died at Bath. John Humphreys writes of her that she "possessed great comprehension of mind and solidity of judgment, and consequently evinced a total freedom from prejudice, and extensive information, qualities which rendered her society highly instructive and pleasing" (Diary and Correspondence, vol. 5, p. 534). She appears in 34 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 10 of them. She appears as a correspondent in Part I, Letters 4, 5, 8, 9-16, 18-20, 28, 29, 30, 32-38, 40-42, 46-47. Other references to her appear in Part I, Letters 22, 23, 26, 69; Part III, Letter 1.

44.  Doddridge, Mercy (1709-1790) was born at Worcester, the daughter of Richard Maris (d. 1752) and Elizabeth Brindley (d. c. 1743). Her relation, William Hankin (d. 1723), was the first Baptist minister at Upton upon Severn. She went to live there with her Hankin relations because of various issues in her family in Worcester. She met Doddridge in the home of her great-aunt, Mrs Edward Owen, in Coventry in July 1730, and they were married at Upton on 22 December 1730. They lived first in Marefair, Northampton, where the Academy was also situated, and then in 1740 to a large town house in Sheep Street rented from Lord Halifax of Horton. Letters in this collection note that they lived in a third residence in Mary Street after the removal of the Academy to Daventry and remained in that residence until their removal to Tewkesbury by the early 1770s. Her chief claim to fame is her status as the wife of Philip Doddridge and her work in preserving his writings and continuing their publication after his death. As W. N. Terry notes in the ODNB entry on Mercy, she was an educated woman and able to discuss theological and secular matters with her husband. She often apologized for her poor spelling and grammar, yet she and her husband were friends with many noblemen and their wives, including the Prince of Wales. She oversaw the posthumous publication of many of her husband’s works and managed to create a substantial living endowment through the sale of the copyrights and subscriptions, as well as an annuity that had been established for her by the Northampton church after his death in 1751. She died at Tewkesbury in 1790. She appears in some  letters in Nuttall's Calendar, about two-thirds of which as a correspondent. She appears as a correspondent in Part I, Letters 2, 3, 6, 17, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28-31, 37-39, 43-45, 47-84; and in Part II, Letters 7-8, 12-16. Other references appear in Part III, nos. 2, 6-7; Part IV, nos. 1, 6-8.

45.  Doddridge, Rev. Dr. Philip (1702-51) was one of the most influential Independent [Congregational] ministers of his day. He was the son of Daniel Doddridge (d. 1715) (his mother died in 1711) and was raised in London. Only one of his 19 brothers and sisters (he was the youngest) survived into adulthood (his sister, Elizabeth). In 1715 he was sent to St. Albans, where he attended a local school and came under the influence of Samuel Clark (1684-1750), the local Independent minister there. He boarded in his home and Clark became a father figure to him. They visited and corresponded with each other frequently until Clark's death in 1750.  In 1719 Doddridge left St. Albans for Kibworth Harcourt in Leicestershire where he studied under John Jennings, the local Independent minister. He was approved for the ministry in 1723 (the year Jennings died). He replaced Jennings at Kibworth and remained there through 1728, developing a brief attachment to Jenny Jennings, later the wife of Dr John Aikin, during that time. In 1729 he began teaching John Jennings, Jr., and some other students, which encouraged him to entertain the idea of continuing an academy under the methods of Dr. Jennings, especially the idea of freedom of inquiry. He was called to the pastorate at Castle Hill, Northampton, replacing Thomas Tingey, in December 1729 and was ordained there in March 1730. He met Mercy Maris (1709-90), originally from Worcester, in the summer of 1730 in Coventry, and they were married in late December of that year. She would become his single greatest correspondent. Four of their children died young and Mercy endured several miscarriages as well.  Three daughters and one son survived into adulthood. Doddridge remained minister and teacher at Northampton until his death in October 1751, helping to build and unite the dissenting interest in Northamptonshire. During those two decades he became one of the most popular figures in English dissent, making his mark not only as a preacher but also as a theological and devotional writer, tutor and educator, hymn writer, and correspondent of evangelical figures, both among dissenters, Methodists, and the established church, in England, America, and on the Continent. His most famous work was The Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul (1745), a work that was immensely popular among evangelicals of the last half of the eighteenth century for its emphasis upon practical, or ‘experimental’, religion.  Aside from Rise and Progress, his most popular work in the eighteenth century was his Life of Colonel Gardiner (1745), which served as a model of evangelical biography into the nineteenth century. Doddridge’s greatest work was The Family Expositor (5 vols, 1738-56), which was read widely in America and translated into several languages.  Two important posthumous works were Job Orton’s edition of Doddridge’s Hymns founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures (1755), and Doddridge’s Course of Lectures (1763).  He appears as a correspondent in Part I, Letters 1, 7, 22, 26, 27; Part II, Letters 1-10.  Other references can be found in Part II, Letter 11; Part III, no. 3; and in Part IV, nos. 1-9.

46.     Doddridge, Philip, Jr. (6 August 1735-1785), only surviving son of Philip and Mercy Doddridge. He did not enter the ministry, although he studied under Dr. John Aikin, a former assistant to Doddridge and later a tutor at Warrington Academy, and under Caleb Ashworth at Daventry Academy. He was articled to a lawyer at St. Albans and then in London. The younger Philip never married and eventually resided with his mother and sisters in Tewkesbury, assisting for a time in the failing business of his brother-in-law, John Humphreys. He died there in 1785. He appears in 20 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. He does not appear as a correspondent in this collection. References to him can be found in Part I, Letter 4, 15, 49, 59, 70, 73; Part II, Letter 12; and Part IV, nos. 1-9.

*47. Dowley, Rev. John (1706-74) was educated at the Stratford-upon-Avon Academy under J. Alexander. He then ministered to Congregationalist congregations at Oakham (1729-30) and at Lutterworth, Leicestershire (1731-74). He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753.  See Part II, Letter 5.

48.   Dunkley, Sarah [Sally], Northampton, was most the daughter the wife of Edward Dunkley, a member of the Castle Hill congregation; she appears for a time in 1751 as a servant or assistant to Sarah Ekins during the absence of the Doddridges at the time of Philip Doddridge's final illness and death. Mary Doddridge the cousin does not like her work or her behavior and writes to Mercy Doddridge about her. See Part 1, Letter 28, 49. 

*49.   Edwin, Mrs., near St. Albans. Most likely she is the same Miss Edwin of Denham Place who subscribed to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor in 1756. See Part I, Letter 62. For more on Mrs. Edwin, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

*50.    Ekins, Sarah (c. 1733-1788) was a close friend and companion of Mercy Doddridge and her children for much of the 1740s and into the 1750s prior to her marriage to Dr. James Stonhouse in 1754. Her father was Thomas Ekins (d. 1754) of Chester-on-the-Water near Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; Philip Doddridge served for many years as her guardian. A John Ekins of Northampton, her cousin, also subscribed to Volume 1 in 1739; a Jeffrey Ekins of Barton Seagrave subscribed to Volume 5 in 1756, possibly another relation. In 1754, after her father's death, Sarah Ekins became the second wife of Dr. James Stonhouse (he assumed her father's large estate). She died at the Hotwells, Bristol, in 1788, and was buried in Dowry Chapel at the Hotwells, with Dr. Stonhouse buried along side her in 1795. She left behind two sons and a daughter. She appears first as "Miss Ekins" and after 1754 as "Mrs. Stonhouse" or "Mrs. S." In Nuttall's Calendar, she appears in 64 letters, of which she was a correspondent for 42 of them. See Part I, Letters 4, 5, 6, 18, 23, 28, 30, 31, 34, 35, 40, 41, 46, 47, 53, 62, 72, 82.

*51.   Elliston [Eliston], Mrs., Mary, and Miss, apparently of Northampton; Mrs. Elliston was a subscriber in 1756 to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor; a John Elliston, possibly her relation, subscribed to Volume 1 in 1739. See Part I, Letters 11, 15, 16, 19, 57, 63.   

*52.   Farmer, Rev. Hugh (1713-87), was a student of Doddridge's at Northampton in the class of 1731. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. He served as the minister at the Independent (Congregational) church in Walthamstow from 1737 to 1780, living for many years in the home of William Snell, a chancery solicitor and friend of Doddridge (see below). He was also a regular preacher for many years to a Presbyterian congregation in Salters' Hall in London, for Farmer's Calvinism was not as orthodox as most Independents at that time. Farmer appears in 11 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was a correspondent for 5 of them. See Part II, Letter 13.

*53.   Ferguson [Fergusson], John  (1727-50), son of Sir James Fergusson, Lord Kilkerran (1688-1759), 2nd Baronet, and a former student of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1743; Lady Jean Fergusson (d. 1766) was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. Sir James Fergusson appears in 53 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was a correspondent for 46 of them; Lady Fergusson appears in 9 letters, of which she was the correspondent for 2 of them; and John Fergusson, the son, appears in 64 letters, of which he was the correspondent for 52 of them. See Part I, Letter 16.

*54.   Field, Mrs., London, most likely the wife of Thomas Field, the bookseller, who was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753; a John Field of Mangrave and a Joseph Field, merchant, were subscribers to Volume 5 of the Family Expositor in 1756. See Part I, Letter 47.

55.      Fitzgerald, Mrs., mother of the Gunnidge girls? See Part I, Letter 16.

*56.   Floyd, Rev. James (1703-57) ministered at Independent congregations in Oakham (1737-30), Castle Gate at Nottingham (1730-32), and at Daventry from 1736-57, working closely with Dr. Caleb Ashworth at the Dissenting Academy there (which had formerly been Doddridge's at Northampton). Floyd was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 9, 10, 11, 42.

57.     Floyd, Miss, daughter of James Floyd of Daventry. See Part I, Letters 9, 10, 42.

58.   Gardiner, Colonel David (1688-1745). Doddridge first met Gardiner in 1739, and he became his student at Northampton in the class of 1741 and close friend and correspondent for the remainder of Gardiner's short life. He and his wife, Frances, subscribed to Volume 2 of the Family Expositor in 1740. His duties called him to fight in the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745, during which he lost his life, a great loss to Doddridge, who proceeded to immortalize Gardiner in Doddridge's popular work, The Life of Col. James Gardiner: who was Slain at the Battle of Prestopans, September 21, 1745 (1747). Gardiner appears in 96 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was the correspondent for 7 of them.  See Part II, Letters 7, 8.

59.   Gentleman, Mrs., was the wife of Robert Gentleman (1746-95), minister at the Independent church in Swan Hill, Shrewsbury, 1765-79. See Part I, Letter 63.

*60. Gilbert, Rev. Robert (1708-60), Independent minister at Oakham (1733-53) and at Castle Hill, Northampton (1753-60). He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, and 3 sets of Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was the correspondent for one of them. See Part II Letter 12.

*61.   Gregg, Mr Francis, of London, who was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 37. 

62.     Griffiths, Elizabeth Clark, London, was the former Elizabeth Clark of St. Albans, one of the daughters of Dr. Samuel Clark of St. Albans, which explains her connection to the Doddridge girls. She was married to the bookseller/publisher and widower Ralph Griffiths (1720-1803), founder and editor of the Monthly Review, 1749-1803, on 20 October 1767, as recorded in the Middesex Parish Records, both listed as from the parish of Chiswick (West London) and witnessed by William Rose and Samuel Clark, Jr. One of their sons, George Edward Griffiths, was baptized at the Albany Independent chapel in Brentford on 11 October 1771 (see Antonia Forster, "Griffiths, Ralph," ODNB). See Part I, Letters 60, 62.

*63.   Grigg, Rev. Joseph (1728-68) and Mrs., of Beaumont Hall, St Albans. He was assistant minister to Thomas Bures at the Presbyterian church in Silver Street, London, 1743-47. Grigg retired in 1747 (after Bures’s death), married a wealthy widow, and then removed to St. Albans, where he continued to write and preach.  In 1756 many of his hymns appeared in Miscellanies on Moral and Religious Subjects.  He also published a fast sermon that year on the war (1756).  He contributed 12 hymns to the Christian Magazine, 1765-66, as well as Four Hymns on Divine Subjects (1765).  He was a subscriber to Volume 4 of Doddridge's Family Expositor in 1753. He died on 29 October 1768 at Walthamstow. See Josiah Miller, Singers and Songs of the Church, 2nd ed. (London: Longmans, 1869), pp. 197-98. For more on Grigg, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

Part I, Letters 62, 63.

64.    Gunnidge[?], Miss, Enfield[?]. Given the wide variance in the spellings of names by the Doddridge girls, she may be a member of the Gammage family, either that of John Gammage of Coventry or Henry Gammage of Duston, Northamptonshire, both of whom were subscribers to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. Another possibility is the family of John Gotheridge of King's Walden (north of St. Albans), who subscribed to Volumes 1 and Volume 4 (1753) of the Family Expositor. See Part I, Letter 6, 16.

65. Hamilton, Elizabeth (c. 1756-1816) was a novelist and essayist originally from Belfast though her father was a Scottish merchant. She spent most of her youth near Stirling, Scotland, living with her aunt. Her brother, Charles Hamilton (1752/3-1792) became a prominent Orientalist through his work with the East India Company living with him in London between 1788 and 1791. After his death in 1792, Elizabeth Hamilton lived most of the remainder of her life with or near her sister, Katherine, a widow, in Hadleigh (Suffolk), Bath, and Edinburgh. Her brother's death provoked Hamilton to become an author, publishing her first significant work, Translations of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah (1796), a work reviewed by Hays in a way that led to a disruption in the friendship between the two women writers. Hamilton would get a modest revenge on Hays in a satiric portrayal of Hays in Memoirs of Modern Philosophers (1800), in which Hamilton attacked the Godwin circle for its adherence to scepticism and contemporary radical thought. Nevertheless, Hamilton shared much in common with Hays and Wollstonecraft concerning female education, her ideas finding formal expression in her Letters on Education (1801). Like Hays and many other women writers in the first decade of the 19th century, Hamilton turned to the growing market of young readers with her Life of Agrippina, Wife of Germanicus (1804), a fictionalized biography attempting too introduce adolescent girls to important questions of ethics and morality through the study of historical personages, much as Hays would do with her Historical Dialogues (1806). Hamilton added another popular novel, The Cottagers of Glenburnie (1808). During her final years, while living in Edinburgh, she became friends with Walter Scott and Maria Edgeworth. How she became friends with Mercy Doddridge, the daughter of Philip and Mercy Doddridge, during her time at Tewkesbury is not known.  See Part III, Letter 1.

*66.   Hardy, Capt. Charles, of Delapre, Northamptonshire; he marries a Miss Bond, friend of Molly Isted. He was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letter 41.

*67.  Hartley, Mrs (dies).  She could be the Mrs. Mary Hartley (no location given) who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. It is also possible that this same Mary Hartley was the wife of the Rev. Thomas Hartley, Rector of Winwick, Northamptonshire, who subscribed to Volume 4 in 1753.  Thomas Hartley appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 46.

*68.     Harrison, Mrs. Elizabeth, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 2 in 1740. In 1755 she published, assisted by the Clarks in St. Albans, Miscellanies on Moral and Religious Subjects, in Prose and Verse (London: printed for the author, and sold by J. Buckland, at the Buck in Pater-Noster Row; and T. Field, at the Wheat Sheaf in Cheapside, 1756).   See Part I, Letter 52. For more on Elizabeth Harrison, see Kate Morris's "Notes." 

*69.    Henderson, Mr., Northampton; he subscribed in 1753 to the Family Expositor. See Part I, Letter 23.

70.        Henrys, two grandsons of the nonconformist divine, Mathew Henry (1662-1714). See Part II, Letter 5.

*71.   Heslerig, Molly (d. August 1750), daughter of Sir Arthur Heslerig (1704-63), 7th Baronet, and Lady Hannah Heslerig, of Nosely, Leicestershire; she had a sister, Dolly Heslerig; Sir Arthur was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 6 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, his wife in one letter, his daughter Dolly in 3 letters, and his daughter Molly in 4 letters. Molly dies in August 1750, and was a student of Ann Linton's at Worcester, where Mary and Mercy Doddridge also attended, which was probably where they became friends with Molly and her sister, Dolly. See Part I, Letters 16, 34, 35.

*72.   Hett, Richard, London bookseller at the Bible and Crown in the Poultry, 1721-52. He was the sole seller listed on the title page to Volumes 1 and 2 of Doddridge's Family Expositor in 1739-40, and subscribed himself to 28 sets in 1739. He was a popular London bookseller at that time among the dissenters and evangelicals. He appears in 11 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 5. 

*73. Hextall, Rev. William (1711-77), originally from Kettering, he studied under Doddridge at Northampton (class of 1732) and then ministered to Independent congregations at Creaton, Northamptonshire (1736-51), Friar Street, Sudbury (1751-62), Castle Hill in Northampton (Doddridge's former congregation) (1762-75), and then in King Street, Northampton (1775-77). He was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. His death in November 1777 was relayed in a letter by Mary Doddridge to Mercy Doddridge. See Part 1, Letters 74, 76, 83. 

*74.   Hill, Mrs., possibly the wife of John Hill (d. 1746), Independent minister; or of William Hill, either of St Albans or Daventry (letter 41 seems to suggest the latter, though Letter 4 seems to imply she was living in St. Albans). John Hill subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; William Hill (no location given) subscribed to Volume 4  in 1753. Rev. John Hill appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 4, 60, 62.

75.       Hill, Miss R., the daughter of the Mrs. Hill above. See Part I, Letter 4.

*76.   Hirons [Hyrons], Mrs. Anna Sophia, the former Ann Clark, daughter of Dr. Samuel Clark of St. Albans and mother of Jabez Hirons (1728-1812), Congregational minister who succeeded Clark at St. Albans. Jabez and his cousin, Thomas Hirons (d. 1774), were both students of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1745.  Both Jabez and Thomas were subscribers to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753.  Mrs. Hirons appears as a correspondent in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar, her son in 5 letters, and his cousin in those same 5 letters. See Part I, Letters 59, 60, 62, 63.

*77.  Holmes, Mrs., Northampton, was most likely the wife of Thomas Holmes, a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753; he was most likely a member of the Castle Hill congregation. See Part I, Letters 41, 47.

*78.  Hopkins, Mr. and Mrs. Most likely this is Thomas Hopkins of Northampton and his wife; he subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and his wife, possibly H. Hopkins (no location given), who appears in Nuttall's Calendar, along with a John Hopkins of Romford, who subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753, along with a Mrs. Hopkins, probably the H. Hopkins mentioned previously.  See Part I, Letters 37, 40.

*79.  Hudsons, Misses, one of whom may have been a Miss Elizabeth Hudson of Upton upon Severn who subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letter 41; Part II, Letter 15. 

*80.   Hunt, Rev. Mr. William (d. 1770). William Hunt was the Congregational minister at Newport Pagnell, 1725-38, and then at Mare Street, Hackney, 1738-64. He was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739.  He appears in Part II, Letters 6, 16; his son appears in Part I, Letter 63.

81.    Hunt, Mrs., Hackney, the wife of the Rev. William Hunt (d. 1770) (see above). See Part I, Letter 41, 63.

82.    Hyle, Mrs., Norwich. Probably a member of Samuel Wood's congregation at Norwich. See Part I, Letter 51.

*83. Isted, Mrs. M., was most likely the wife of Ambrose Isted (d. 1781), Esq., of Ecton, Northamptonshire, who subscribed to Volume 2 of the Family Expositor in 1740 (listed as "bookseller") and to Volume 4 in 1753. Mrs. Isted subscribed as well to Volume 4, as did Mrs. Ann Isted of Northampton and Mrs. Elizabeth Isted of Bath, most likely all of whom were related to one another. The Isteds appear to have been members of Doddridge's congregation at Castle Hill. Ambrose Isted appears in 3 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 22, 23, 32, 33, 35 (both Mrs. Isteds appear in this letter), 38, 44, 47, 64, 67, 78, 83; Mr. Isted appears in Part II, Letter 16.

84.  Isted, Miss M. (Molly), of Ecton, Northamptonshire, a daughter of Ambrose Isted. She appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 31, 32, 34, 39, 41.

85.   Isted, Miss Phill, of Ecton, Northamptonshire, most likely another daughter of Ambrose Isted. See Part I, Letters 34, 38, 39.

*86. Isted, Mrs. Elizabeth, of Bath, who also appears in the letters of the Doddridge family. She subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 32, 40, 46.

*87.  Jackson, William,  (d. 1753), of Cannon Street, London, was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753 just prior to his death. He appears in 49 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he was a correspondent for 19 of them. See Part I, Letters 7, 36; Part II, Letter 10. A Sally Jackson appears in Part I, Letter 27.

88.      Jekyll, Joseph, Sr. (1663-1738), of Dallington, Master of the Rolls for Northamptonshire, and his nephew, Joseph Jekyll (d. 1752), Treasurer of the Northampton Hospital. The elder Jekyll appears in 5 letters and his nephew in 6 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 34.

*89.  Jekyll, Lady Ann of Dallington, wife of Joseph, Sr.; she was the only subscriber among the family, appearing in the list for Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. She appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 12, 32, 34, 35, 40; Part II, Letter 15. 

90.      Jekyll, Miss, of Dallington. See Part I, Letter 32.

*91.  Jennings, Rev. David (1691-1762), Congregational minister at Wapping New Stairs and tutor at the Coward Trust Academy at Wellclose Square; he was also a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He was the brother of John Jennings, Sr. (see below), nonconformist minister and tutor at Kibworth. David Jennings was married to Sarah Jennings, and their son was Joseph Jennings, who subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753.  A Francis Jennings of Bedford, along with a Mr. Jennings (no other appellations) subscribed in 1756 to Volume 5. David Jennings appears in 61 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 18 of them. See Part I, Letter 22, 44. 

92. Jennings, Dr. John (1687-1723), ministered to the Independent congregation at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, 1707-22, and then at the Great Meeting in Hinckley, Leicestershire, form 1722 until his death on 8 July 1723. He operated an academy for training ministers at Kibworth, and it was there that Doddridge attended from 1719-22. A Dr Jennings is quoted by Mary Doddridge, and it is most likely Dr. John Jennings. He appears in 31 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 46; Part 5, Letter

*93. Jennings, Rev. John, Jr. (d. 1775), of St. Ives. He was the son of Dr. John Jennings (see above). The younger Jennings was a student at  Doddridge's academy (class of 1734); he married Anna Letitia Jennings, and their daughter was Jane (Jenny) Jennings. He ministered to the Independent meeting in St. Ives from 1742-56. He was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 8 letters in Nuttall's Calendar.

94.   Jennings, Mrs. Sarah, at Market Harborough and later at Walthamstow. Most likely this is the wife and later widow of the Rev. David Jennings (above). She appears in 7 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 36, 58, 59, 60, 62, 63; Part II, Letter 1. 

*95.    Jones, Rev. Richard (d. 1800), of Cambridge, was a former student of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1745. He became a Presbyterian minister and subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 44, 48, 49.

96.   Kitt, Mr and Mrs., of Norwich, and several children. Most likely they were members of Samuel Wood's Independent congregation near Norwich. See Part I, Letters 46, 48.

97.    Knight, Mr. Robert and Mrs. Harriet Mercy.  Mary Doddridge Humphreys' daughter, Harriet Mercy Humphreys, married the Rev. Robert Knight, vicar of Tewkesbury. Their son, John Doddridge Humphreys, was the compiler and editor of The Diary and Correspondence of Philip Doddridge (1829-31). It is this couple who were traveling with Mercy Doddridge, Harriet's aunt, in 1803 to Bath, the place where Mercy Doddridge would die in 1809. See Part III, Letter 1.

*98.    Lewis, Mrs., whose identity and location is somewhat uncertain. A Mrs. M. Lewis of Hinckley appears in some Doddridge letters of the 1720s, and a 1740 letter by a Mrs. M. Lewis to Doddridge is held in the collections of the New College, London, MS L1/7/51. This appears to be Mary Lewis of Leicester, for the Lewis’s of Leicester appear in some early Doddridge letters and William Lewis of Leicester was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the The Expositor in 1753. Mrs. M. Lewis appears in Nuttall's Calendar in 3 letters and as a correspondent in two of them. Whether the M. Lewis of Leicester and the M. Lewis of Hinckley are the same person is not certain but seems likely. The Mrs. Lewis of Letter 28 may be the same M. Lewis as above, though she appears to be living in London at that time. Given the fact that Mercy Doddridge (the daughter) was staying at that time in London with James and Mary Waugh implies that the "Mrs. Lewis" in that letter might refer to Mary Lewis, the Moravian printer/bookseller at 1 Paternoster Row, London. See Part I, Letters 29, 32, 34. 

99.   Linton, Ann (b. 1708), schoolmistress at Worcester. She was the teacher/governess for Mary and Mercy Doddridge. She appears in 10 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she was a correspondent for one of them. See Part I, Letter 4.

*100.  Lister, Rev. William (d. 1778), was a member of the class of 1734 at Doddridge's academy in Northampton. He ministered to Independent congregations at Banbury (1739), Jewin Street, London (1739-43), and at Ware (1743-78). He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, listed at that time in Banbury,  and to Volume 4 in 1753 from Ware. He appears in 10 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 62; Part II, Letter 3.

*101.    Lyttelton, Mr.  This could be the Rev. Charles Lyttelton (1714-68), Dean of Exeter, who appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar; most likely it is Sir George Lyttelton, MP and then one of the Lords of the Treasury, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 58 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 25 of them. See Part II, Letter 8.

102.   Maltby, George, of Norwich, who was briefly a suitor of Mary Doddridge in 1753 and probably a member of Samuel Wood's congregation there.  See Part I, Letter 46.

*103. Mattocks, Miss, St. Albans, most likely the daughter of Daniel Mattock, Congregational minister in Birmingham and subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 10.

104.   Mead, Dr., a physician, possibly of Oxford.  He appears in 5 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 6. For more on Dr. Mead, see Kate Morris's "Notes."

*105.   Neal, Rev. Daniel (1678-1743), was a Congregational minister at Aldersgate Street, London, and then in Jewin Street, 1704-43. He was educated at the Merchant Taylors' School and at Utrecht and Leiden. He married Elizabeth Lardner (d. 1748), daughter of the dissenting minister and writer, Nathaniel Lardner, and he had one son, Nathaniel Neal (see below), and two daughters (see below). He is best known for his important works, The History of New England (1720) and The History of the Puritans (4 vols, 1732-38). He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 10 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 3 of them. See Part II, Letter 3. 

106.  Neal, Mrs. Elizabeth (d. 1748) of London, was married to Daniel Neal, and a member of the important dissenting family, the Lardners. She appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar.

107.   Neal, Miss, a daughter of the Rev. Daniel Neal and sister to Nathaniel Neal, Million Bank, London. See Part I, Letter 6. 

108.   Neal, Mr. Nathaniel (d. 1765), London, an attorney and secretary to Million Bank, was the son of Daniel Neal, the congregational minister and writer (see above). The younger Neal was subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753, and served, along with Job Orton, as an assistant to Mercy Doddridge in executing her husband's will. He appears in 48 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is the correspondent for 29 of them. See Part I, Letters 6, 7, 28, 29, 31, 37, 42; Part II, Letter 13; Part IV, nos. 7, 9.

109.    Nettleton, Mrs. Elizabeth (d. 1735), was the sole surviving sister of Philip Doddridge and the wife of John Nettleton, dissenting minister at Chipping Ongar and Epping.  She appears in 40 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 39 of them. Another Mrs. Nettleton, the mother of John, also appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 13.

*110.   Newton, Rev. Richard (1676-1753), originally from Northamptonshire, was first Principal of Hart Hall, Oxford, which he founded as  Hertford College, Oxford, in 1739, remaining as the first Principal until his death in 1753. That same year he had subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor. He appears in 6 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 2 of them. See Part II, Letter 6.

*111. Norris, Rev. John (1675-1738), of Welford, Northamptonshire, where he served as minster to an Independent congregation from 1698 to 1738. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, though he had deceased the previous year. He appears in 16 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for one of them. See Part II, Letter 2.

112.  Oliver, Misses, daughters of William Oliver (1695-1764) of Bath, a  prominent physician and philanthropist, who appears often in Doddridge's correspondence. He appears in 24 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 6 of them. See Part I, Letters 9, 16.

*113.  Orton, Rev. Job (1717-83), of Salop [Shrewsbury], former student of Doddridge at Northampton (class of 1734) and assistant (1739-41) and friend of Doddridge at Northampton before assuming his position as minister of the Independent congregation at Shrewsbury, where he served from 1741 to 1765. He and Nathaniel Neal were appointed assistants to Mercy Doddridge by Philip Doddridge in the execution of Doddridge's will. Orton edited Volumes 4-6 of the Family Expositor (1753-56), subscribing to 3 sets himself. Previously he had subscribed to Volume 1 in 1739. He appears in 25 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 4 of them. See Part I, Letters 22,  63; Part II, Letters 11, 15, 16.

*114. Parker, Joseph, steward to Lady Abney, Northampton; he subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. He appears as a correspondent in 8 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 10.

115.    Parker, Judy, was most likely the wife or daughter of Joseph Parker (above). See Part I, Letter 22.

116.    Parmer, Mrs., formerly of Northampton and now at St Albans. See Part I, Letter 12.

*117.  Parsons, Mrs., Northampton, and most likely a member of the Castle Hill congregation. A Miss Eleanor Parsons of Guilford subscribed to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letter 32.

*118.  Pembroke, Mrs., St. Albans.  Most likely this is Ann Pembroke, widow of Joshua Pembroke, Esq., of St. Albans; she is probably the same who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. Her son, George Pembroke, Sr., subscribed to the Expositor in 1739 and 1753. His son, George Pembroke, Jr., was a student of Doddridge at Northampton in 1729. Joshua's brother, Thomas Pembroke, Esq., subscribed to Volume 2 in 1740. George Pembroke, Sr., appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar (one as a correspondent),  his son in 2 letters, and his wife in one letter. See Part I, Letter 21. For more on the Pembrokes, see Kate Morris's "Notes."

*119.     Pierce, Rev. Most likely this is the Rev. Thomas Pearce of Chelwood, Somersetshire, who was also an M. D. and a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. He appears as a correspondent in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 5. 

120.     Plumpton, Mr. [of Harlestone]. He appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 25, 63.

121.     Pott, Mr., Mrs., and Miss, of London. See Part I, Letter 6 

122.    Powis, Mr. Thomas and Mrs. Powis (d. 1790), of Berwick, Salop. She appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 32.

123.  Prentice, Mr. and Mrs., of Norwich, most likely members of Samuel Wood's congregation. Several Prentices appear in the Doddridge Correspondence: a Mr. John Prentice of Walsham; a Thomas Prentice of Bungay, Suffolk; and a John Prentice, Attorney, in Rotesdale, all subscribers to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 51, 53, 74.

124.   Pringle, Mrs., of London. See Part I, Letter 33.

*125.   Purchase [Purchas], Mr. John, of Cambridge, a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. He appears in one letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 53; Part II, Letter 7.

*126.  Rappitt [Rappit], Elizabeth, Northampton, a close companion to Mrs. Mercy Doddridge; Rappitt was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. She appears in 18 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 6 of them. See Part I, Letters 2, 4, 12, 16, 23, 24, 32, 34, 43.

*127.  Raymond, Mr. John, Esq., who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; a Mrs. Mary Raymond, quite possibly his wife (or widow at that point) subscribed to Volume 4 in 1753. See Part II, Letter 8 

*128. Remington, Mrs., Northampton, most likely the sister of Joshua Remington of Northampton, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; he may have been related to the Edward Remington, apothecary at Coventry, who was also a subscriber to Volume 1 as well as Volume 4 (1753). Joshua and his sister appear in the same letter in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 12, 15, 32, 34 66.

129.    Reymes, Mr. Robert, of Norwich, the father of Agnes Reymes of Norwich, and most likely attendants in Samuel Wood's congregation.  She appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, in which she is a correspondent for one of them; at one point she was pursued by Stephen Addington as a possible wife, which Doddridge opposed (see Nuttall, Calendar, letter 1752). Addington did marry her nevertheless in February 1752. See Part I, Letter 52. 

*130.  Reynolds, Mr. and Mrs. Either Richard Reynolds (1674-1743), Bishop of Lincoln, and his wife, or George Reynolds (d. 1769), Archdeacon of Lincoln, both of whom appear in several letters in Nuttall's Calendar. Another possibility is Thomas Reynolds, who was a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 2 in 1740, with no location given. See Part I, Letters 32, 34.

*131.   Roberts, Mrs. She may be the wife of William Roberts of St. Martins, Stamford, who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753; or of the Rev. Benjamin Roberts of Sheffield, Gilbert Roberts of Sheffield (most likely his son), or Richard Roberts of Harpole, Northamptonshire, all of whom subscribed to Volume 2 in 1740. See Part I, Letter 63.

132.   Robins, Rev. Thomas (1732-1810) studied under Philip Doddridge at Northampton (class of 1750) and then under Caleb Ashworth at Daventry, 1750-55; he subsequently served as minister to the Independent congregation at West Bromwich. As Robert Hall once commented, Robins was ‘a man remarkable for delicacy of taste and elegance of diction’. In 1775 Robins replaced the deceased Caleb Ashworth as Principal of the Academy at Daventry. In 1781 Robins was forced to resign due to a throat problem. See H. McLachlan, English Education under the Test Acts (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1931), 156-60; Robert Hall, Memoir of the Rev. Thomas Toller, in The Works of Robert Hall, ed. Olinthus Gregory, 6 vols (2nd ed., London, 1833), vol. 4, p. 306. See Part I, Letter 35.

*133.    Robinson, Mr. This is one of Doddridge's  former students (most likely at Kibworth since no Robinson's appear as students at Northampton) who was serving c. 1739-40 as an assistant with John Dowley (see above) at his congregation at Lutterworth, Leicestershire. Other Robinsons who figure in the sale of the Family Expositor an Doddridge's correspondence include Ranew Robinson, a bookseller who subscribed to 2 sets of Volume 2 in 1740, and a Sir John Robinson (d. 1765), who appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which for one he is a correspondent. See Part II, Letter 5.

*134.   Roddick [Rodick], Mr. John, of Wellingborough, a subscriber to Volumes 1-3 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. See Part II, Letter 7.

*135.  Rogers [Rodgers], Mrs.  This is possibly Hannah Rodgers (d. 1770), mother of James Rodgers (d. 1753/4), who appear in 3 letters in  Nuttall's Calendar; or she could be the wife of Timothy Rogers of Northampton, a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; or of Robert Rogers, most likely of Northampton, who was a subscriber to Volume 1 and Volume 4 (1753); another possibility is that she was married to a Thomas Rogers, a subscriber in 1756 to Volumes 5 of the Family Expositor. See Part I, Letter 35.

136.   Roome, Mr., a London undertaker who appears in 5 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, and his wife appears in 2 letters. See Part I, Letters 17, 32.

*137.  Rose, William (1719-86), a subscriber to 2 sets of Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753, his location given as Kew, in West London. He was a tutor for Doddridge in 1749 and then a schoolmaster and translator at Chiswick, not far from Kew. He was married to Sarah Clark of St. Albans, the daughter of John Clark, Sr., and an old friend of the Doddridges. He appears in 2 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 9, 13, 23.

138.    Rye, Mrs., (location uncertain). See Part I, Letters 35, 36.

*139. Saunders, Joseph, was a student of Doddridge at Northampton in 1729 and brother of J. Saunders of Kettering; in 1733 he assumed pastoral duties at Stamford, Lincolnshire, where he remained until 1746. He appears in 6 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. See Part II, Letter 1.

*140.    Scawen, Mrs. Tryphena (d. 1757), of Northampton, the wife of Thomas Scawen (d. 1774), MP, of Maidwell, Northamptonshire; both Thomas and Tryphena were subscribers to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. She appears in 21 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 4 of them; her husband appears in 8 letters, and her son in one. See Part I, Letter 23.

141.    Schoefield, Mr. and Mrs, of Northampton[?]. This is possibly Ratcliff Schoefield of Whitehaven, who was a student of Doddridge in 1750. A Miss Schoefield was a friend of Celia Doddridge. See Part I, Letters 32, 34, 36. 

*142. Scott, Rev. Thomas  (1680-1746) ministered to the Independent congregation at Back Street, Hitchin, Hertfordshire (1700-09) and at the Old Meeting, Norwich (1709-46). He subscribed to 7 sets of Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739.  His son, the Rev. Thomas Scott, Jr. (1705-75), like Doddridge, studied for a time under Dr. John Jennings at Kibworth, and with his father at Norwich, and, like his father, subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 (he did not subscribe to Volumes 2, 4 or 5). Between 1733 and 1738 the younger Scott preached to Independent congregations in Wortwell (Norfolk) and Lowestoft (Suffolk), followed by his long ministry at St. Nicholas Street, Ipswich (1734-74), serving as co-pastor to Samuel Baxter until 1740, then as sole pastor until 1761, and finally with his assistants Peter Emans, Robert Lewin, and William Wood through 1773, when he left to close out his career at Hapton in Norfolk. Thomas Scott, like his sister Elizabeth Scott (1708-76), were prominent hymn writers among the Independents at that time, with Thomas having clear leanings toward Arianism. He appears in 29 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 11 of them. His son appears in 7 letters. See Part II, Letters 4, 5.

143. Smith, Thomas, as a Justice of the Peace living in Bownham House near Stroud, and a friend of the novelist Elizabeth Hamilton, who was a friend of Mercy Doddridge, the daughter. See Part III, Letter 1.

*144.    Snell, Mrs. Cecilia, of London, was the wife of William Snell, a chancery solicitor and friend of Doddridge, in whose home Hugh Farmer (see above) lived for many years during his ministry at Walthamstow. Both Mr. and Mrs. Snell were subscribers to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739; William Snell subscribed as well to Volume 4 in 1753. Mrs. Snell appears in 12 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which she is a correspondent for 5 of them; William Snell appears in 11 letters, of which he is a correspondent for one of them. See Part I, Letter 6; Part II, Letter 13.

145.  Some, Mrs., was most likely the wife of Thomas Some, the son of David Some (d. 1737), the Congregational minister at Market Harborough, 1706-37. His other son, David Some, Jr., was a student at Kibworth Academy when Doddridge was there as well. David Some, Sr., appears in 37 letters, of which he is a correspondent for 4 of them; his son appears in 10 letters, of which he is a correspondent for 3 of them. Thomas Some appears in one letter.  See Part I, Letter 48.

146.   Spaggs [Spraggs], Mrs., of Northampton. See Part I, Letter 32.

147.     Steel, Mrs., of Northampton. See Part I, Letter 32; Part II, Letter 15. 

*148.   Steen[e], Mr., a bookseller (possibly Moshee Steen of Shrewsbury) who subscribed to four sets of Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. See Part I, Letter 35.

*149.  Stonhouse, Dr. James (1716-95), spent twenty years as a physician at Coventry and Northampton, at which time he was generally a critic of Christianity. He was converted and soon became friends with the Independent minister, Philip Doddridge, the evangelical clergyman, James Hervey, and the famous evangelist, George Whitefield. He eventually took orders and moved to Bristol in 1763, where he became Lecturer at All Saints Church. He was also appointed by Lord Radnor of Salisbury as rector of Little Cheverell, near Devizes, Wiltshire. He published numerous tracts in the 1770s. He became Sir James Stonhouse in 1792. In his early years in Bristol, Stonhouse lived next door to Hannah More and her sisters in Park Street. He was an accomplished man of letters, and soon became Hannah More’s literary advisor, assisting in some of her early publications and introducing her to literary figures in London, Northampton and then Bristol. He was a subscriber to 7 sets of Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. His first wife, Anne, died on 1 December 1747; he remarried in 1754, this time to Mercy Doddridge's close friend and companion, Sarah Ekins.  He appears in 58 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for only one of them. His first wife, Anne (d. 1747), appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 7, 19, 22, 32, 41, 45, 46, 47, 49, 53, 72, 82; Part II, Letters 6, 7, 15.

150.    Stonhouse, Sarah Ekins, second wife of James Stonhouse in 1754 (see Ekins, Sarah, above). 

*151.   Sturges, Mrs., most likely of Daventry, who was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 40, 42, 43, 47.

152. Thomas, Rev., Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire.  A Rev. Evan Thomas of Gloucestershire, an Independent minister, subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, but he is not the same Rev. Thomas at whose home Mercy Doddridge stayed in 1767-68. At present, the Rev. Thomas of Henley has not been identified. See Part I, Letters 55-57, 58-63.

*153.    Thompson, Mrs. Jenny, and Mr Stuckey Thompson, Norwich. They are probably part of the same family as James Thompson of Norwich, who was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753. See Part I, Letters 48, 53.

*154.    Thorold [Therold],  Sir John (1703-75) of Lincolnshire, 8th Baronet and philanthropist, who subscribed to 2 sets of Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 12 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 5 of them. See Part II, Letter 6.

*155.   Tozer, Rev. Abraham (d. 1794), Independent minister at Norwich (1745-54) and at Exeter (1755-94). He was a former pupil of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1735; he was the son of the bookseller Aaron Tozer of Exeter and was a subscriber (while still at Northampton) to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753 (listed at that time at Norwich). He appears in 15 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for only one of them. See Part I, Letter 10; Part II, Letter 7.

*156.  Tozer, John, Billiter Square, London, was a subscriber to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753, along with Aaron Tozer and John Tozer, both of Exeter; an Aaron Tozer of Newton-Abbot was a subscriber to Volume 5 in 1756. He does snot appear in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letters 6, 8, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41; Part III, no. 4.

157.   Tozer, Miss, of Billiter Square, London, the daughter of John Tozer (above). See Part I, Letters 32, 34, 35.

158.     Trotman, Mr. See Part II, Letter 7.

159.    Twining, Mrs., London. See Part I, Letter 57. 

*160.    Warburton, Rev. William. There are two William Warburtons who figure into Doddridge's life and history. The most prominent was William Warburton (1698-1779), Bishop of Gloucester and prominent theological writer and friend of Doddridge. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and Volume 4 in 1753. The second was William Warburton, a student of Doddridge at Northampton in the class of 1741 who later served as an assistant minister at Northampton between 1753 and 1760 while also serving as minister to the congregation at nearby Creaton from 1753 to 1773. He then ministered at Angel Street in Worcester, 1777-78. Bishop Warburton appears in 30 letters, of which he is a correspondent for 18 of them. William Warburton the former student appears in only one letter. The latter Warburton also subscribed to Volume 4 of the Expositor.  See Part I, Letter 83; Part II, Letters 12, 14.

*161.    Watts, Isaac (1674-1748) was an Independent minister, private tutor, and, along with Charles Wesley, one of the greatest and most prolific hymn writers of the 18th century.  He spent much of adult life in Stoke Newington. His Horae Lyricae: Poems, Chiefly of the Lyric Kind (1706), went through 16 English editions between 1706 and 1799. Besides his hymns and work promoting the evangelical movement fostered by Whitefield, Edwards, Doddridge, and others among dissenters and Anglicans, Watts was also instrumental in transforming the Westminster Catechism of 1648 into memorable language that children could master. His The Assembly's Catechism with Notes, or, The Shorter Catechism (1748) was revised and reprinted numerous times during the eighteenth century, becoming an important tool in the early years of the Sunday School movement in England and America. Watts subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. He appears in 117 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 34 of them.  See Part II, Letter 1.   

162.    Waugh, James (d. 1766), London, a dissenting (most certainly he was an Independent) bookseller at the Turk's Head, Grace-Church-Street, 1744-1750, and then at the Turk's Head in Lombard Street, 1750-1766. He was succeeded by Mary Fenner Waugh, his second wife, who had previously operated as a printer/bookseller with her first husband, William Fenner, and then on her own as Mary Fenner; she continued to operate as Mary Waugh from Lombard Street between 1766 and 1773.  James Waugh served as one of Doddridge's primary booksellers during the 1740s and into the 1750s prior to Mercy Doddridge breaking with him after 1756. Neither James nor Mary Waugh subscribed to any of the volumes of the Family Expositor. He appears in 13 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part I, Letter 28, 29, 31, 38, 47, 51; Part II, Letter 14; Part III, no. 4.

163.    Waugh, Mrs. (the former Mary Fenner) (fl. 1735-73) (see above). She appears in 9 letters, none of which as a  correspondent, and in 3 letters as Mary Fenner. Part I, Letters 29, 63.=

*164.    Webb, Mr. John, of Bury St. Edmunds. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. He appears in 4 letters in Nuttall's Calendar. See Part II, Letter 7.

*165.  Wilkinson, Mr. John, of Northampton and nearby Creaton. He subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739 and to Volume 4 in 1753. Two Wilkinsons, Isaac of Market Harborough (later the minister at Kibworth) and Joseph (d. 1762) of North Shields, were students of Doddridge at Northampton and may have been related to John Wilkinson. Joseph subscribed to Volume 2 of the Family Expositor in 1740. John Wilkinson does not appear in Nuttall's Calendar, but Isaac and Joseph appear in 15 letters. A Mrs. Wilkinson appears in a letter by Mary Doddridge the cousin to Mercy Doddridge, and is most likely the mother of Isaac. See Part 1, Letter 56; Part II, Letters 2, 5; Part IV, no. 6. 

*166.    Wood, Rev. Samuel (1710-67), Independent minister at the Old Meeting, Norwich ( 1747-67).  He was not a former student of Doddridge, but he did subscribe to Volume 4 of the Family Expositor in 1753.  He was the nephew of Samuel Wood (d. 1748), Congregational minister at Bishop’s Stortford and Woodbridge who subscribed to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739, along with his son, Samuel Wood, Jr., who studied under Doddridge at Northampton from 1736-40. He served as the Congregational minister at Framlingham, Suffolk, from 1744 to 1756.  Two other Woods who were known to Doddridge as well and were most likely relations of Samuel Wood: James Wood (d. 1742), a Congregational minister, and Nathaniel Wood of St. Albans, a schoolmaster and a subscriber to Volume 1 of the Family Expositor in 1739. Samuel Wood of Norwich appears in 37 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, of which he is a correspondent for 29 of them. See Part I, Letters 44-48, 51, 52, 53; Part II, Letter 9.

167.   Wood, Miss, of Norwich, daughter of the Rev. Samuel Wood (above). See Part I, Letters 44, 45, 46.

168.     Yeoman, Mr. Thomas (d. 1781) of Northampton. He does not appear on any of the subscription lists for the Family Expositor. but he does appear in 3 letters in Nuttall's Calendar, for one of which he is a correspondent. See Part I, Letter 38.