John Minter

Bef 1744 - 1797  (53 years)

• Name	John Minter
  Birth	Bef 18 Dec 1744
  Christening	18 Dec 1744	Ash, Kent   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	10
  _UID	9803A45EDCAD46E2928A7E55C6B53BBAAD32
  Death	17 Dec 1797  [1]
  Burial	24 Dec 1797	St Georges, Canterbury, Kent   [1]
  Notes	Apprenticed to William Pattisen and Co of Canterbury for fifteen pounds in 1758, glovers. A glover and breeches maker in 1767. Advertised as a breeches maker and glover of St Georges Street opposite the Corn Market Canterbury in 1769: Gazette, 1769 Wed.16th Aug to Sat.19 Aug. (Advertisement) "John Minter, Breeches maker and Glover, the Corn Market, St. Georges Street, Canterbury. and sells all sorts of Men's and Boys' Buck, Doe, Grain, and Allum breeches, Men's and Boys' Gloves of sorts, splatterlashes and half legs. Women's Pockets; White Lamb, and all other sorts of coloured Women's Girls' Gloves and Mits, and every other article in branch, on the most reasonable terms. All orders will be executed with despatch in the neatest genteelest manner. Breeches and Gloves neatly washed and mended on reasonable terms." advertisement also in the following week's issue). Churchwarden of St Andrews Canterbury in 1775 upon the letting of two houses in Chantry Lane. Executer of the estate of John Buckhurst in 1786. Elected a common councilman of Canterbury in 1782, resigned from the common council in 1791 (Kentish Chronicle, 4 Nov 1791). Appears in Ancestry's UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811: 6 July 1773 John Minter of Canterbury in Kent, breechesmaker. Apprentice Thomas Reynolds. 1 March 1780 John Minter of the City of Canterbury in Kent, breechesmaker. Apprentice William Shillma(?). An apprentice left his employ to commence trading in 1794: Kentish Ga Handed over his shop opposite the Corn Market to his apprentice in 1797. Advertised his support of the Canterbury and Union Bank in 1797. Appeared in Baileys British Directory for 1784, four volumes, Volume the fourth, the Eastern Directory, as a fell monger of High Street, Canterbury. Died aged 53, after a long illness. Will proved on 29 January 1798 at Somerset House.
  Person ID	I10	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2011

  
  

  Father	Thomas Minter,   b. Bef 5 Jul 1713   d. Bef 2 Jan 1761 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	Jane HOGBEN,   b. Bef 21 Aug 1716   d. Bef 12 Sep 1745 (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	14 Aug 1739	Ash, Kent   [1]
  	Married by license*, Thomas as a bachelor of Ash, Jane as a maiden of Ash. * dated 23 July per the Ash Family Reconstitution Files supplied by Cally Schneider in December 2012.
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ann HAWKES,   b. Abt 1733   d. 12 Nov 1822 (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	12 Mar 1769	St Mary Bredin, Canterbury, Kent   [1]
  	Married by license. John a bachelor breeches maker of St Andrews Canterbury; Ann a spinster of St Andrews Canterbury.
  Family ID	F818	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Sep 2009

  
  

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  [S11] Cliff Minter.