Benjamin Slight was born in Scotland in 1800 to James and Hannah Slight. After his apprenticeship in Newcastle and early period in London he moved to Tunbridge Wells in 1830 as the Pastor at Mount Sion Chapel. After his marriage to Charlotte Twiss in 1836, Benjamin became the moving force that established the Congregational Church at Mount Pleasant in 1848. The Slights moved to East Grinstead in 1850 where Benjamin ministered at Ashurst Wood before deciding to extend the Congregational Ministry in East Grinstead through the establishment of the Moat Congregational Church in 1870. Benjamin Slight died on 17th August 1889 at his home Nenthorn, Forest Row and was buried at Tunbridge Wells on the 22nd.
| James Slight | m: c 1765 | Mrs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1739 Scotland | b: c 1740 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James | Archibald | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1772 d: 26th Apr 1852 Union Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland | b: 1780 d: 1810 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Slight | m: c 1795 | Hannah Downs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1772 d: 26th Apr 1852 Union Terrace, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland | b: 1773 d: 15th Nov 1842 Picton Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| John | Benjamin | Elizabeth | Unnamed | James | Maryanne | Christiana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 22nd Jan 1799 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland ch: 31st Oct 1803 Nenthorn Kirk, Berwickshire | b: 1st Aug 1800 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland ch: 31st Oct 1803 Nenthorn Kirk, Berwickshire d: 17th Aug 1889 Nenthorn, Forest Row, Sussex bur: 22nd Aug 1889 Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 7th Apr 1802 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland ch: 31st Oct 1803 Nenthorn Kirk, Berwickshire | b: 12th May 1804 Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland | b: 9th Jul 1809 Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland | b: 18th Aug 1812 Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland | b: 15th Oct 1815 Kelso, Roxburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Benjamin Slight | m: 28th Jun 1836 St. Mary's Church, Speldhurst, Kent | Charlotte Twiss | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| b: 1st Aug 1800 Nenthorn, Berwickshire, Scotland ch: 31st Oct 1803 Nenthorn Kirk, Berwickshire d: 17th Aug 1889 Nenthorn, Forest Row, Sussex bur: 22nd Aug 1889 Tunbridge Wells Cemetery, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | b: 30th Jun 1800 Rotterdam, Holland d: 5th Dec 1884 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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