Rev. William Carey D.D (1761-1834). Initiated the modern missionary movement with the founding of the Particular Baptist Missionary Society in 1792. Figurehead of the 'Serampore Trio'. From his birth, to his arrival in India | Early progress and arrival at Mudnabatty | Photographs

Rev. Joshua Marshman D.D (1768-1837). William Ward's colleague and member of the Serampore Trio.

Rev. Andrew Fuller D.D (1754-1815). One of the founders of the Particular Baptist Missionary Society and the first Secretary of the Society. The rock on whom the Serampore Trio depended.

John Clark Marshman (1794 - 1877). First son of Joshua and Hannah Marshman, author of 'The Life and Times of Carey, Marshman and Ward, embracing the History of the Serampore Mission', and some time Principal of Serampore College.

Rev. J. D. G. Pike (1784-1854), and a history of the Brook Street General Baptist Chapel of the New Connexion, Derby. The minister of the Brook Street Chapel, one of the founders, and the first Secretary of the General Baptist Missionary Society.

Rev. Dan Taylor (1738-1816). Preached the open air sermon that founded the General Baptist denomination in Derby.

Abiah Darby of Coalbrookdale (1716-1794). Quaker evangelist and wife of Abraham Darby II. It was she who held the fateful meeting in Derby Town Hall on 17th August,1774, which changed the life of William Ward's mother. A small biography of Abiah's life is included with the approval of the Ebor Press, York, England, and is extracted from 'Abiah Darby of Coalbrookdale' by Rachel Labouchere, William Sessions Limited, York, 1988.

Joan Waste (1534-1556). The protestant martyrdom of a poor blind woman of Derby in 1556.
In 1536 Henry VIII published the Great Bible. This was the first off icial Bible translated into English. For the first time Englishmen could freely read the Bible in their own language. The story illustrates the dangers this new found freedom brought when successive monarchs enforced their own religious views on the population. This was not resolved until William and Mary came to the throne in 1688 in what came to be known as the Glorious Revolution. In 1788 the country celebrated the centenary of the Glorious Revolution, but reactionary forces in England confused this support for republicanism. The French Revolution which was happening at this time. William Ward was much affected by the ensueing wave of political hysteria.
Extract reproduced with the kind permission of Derby Local Studies Library.

The Strutt Family. The information on this page has been deleted due to difficulties with the trustees and management of the Belper North Mill Museum. Any questions visitors may have about the Strutts need to be directed to Mr. Ray Marjoram of the Belper North Mill Museum at: raymarjoram@belpernorthmill.org.uk. Or Professor David Elson of the Ruddington Framework Knitters' Museum at: dm.elson@btinternet.com.

William Hopkins Pearce (1794-1840) and Anna Pearce (1795-1832). A brief biography of W. H. Pearce, the founder (in 1818) of Baptist Mission Press, Calcutta. Pearce was the son of Rev. Samuel Pearce of Cannon Street Baptist Chapel, Birmingham. His sister, Anna, also went out to India and married Dr. William Carey's youngest son, Jonathan, a Calcutta solicitor. Anna and Jonathan's grandson, S. Pearce Carey, was Dr. William Carey's celebrated biographer. The text includes excerpts from 'Memoirs of Rev. W. H. Pearce', by Rev. William Yates, Baptist Mission Press, 1841. Yates was Pearce's successor at Baptist Mission Press.
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