Before going to Ramsgate, she stayed a short whereas in London, with Edward and Lydia. In July 1826, Mary Williams took a holiday in Ramsgate, with Edward and Lydia Marsh. In reality I know nothing about her, as she thinks it too great a waste of time to inform me of any circumstance that offers her pleasure or ache, or of any particulars in the character of the persons she lives with by which her consolation is affected and that i merely know that she removes in the middle of January.’ Mary (Rebecca) goes on ‘and because the candy means of grace have been vital to me underneath expensive Mr Irons’s ministry, of trying whether or not the Lord ought to be pleased to afford me extra prosperity in each particular in Camberwell.’ Her mother comments ‘ I believe it her duty to put up with many things she could not like. Miss R has taken Mary up and will do each factor she will be able to for her, but the occasions are onerous, & it has hitherto been a dropping concern, & that to an awesome diploma, she will be able to solely carry on until her money is all gone & then if pupils do not increase considerably she should think of one thing else however I know she has hopes of one in a fortnight that is prone to pay nicely.
Christian. She doesn’t hear Mr Irons & told me she didn’t know that she was benefitted when she did, however she has an excellent respect for him, and has done him many type offices. A short while ago she could not take away from Clapham, for she may profit only from his preaching, now she will stay no the place however at Camberwell, for Mr Irons solely & not Mr Burrows can converse peace to her mind.’ Rebecca defined, ‘To make a short story of it, when his Mr B’s chapel was repairing in August, and my thoughts virtually in a desolation to know what ministry I ought to find, in any respect to be compared within the setting forth of the reality along with his, I used to be solely providentially led to Camberwell, and the very first words and indeed every word Mr Irons uttered, proved to be so exactly suited to the search my mind had been making for years, and so in accordance with my very own feelings and sweetly calculated to promote the growth of spirituality within the soul, that I had a need to settle underneath his ministry. Through the instrumentality of Marianne Rivington she has been introduced to the only person maybe in Camberwell, who was in any respect likely to introduce & convey her into discover, a Miss Rolleston of the Nottinghamshire family.
He recounts that on twenty seventh April 1813 ‘On the observe’g morning I referred to as on the Bank to inquire into the nature of & security required to be given for my nephew John Williams, who thro’ the curiosity of my Sister’s good friend Mr Thompson, was appointed one of the clerks of the Bank, but co’d not start to act till safety for £1000 was given for his good behaviour, which I discovered is perhaps divided between three or 4 in separate bonds on which I wrote to my sister & provided to hitch with three others, which contemplating how much I had currently smarted from giving safety, on behalf of my Sister & household, was as much as co’d be expected for me to do. In April 1816 he notes, ‘On this day I heard, by a letter from my cousin Charlotte, of the latest marriage of my nephew J. Williams to a young Lady of the neighbourhood of Nottingham.’ The lady in query was Elizabeth Attenborough.
However, in a letter dated 16th September 1825, to William, in New Zealand, Mary Williams describes her issues over Mary (Rebecca), who had written to say that she was leaving her put up with Mrs Deacon. On this she observes, “the primary proposal for our separation coming from Mrs Deacon took from me the painful feeling of eradicating myself from a situation plainly appointed for me by providence.” Nobody can doubt the sincerity of her wishes to do that which is her duty and no one can consider worldly advantage much less. Then in July 1824 she moved to Hastings, for a submit with a Mrs Deacon. Her first letter merely knowledgeable me of the circumstance without any reasons why, or whether it was by her personal or Mrs D’s need. On the final sentence of her letter I quite stared, for I have never heard of pricey Mr Irons, or Camberwell earlier than. This page was final edited on 31 August 2024, at 00:22 (UTC). She might have been helping her mom at this stage however in October 1820 she is recorded by Marsh as being a governess to the kids of a Mr Way at Stanstead, close to Chichester, on a wage of £100 a 12 months, however unhappily was dismissed from this submit in August 1821 ‘in fairly an unhandsome method.’ By October 1823 she ‘was now in a very good situation, as governess in a Lady’s household at, or near Fulham.