Thomas Wykes

Thomas Wykes, woolstapler, lived in Northampton at that time.  He joined the church at College Lane in 1771 and became a deacon; he died on 24 November 1795. He may have been related to a former tutor at J. C. Ryland’s Academy, William Wykes (d. 1785), who pastored the Baptist meeting in Kingsbridge, c. 1770-76. See Universal British Directory, 4:89; College Lane Church Book, f. 12; W. T. Adey, The History of the Baptist Church, Kingsbridge, Devon (Kingsbridge: n.p., 1899) 12-18; Rippon, Baptist Annual Register, 2:299, 4:984.