Son of John Angus and Abigail Hall, born c1680
Married Priscilla Angus
Children
Mary
Hannah - married John Hall
Abigail
Priscilla
Deborah
Ruth
Catharine
George (1725-1815)
Died on the 20th of February 1774
1 Mr. J. Angus was the eldest son of John Angus, second son of Henry Angus, of Bow House. His mother was Abigail Hall, of Monkfield. Of her, it. is said, that when certain persecutots came to apprehend her husband, she so ably vindicated him and his dissent, that the leader, Sir. B. Fenwick, turned away, saying, " Thou art a clever hussy, it is a pity thou shouldst be a fanatic !"
Her son Jonathan inherited her spirit and capacity, for in 1715,
he stood single and alone among the tenantry of Derwentwater, on the side of the House of Hanover, where the Earl
summoned his retainers to sustain the claims of the Pretender.
Mr. Angus had two brothers:
1st. William, who settled in Sunderland, but had no issue.
2nd. John, who became a Quaker.
He had also three sisters, but of them we know nothing.
He
married Priscilla, daughter of his uncle George, of Newcastle,
and had by her seven daughters.
1st. Mary Soppit.
2nd. Hannah Hall.
3rd, Abigail Angus, second wife of "William, of Styford.
4th. Priscilla Surtees, Slaly.
5th. Deborah Angus, wife
of Jonathan, of Hindley.
6th. Ruth Robson, Yorkshire.
7th.
Catharine Leybourne.
He had one son, Mr. George Angus, of
Word. 1725 - 1815 (Page 256)
History of the Baptist churches in the North of England 1648 - 1845: David Douglas 1846
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Mr. Henry Angus is said to have lived at the Raw House, the name of a farm house about six miles south-
east of Hexham, and lying between Broomhaugh and Broomley, where there are now, (1845,) two Baptist
Chapels, chiefly erected by the descendants of Mr. Angus, and where the successors of the Baptist church at
Hexham, assemble to worship the same God, and attend to the same ordinances as did their ancestors.
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* The following appears to be the most likely descent of this family, so far as it can be traced. Mr. Henry Angus, above
mention, had two brothers, William and George, both skinners, and freemen of the town of Newcastle. Their father's name was George, who lived at the Raw House likewise. The father of George is supposed to be Alexander Angus, as there was an ancient record in the family of an Alexander Angus being married to
a Miss Taylor. The father of Alexander was probably Richard Angus, farmer, at Dilston, whose will has been lately found at Durham, dated 1603. Supposing this person 80 years of age at this date, he would at the period of the Cardinal's death, in 1546, be in his 23rd year. It is probable then that he may have been the patriarch of the family. If so, Alexander may h ave been born about 1560, George about 1590, and Henry probably between 1620 and 1630, as his brother William became a freeman of Newcastle, in 1652. He was probably -merging on his 30th year when baptized, and supposing him to have lived till his 70th year, he would die about 1690, ten years after the birth of
his grandson Jonathan, afterwards of Panshields. His brother William had no issue.
His brother George had two sons, Thomas and John, both of Styford. He himself had three sons and one daughter, whose issue we shall have occasion to refer to hereafter.
Some have supposed this family connected with the Earls of Angus, but there is nothing, either historical or traditional, to
confirm this idea.
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1774. On the 20th February, this year; Mr. Jonathan Angus, of Panshields, died, aged ninety-four. He
had been a member of the church about seventy, and a deacon about fifty years. He was, says Mr. Whitfield,
a pious upright man. He retained his memory to the last, was sensible of his approaching end, spoke
warmly, to all around him of the Redeemer's salvation, immediately before his departure, when he calmly fell asleep in Jesus, and willingly resigned his; spirit into the hands of his faithful Creator, to whose hand he had committed it.