Midland Churches: A History of the Congregations on - General ...

These entries are :-
7 Septenzber, I 795, 7. L. Fenner, <strong>of</strong> Devizes.
2 5 October, I 795, Sauzuel Grz3ths, <strong>of</strong> WcZverhanzpton.
3 I Alay and I g Azdgust, 1796, WilZia71z BZaKe, yr.
23 A~I~zcs~, 1796, Rd. Bowden. .
I 8 Arovenrber, I 796, Herbert -ye7zki7zs, <strong>of</strong> Stourbridge.
Severn's first entry is on 17 :?anuary, 1797, Elizabeth, daz~ghter <strong>of</strong> yosiah
and yane Grzfin, b. 16 December, I 796 ; his last is on 2 Afarch, 1806, Mary,
dazlghter <strong>of</strong> Yohn aad Sarah Wrzkht, b. 14 Decenzber, 1805. There are 52
entries <strong>of</strong> baptisms by him.
Herbert Jenkins, <strong>of</strong> Stourbridge, again supplied on 16 February and
8 March, 1807, on which latter date he baptized WiZZiaant, sorc <strong>of</strong> He;rzry afzd
Rosa TaZbot, b. 4 YaZy, 1806.
John Lane had 15 baptisms, <strong>the</strong> first on 27 Decenzber, 1807, Edward, son
<strong>of</strong> yohn and Sarah Mfr&ht, b. 23 October, 1807 ; <strong>the</strong> last on g Az~gust, 1809,
John, son <strong>of</strong> Edzelard and Mary Broadjeld, b. I March, 1809.
In <strong>the</strong> years 1810 and 1811 <strong>the</strong> baptisms recorded are by James Scott
(4), Benjamin Carpenter (4), and Thomas Tayler (2) ; none are entered as
by Joseph B. Smith.
Richard Fry's baptisms numbered 100, <strong>the</strong> first on 17 November, 1813,
Elizabeth, daughter <strong>of</strong> He7zry and Rosa Talbot, b. 8 April, 1812 ; his last on.
5 yanuary, 1836, Caroline, b. 7 October, 1818, Emnra, b. 8 October, 1820,
Gcorge, b. 19 October, 1823, a7zd Edward, b. g Febrz~ary, 1827, children <strong>of</strong>
Edward and Mary Broadfield.
John Taylor's first entry is on 5 7u7ze, 1836, ~/,orias, son <strong>of</strong> ralnes a d
Phebe Cowell, b. 23 Mlzy, 1836, and <strong>the</strong> last by him, prior to <strong>the</strong> register
being deposited in London, I I October, 1836, ElZen, daz~ghter <strong>of</strong> Ne7zry a72d
A7zn Hawkeswood, b. 3 I August, I 836.
The trustees have in <strong>the</strong>ir possession a book, " An Account <strong>of</strong> Baptisnzs
in fie Co7zgrtgation <strong>of</strong> Protestant Disse7zter.s i7z Kidder77zi7zster," containing, wrote
<strong>the</strong> late Mr. George Hopkins in 1888.-
a nicely-written list from 1727, by various Ministers <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Old Meeting,
Rev. Mr. Bradshaw, Benjamin Fawcett, R. Parminter, J. Barrett, to July 25,
1782. There are many well-known Kidderminster names, <strong>the</strong> last being
John and James, sons <strong>of</strong> Saml. and Ann Stockall, born May 5. Then
comes a register <strong>of</strong> persons Baptized in Kidderminster by Robt. Gentleman.
The first being John, son <strong>of</strong> Richard and Mary Watson, ' ~~ril 7, 1783, and
he says, th~se were Rafltized before nzjl settldntent at KinlZer7?zinster, and 60th Jefo~e
ntztl' aftev this tinze some 7oe~e B+tizert C?y o<strong>the</strong>r Alinisters occnsionalZy here, <strong>of</strong> whonr
no reg.isier zuns made. Afte~ nzy settlement were Baptized, 1784, 27, William,
son <strong>of</strong> Wm. and Rho& Napkins; 1785, Maj! 30, Richard, son <strong>of</strong> Richnl-d and
Mary lflatson, and o<strong>the</strong>rs. The~z <strong>the</strong>re is a nzenzorandzc?~~ :--Az~gz~st 4, 1785,
N.6. &on2 this time <strong>the</strong> Register is contiflued on Stnnlrps and kept (as belonging
to <strong>the</strong> Society) itt <strong>the</strong> Vestry.
This is <strong>the</strong> volume now in Somerset House, where also is deposited
<strong>the</strong> original Register from 1727, <strong>of</strong> which <strong>the</strong> copy (was it made by careful
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Nicholas Pearsall?) is in <strong>the</strong> trustees' possession.
PEARSALL'S SCHOOL.
In an indenture <strong>of</strong> bargain and sale, dated 15 June, 1795, between
Nicholas Pearsall, <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> one part, and Mat<strong>the</strong>w Jefferys and eight o<strong>the</strong>rs,
<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> second part, Pearsall recites how that being desirous <strong>of</strong> promoting
<strong>the</strong> welfare <strong>of</strong> his fellow creatures, and persuaded that <strong>the</strong>ir welfare, both
in this world and ano<strong>the</strong>r, depended, under Almighty God, on <strong>the</strong>ir being
taught to practise virtue and abstain from vice, he had resolved to estab-
lish a school to teach youth this important truth in <strong>the</strong> first place, and
in <strong>the</strong> second place, so much <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> arts and sciences as might enable
<strong>the</strong>m to fill up with advantage <strong>the</strong>ir respective stations in life. To establish
such a school at Kidderminster for boys, he conveyed to Mat<strong>the</strong>w Jefferys
and <strong>the</strong> eight o<strong>the</strong>rs certain two houses situated near <strong>the</strong>-protestant dis-
senting new meeting-house, and lately erected by him on ground belonging
to a house in a street called "Behind Shopps," and known by <strong>the</strong> name
<strong>of</strong> " The Adam and Eve," who were to hold <strong>the</strong> same on trust, to permit
<strong>the</strong> two houses to be used as a school for <strong>the</strong> education <strong>of</strong> boys, subject
to such rules as he, by writing, should appoint.
On 30 September, 1795, Pearsall, in order to make some provision
for <strong>the</strong> master and tutor, conveyed to Mat<strong>the</strong>w Jefferys and o<strong>the</strong>rs a house
in Church Street, adjoining <strong>the</strong> New Meeting, to apply <strong>the</strong> clear rents for
<strong>the</strong> support <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> master and tutor.
By his will, dated 24 June, 1797, and proved at Canterbury, 20 October,
1798, Pearsall made fur<strong>the</strong>r provision for <strong>the</strong> master, for repairs, and for
providing proper books, by giving his executors &~,ooo, to be raised and