EXCEPTIONAL ANTIQUE NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER By SARAH TOOTLE 1803 American Interest




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Reference Number: Avaluer:27314540Colour: Multi-Coloured
Type/ Features: EmbroideryProduct: Samplers
Style/ Origin: EnglishMaterial: Cotton
Original Description:
A delightful and very finely worked silk sampler, I particularly like the tiny squirrel & owl perched on the two leaves coming out of the simple border pattern as well as the variety of stitch work found on the central flower and two flowers in pots in the bottom corners.
Now Sarah was born 16.5.1792 ( parents Richard & Ann ) in Doncaster and married John Spurr on the 8.11.1809 a Butcher from Rotherham.
Now they had 8 children, notably one Charles Benjamin Spurr (1813-9...2) who emigrated to America becoming a Methodist Preacher and is buried in Tamaqua, Schuklkill, Pennsylvania. He married Harriet, and had five children. Other relatives emigrated to Australia, so now has the world covered.
The History of Brooklyn has The Brooklyn Primitive Methodist Church has existed since 1839. In church government it is entirely democratic, and all matters of prog and discipline are settled by the will of the people. The church is Situated in Bridge street, between Concord and Tillary streets. It is a wood frame building, the inside plain and nest, and the religious devotion are energetic and lively. All the seats in the church are free. An interesting Sunday school is also in operation. Revival services have been conducted in the church since the commencement of the present year (1869).Pastor, Rev. Charles Spurr.
Prior to this he was first at Schurykill, a Primitive Methodist Church. The congregation composed largely of miners organized this church in 1840, and built a small church edifice in the northern part of the borough. Rev. Charles Spurr was pastor in 1849. American Primitive Methodist.-The first sermon in behalf of the Primitive Methodist denomination of this city was preached by Rev. Charles Spurr in the Presbyterian church, March 3rd, 1864 he returned as Pastor on a number of occasions.

Retaining its original frame , ( 38 x 49. cm ).good colour , a couple of small holes.


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