Timothy William Potter Taylder was born 2nd March 1818 in Penryn Cornwall, the youngest child of William and Susannah Taylder. He was also the only son with 5 elder sisters. On 24th May 1818 he was christened in New Street Independent church as were his sisters before him. His father was a cordwainer but Timothy did not follow in his footsteps and is shown in the 1841 census as a druggist still living at home. However shortly afterwards he was ordained into the Wesleyan Methodist church and by 1845 he was serving as a missionary in Jamaica in Montego Bay. He spent 3 years in Jamaica moving to Spanish Town and Ocho-Rios. Whilst out in Jamaica his father died on 10th November 1844 and Timothy inherited £20 in his father's will. He returned from Jamaica in 1846 and his name disappears from the list of Wesleyan ministers. In 1849 he was living in London and on 4th July he married Emma Bampton at Lewisham. They had 3 children but the last, Mercy Bampton born in 1854, died shortly afterwards and was followed by her mother a short time later. Timothy returned to the church and is recorded as being minister of Zion Chapel Highworth Wiltshire from 1860 to 1864. It was here that he married Elizabeth Edgington on 15 August 1861. One of the witnesses was his sister Jemimah Potter Taylder who was living with him. His time at Highworth was described in the history of the church as a period of turbulent times. Timothy's strict interpretation of who could receive the Sacrament was at odds with the congregation. The following is an entry in the Church Minutes 1st Jan 1863 "Harriet Barrett requested that her name be erased from the roll of the church members for unkindness to herself and injustice to her husband. "The 'injustice' to her husband was for his expulsion for gross immorality. Since that expulsion Mrs Barrett has spread false and malicious reports concerning the minister and has used falsehood concerning the minister's wife." Timothy and Elizabeth had 4 children whilst at Highworth, Elizabeth Edgington, twins Annie and Thomas and Charles Edgington. By 1868 they had moved to St Bees, Westmoreland where their next child, Elfrida Edgington, was born. Their final child, Matilda, was born in 1870 in Hauxley, Northumberland. Timothy's wife Elizabeth died in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1872 and by 1881 he was living in Burt Terrace Gateshead. A strong abstainer, he was prominent in the Temperance movement, writing several tracts on alcohol. In 1898 he was appointed Grand Chaplain to the Independent Order of Good Templars. He died in Newcastle upon Tyne on 12 April 1903. One of his last actions was to write a letter to the Grand Session of the Independent Order of Good Templars who were meeting in Sheffield. He was buried in Elswick Cemetery and his headstone can still be seen there today.