- Basic Info
- 1774-1814
- 1815-1840
- 1841-1846
| 1774 |
Not born in Yorkshire, possibly Edinburgh? |
Age |
| 1806 |
Appears that WH was an Independent Minister from Edinburgh, Scotland initially and was trained to be a missionary in India. The East India Company
then banned missionaries so he went to Yorkshire instead.
(Page 7 - East Cleveland Group United Reformed Church -
Group News Oct 2008)
Was reported as preaching in various local places (to Guisborough) since 1806,
and may have had oversight charge of a church in Stokesley at
the time. |
32 |
| Before 1810 |
Seems to have been living in the town of Guisborough. |
36 |
| 31 October 1811 |
A neat and commodious Chapel was
opened at Guisborough - The Ebenezer Chapel, later called the United Reformed Church in Guisborough, which still exists today. This chapel was built under WH's direction.
(A Short History of the
Guisborough
United
Reformed Church.)
Became the first minister until moving to Great Ayton in 1824.
|
37 |
| 23 November 1813 |
Married Ann Barry
St Nicholas' Parish Church, Guisborough |
39 |
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| 19 June 1815 |
Henrietta born
Guisborough, Yorkshire |
43 |
| 14 November 1815 |
Henrietta baptised by Rev James Jackson |
43 |
| 23 April 1818 |
Ann born
Guisborough, Yorkshire |
44 |
| 02 July 1818 |
Ann baptised by Rev James Jackson |
44 |
| 8 May 1821 |
William born
Guisborough, Yorkshire |
47 |
| 1824 |
Accepted the pastorate of the Great Ayton
Independent Chapel.
Independent Minister stationed at Guisborough, who replaced a Rev. Mr. Logan at Great Ayton. (from the Internet)
A map of Great Ayton as it would have appeared in 1856.
Great Ayton as it is today thanks to Google Maps. |
50 |
| 1826 |
Found a
church in Stokesley. |
52 |
|
| 07 June 1841 |
Census (England and Wales) taken and gave the population as 15 914 000. (The 1841 census for England and Wales was the first of the Victorian censuses to survive with full details of householders.)
The census recorded that at Brewery, Great Ayton the following were present:
| William |
Head |
Married |
60 |
Minister of the Gospel |
| Ann |
Wife |
Married |
55 |
|
| Henrietta |
Daughter |
Single |
25 |
School Mistress |
| Ann |
Daughter |
Single |
20 |
Possibly School Mistress |
Note: Ages were completed such that 15-19 were recorded as 15 etc.
This census tells us that William was not born in Yorkshire.
|
67 |
| 26 May 1846 |
Died at Great Ayton.
From the death certificate, cause of death:
Ascites for 3 months.
(Ascites is an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the abdomen.) |
72 |
| 01 June 1846 |
Buried All Saints' Church churchyard, Great Ayton, Yorkshire
|
72 |
| 1847 |
WH's obituary as it appeared in the Congregational Year Book of 1847, included in a publication by the Guisborough United Reformed Church. |
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