Early Congregational Church Ministers at Maldon The first Congregational Church The Congregational Church in Maldon was established in 1696 by the Rev Joseph Billio Rev Joseph Billio was the son of Rev Robert Billio who was the  Vicar of the Parish Church at nearby Wickham Bishops when he was ejected for having non conformist sympathies. Robert's other son , Robert Junior, also entered the Congregational ministry being the Minister at Hackney until 1710. Joseph was born at Hatfield Peveral in 1668 and in 1696 hired some ground in Maldon from Mr William Coe. He then raised the money to recet a Congregational Church capable of holding 400 people. He was a skilled orator with a hell and damnation style which drew large congregations. Local stories hold that Joseph Billio was the source of the popular expression "Like Billio" which usually means an extreme activity ie I ran like billio The Ministers 1696 - 1900   Date appointed First name Surname Date Death 1696 Joseph Billio   ?   Bird   ? Laurence Holden 1778 1765 Rest Knipe 1773 1773 Simon Wilmshurst 1800 1800 Stephen Foster 1811 1813 James Tait 1819 1820 Robert Burls 1866 1857 J Gwynne Hughes 1886 1887 H Hermann Carlisle

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