64 JOSIAS CHRISTOPHER GAMBLE 



with sufficient facility. Though his family 

 never heard him speak French he made his 

 way in France when little of the English 

 language was understood in French hotels. 



Gamble, when he first came to St. Helens, 

 resided in an old house in Duke Street; he 

 then took a farm and lived for several years 

 in the farmhouse on the property which 

 belonged to Sarah Cowley's estate, and ex- 

 tended from Raven Street to Pocket Nook. 

 The homestead faced Bishop's Bridge; the 

 farm is now covered by the Railway Station 

 and Chemical Works, &c. 



In the year 1839 he removed to Sutton 

 House, and resided there to the close of his 

 life. 



He died at his residence on the 27th 

 January, 1848, three weeks after the birth of 

 his first grandson, and was buried in the vault 

 in which his two daughters had been interred 

 in the Independent Chapel, St. Helens. 



Sutton House is now converted into the 

 Cottage Hospital. 



Gamble's personal appearance was as 

 remarkable as his character was original. 

 He habitually wore black broadcloth and a 

 white cravat, and his hat had a brim almost 

 broad enough for a Quaker. The black cloth 



