John Martin
| John Martin | |
|---|---|
| Years at BGS | ?-? (including 1835-1841) |
| Subjects | Reading; Writing; Arithmetic; Surveying; Book-keeping |
John Martin was a teacher of Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Surveying and Book-keeping at Boston Grammar School. His years at BGS are not known but according to Robert Evelyn Roy he was on the staff in 1835.
According to Robert Evelyn Roy in his account of his time as a pupil at the school in 1835:
Mr Martin was a very efficient, painstaking and pleasant man of the Commercial School type, who taught reading, writing and arithmetic with surveying and book-keeping. We upper boys came under him part of the afternoon, and my father having a chain and other paraphernalia for surveying, we took the dimensions of Mr Hopkins' field, now Mr Oldrid's[1]. This occupied several afternoons...
In 1836 Martin was offering lodgings for boys attending the school, for example in The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury of 3 June:
Boston Grammar School
J. Martin, Second Master of Boston Grammar School, respectfully announces his intention of receiving into the spacious and airy house he has recently taken in South-end Six Young Gentlemen as Boarders.
Pupils confided to his care will accompany him to the Grammar School, and enjoy all the advantages of the system of education therein pursued, which comprehends every branch of learning requisite to form commercial and professional men.
Terms: Five Guineas per Quarter.
N.B. This charge includes the School Fee.
Boston, June 1st 1836.
By 18th June 1839, according to an advert in The Lincoln, Rutland, and Stamford Mercury, John Martin was living in Grove Street where "his present residence... will be found to possess every requisite for the comfort and accommodation of Boarders." The 1841 census shows him living there with his wife, Sarah, his four children: John (8), Sarah (6), Thomas (4) and Eliza (2), three other adults, and what seem to be seven pupils:
- C Calthrop (14)
- A Camp (18)
- W I Gunner (14)
- C Saxton (13)
- F Saxton (11)
- W H Paget (11)
- G D Evans (10)
References
- ↑ Central Park - visitbostonuk.com. Hopkins'/Oldrid's field is now part of Central Park, Boston