Alexander Payne

Alexander Payne succeeded John Ayer at Walgrave c. 1784. He came from Lawrence Butterworth’s congregation in Worcestershire and would join the Walgrave chuch on May 29, 1785. He was ordained on July 6, 1785, with the John Evans, Sutcliff, Ryland, Jr., and Fuller attending. A new chapel was built at Walgrave in 1786, with Fuller and Ryland preaching. Payne remained at Walgrave for 33 years, and during his ministry no less than nine men were called to preach among the Baptists. See W.A. Wicks, Concise History of the Baptist Church, (Walgrave (Northampton: Taylor & Son, 1892), 21-23.