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John James Watson (1767–1839) was an English clergyman who became prominent in the High Church group known now as the Hackney Phalanx. He became Archdeacon of St Albans in 1816.

Life

Watson, brother of Joshua Watson, was curate to Jonathan Boucher, a friend of his father, at Epsom. From 1799 he was vicar, and then rector, of Hackney, at that time east of London proper. Appointed Archdeacon of St Albans in 1816, he held onto the rectorship of Hackney. Henry Handley Norris was Watson's curate, and brother-in-law, and held a post at South Hackney from 1809. The Watson brothers and Norris became the core members of the "Hackney Phalanx", with shared orthodox Anglican beliefs and family ties.^[1]^[2]

Others who acted as curates to Watson were George Townsend and Edward Churton. Churton married Watson's eldest daughter, Caroline.^[3]^[4]

Family

Watson married Caroline Powell, sister of the elder Baden Powell (13 Dec 1725 - 31 Jan 1810),^[5] the merchant;^[6] Powell's daughter Henrietta married Henry Handley Norris. Powell's other sister Susanna (24 Nov 1765 - 20 Jan 1846)^[5] married Thomas Sikes ( - 14 Dec 1834),^[5]^[6] vicar of Guilsborough, and Watson's friend from the University of Oxford. Joshua Watson married Mary Sikes, sister of Thomas Sikes. The younger Baden Powell (22 Aug 1796 - 11 Jun 1860)^[5] was therefore nephew to John James Watson.^[7]^[8]

References

^ Colin Podmore (22 July 2005). Aspects of Anglican Identity. Church House Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7151-4074-1. Retrieved 17 December 2012.
^ Nockles, Peter B. "Norris, Henry Handley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20274. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Agnew, Sinéad. "Townsend, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27609. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Murphy, G. Martin. "Churton, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5408. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The Powell Pedigree: 500 years of family history Prepared by Robin Baden Clay (6 February, 2001) - including an Ancestor MAP for Rev. Prof. Baden POWELL - part of the homepage on the 1860 publication: "Essays and Reviews" by (Church of England theologians) Temple, Williams, Powell, Wilson, Goodwin, Pattison and Jowett". Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
^ ^a ^b Pietro Corsi (26 May 1988). Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800-1860. Cambridge University Press. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0-521-24245-5. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ E. A. Varley (11 April 2002). The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-89231-5. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ Corsi, Pietro. "Powell, Baden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22642. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[Podmore2005-1] Colin Podmore (22 July 2005). Aspects of Anglican Identity. Church House Publishing. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-7151-4074-1. Retrieved 17 December 2012.

[2] Nockles, Peter B. "Norris, Henry Handley". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/20274. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[3] Agnew, Sinéad. "Townsend, George". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27609. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[4] Murphy, G. Martin. "Churton, Edward". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/5408. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[lachlan.bluehaze.com.au-5] "The Powell Pedigree: 500 years of family history Prepared by Robin Baden Clay (6 February, 2001) - including an Ancestor MAP for Rev. Prof. Baden POWELL - part of the homepage on the 1860 publication: "Essays and Reviews" by (Church of England theologians) Temple, Williams, Powell, Wilson, Goodwin, Pattison and Jowett". Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2019.

[Corsi1988-6] Pietro Corsi (26 May 1988). Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800-1860. Cambridge University Press. pp. 10–11. ISBN 978-0-521-24245-5. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[7] E. A. Varley (11 April 2002). The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-521-89231-5. Retrieved 18 December 2012.

[8] Corsi, Pietro. "Powell, Baden". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/22642. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

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-'''John James Watson''' (1767–1839) was an English clergyman who became prominent in the [[High Church]] group known now as the [[Hackney Phalanx]]. He became [[Archdeacon of St Albans]] in 1816.
 [[File:John James Watson Turner.jpg|thumb|John James Watson, 1834 engraving by [[Charles Turner (engraver)|Charles Turner]], after [[Edmund Thomas Parris]]]]
+'''John James Watson''' (1767–1839) was an English clergyman who became prominent in the [[High Church]] group known now as the [[Hackney Phalanx]]. He became [[Archdeacon of St Albans]] in 1816.
 ==Life==
-Watson, brother of [[Joshua Watson]], was curate to [[Jonathan Boucher]], a friend of his father, at [[Epsom]]. From 1799 he was [[vicar]], and then [[rector]], of [[Hackney parish|Hackney]], at that time east of London proper. Appointed Archdeacon of St Albans in 1816, he held onto the rectorship of Hackney. [[Henry Handley Norris]] held a post at South Hackney from 1809. The Watson brothers and Norris became the core members of the "Hackney Phalanx", with shared orthodox [[Anglican]] beliefs and family ties.<ref name="Podmore2005">{{cite book|author=Colin Podmore|title=Aspects of Anglican Identity|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=yIigL5EI260C&pg=PA10|accessdate=17 December 2012|date=22 July 2005|publisher=Church House Publishing|isbn=978-0-7151-4074-1|page=10}}</ref>
+Watson, brother of [[Joshua Watson]], was curate to [[Jonathan Boucher]], a friend of his father, at [[Epsom]]. From 1799 he was [[vicar]], and then [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|rector]], of [[Hackney parish|Hackney]], at that time east of London proper. Appointed Archdeacon of St Albans in 1816, he held onto the rectorship of Hackney. [[Henry Handley Norris]]  was Watson's curate, and brother-in-law, and held a post at South Hackney from 1809. The Watson brothers and Norris became the core members of the "Hackney Phalanx", with shared orthodox [[Anglican]] beliefs and family ties.<ref name="Podmore2005">{{cite book|author=Colin Podmore|author-link=Colin Podmore|title=Aspects of Anglican Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIigL5EI260C&pg=PA10|accessdate=17 December 2012|date=22 July 2005|publisher=Church House Publishing|isbn=978-0-7151-4074-1|page=10}}</ref><ref>{{ODNBweb|id=20274|title=Norris, Henry Handley|first=Peter B.|last=Nockles}}</ref>
+Others who acted as curates to Watson were [[George Townsend (clergyman)|George Townsend]] and [[Edward Churton]]. Churton married Watson's eldest daughter, Caroline.<ref>{{ODNBweb|id=27609|title=Townsend, George|first=Sinéad|last=Agnew}}</ref><ref>{{ODNBweb|id=5408|title=Churton, Edward|first=G. Martin|last=Murphy}}</ref>
 ==Family==
-Watson married a sister of the elder Baden Powell, the merchant; Powell's sister Henrietta married Norris. Powell's other sister married Thomas Sikes, vicar of [[Guilsborough]], and Watson's friend from the [[University of Oxford]]. Joshua Watson married Mary Sikes, sister of Thomas Sikes. The younger [[Baden Powell]] was therefore nephew to John James Watson.<ref>{{cite book|author=E. A. Varley|title=The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=jLqpg38BTDAC&pg=PA31|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=11 April 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89231-5|page=31}}</ref>{{ODNBweb|id=22642|title=Powell, Baden|first=Pietro|last=Corsi}}<ref></ref>
+Watson married Caroline Powell, sister of the elder Baden Powell (13 Dec 1725 - 31 Jan 1810),<ref name="lachlan.bluehaze.com.au">{{Cite web |url=http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/1860-essays-reviews/powellfamilytree.html |title=The Powell Pedigree: 500 years of family history Prepared by Robin Baden Clay (6 February, 2001) - including an Ancestor MAP for Rev. Prof. Baden POWELL - part of the homepage on the 1860 publication: "Essays and Reviews" by (Church of England theologians) Temple, Williams, Powell, Wilson, Goodwin, Pattison and Jowett |access-date=1 July 2019 |archive-date=2 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702015908/http://lachlan.bluehaze.com.au/1860-essays-reviews/powellfamilytree.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> the merchant;<ref name="Corsi1988">{{cite book|author=Pietro Corsi|title=Science and Religion: Baden Powell and the Anglican Debate, 1800-1860|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VJHB3j_VCUQC&pg=PA10|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=26 May 1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-24245-5|pages=10–11}}</ref> Powell's daughter Henrietta married [[Henry Handley Norris]]. Powell's other sister Susanna (24 Nov 1765 - 20 Jan 1846)<ref name="lachlan.bluehaze.com.au"/> married Thomas Sikes ( - 14 Dec 1834),<ref name="lachlan.bluehaze.com.au"/><ref name="Corsi1988"/> vicar of [[Guilsborough]], and Watson's friend from the [[University of Oxford]]. Joshua Watson married Mary Sikes, sister of Thomas Sikes. The younger [[Baden Powell (mathematician)|Baden Powell]] (22 Aug 1796  - 11 Jun 1860)<ref name="lachlan.bluehaze.com.au"/> was therefore nephew to John James Watson.<ref>{{cite book|author=E. A. Varley|title=The Last of the Prince Bishops: William Van Mildert and the High Church Movement of the Early Nineteenth Century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jLqpg38BTDAC&pg=PA31|accessdate=18 December 2012|date=11 April 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-0-521-89231-5|page=31}}</ref><ref>{{ODNBweb|id=22642|title=Powell, Baden|first=Pietro|last=Corsi}}</ref>
+==References==
+{{Reflist|30em}}
+{{Archdeacons of St Albans}}
-==Notes==
+{{Authority control}}
-{{reflist}}
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-[[Category:English Anglican priests]]
+[[Category:18th-century English Anglican priests]]
+[[Category:19th-century English Anglican priests]]
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Medieval	John Blebury John Hatfield William Alnwick/Alnewyke John Peyton John Hatfield Stephen London William Albon William of Wallingford Nicholas Boston John Rothebury John Thornton Thomas Newland/Newlonde Richard Runham John Stonewell/Stonywell John Killingworth John Albon John Mainard/Maynard Richard Runham Thomas Marshall Thomas Kyngesbury Egidius Ferrers Thomas Kingsbury/Kyngesbury William East/Este
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Late modern	Walter Lawrance Kenneth Gibbs Arthur Parnell Aylmer Skelton Thomas Wood Charles Cockbill Basil Snell Peter Mumford David Farmbrough Edward Norfolk Philip Davies Richard Cheetham Helen Cunliffe Jonathan Smith Jane Mainwaring Charles Hudson