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

Cup (I), silver, plain bell, foot, 4Bins. tall, one handle, and opposite
to it on bell :-
N. M.
K.
London date letter, 1793-94.
Patens (a), pewter, plain. On base :-
NOTE. In <strong>the</strong> absence <strong>of</strong> any evidence to <strong>the</strong> contrary, <strong>the</strong> author
inclines to <strong>the</strong> belief that <strong>the</strong> first two cups were used in his household
by Nicholas Pearsall, who ei<strong>the</strong>r gave or bequea<strong>the</strong>d <strong>the</strong>m to <strong>the</strong> society,
which, about 1793, found it necessary to purchase <strong>the</strong> third. In 1863 an
electro-plated flagon was added to <strong>the</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r vessels.
GEORGE OSBORN, b. 13 November, 1757, in Cork ; ed. Daventry Academy, 1777- , by
Thomas Robins ; ord. 1787 ; min. Kidderminster, te?tz$orul;y, 1782-1784 ; West Bromwich,
1784-1791 ; Worcester, 1791-1812 ; m. and had issue.
d. 10 November, 1812 ; bur. Worcester, Angel Street burying ground.
cf. M.R., 1822, p. 198; Joseph Reeve's <strong>History</strong> and Topography, West Bromwich,
1836, p. 16; W. F. Hackwood's West Bromwich, 1895, p. 78; Wm. Urwick's
Nonconformity in Worcester, 1897, P. I 13.
ROBERT GENTLEMAN, 6. 1746, in Shrewsbury ; ed. Daventry Academy, 1763- , by Caleb
Ashworth, D.D. ; ord. 6 April, 1768 ; min. Shrewsbury, Swan Hill, 1767-1779; Caermar<strong>the</strong>n,
Lammas Street Chapel, 1779-1784, and principal, Presbyterian College,
1779-1784 ; Kidderminster, 1784-1795.
cE.J~uly, 1795 ; bur. 12 July, in St. Mary's Church Yard, Kidderrninster.
cf: Dic. Nut. Biog. ; <strong>History</strong> <strong>of</strong> Congregationalism in Shropshire, Ernest Elliot [18g8],
P. 23'
WILLIAM SEVERN, 6. [I7551 at Nottingham ; studied divinity at Edinburgh ; min. Weedonbeck,
Northamptonshire; Welford ; Hinckley, 1783-1796; Norwich, Bridge Street;
Kidderminster, 1797-1806 ; Hull, 1806-1813 ; wife d. 15 February, 1819, zt. 64.
d. 22 June, 1813, ~ t 58 . ; bur. Hull, Bowl Alley Lane Chapel.
c$ M.R., 1813, p. 550 ; Shannon's Sketch <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ministers <strong>of</strong> Bowl Alley Lane Chapel,
Hull, n.d. p. 5 ; Kidderminster Register, New Meeting Monthly Paper, August,
1888.
JOHN LANE, 6. [1773] at Woodbridge, Suffolk; ed. Northampton Academy, by John
Horsey ; min. Hinckley, 1796-1806 ; Kidderminster, 1806-1809 ; London, Hanover
Street, 1809-1819 ; school at Bristol, afterwards at Hackney, where died.
d. 13 April, 1831, zt. 58.
c$ C.R., 1832, p. 131 ; Jeremy, p. 188.
JOSEPH SMITH, min. Kidderminster, 1811-1812.
C$ Treasurer's Book, Kidderminster New Meeting ; Monthly Paper, August, 1888.
RICHARD FRY, 6. November, 1759, at Plymouth Dock (Devonport) ; ed. Homerton College;
min. Warminster ; Billericay, Cirencester, 1803-1807 ; Coselep, 1807-1812 ; Nottingham,
1812-1813 ; Kidderminster, 1813-1835 ; zt~ithoz~t charge, 1835-1842 ; uz. Ca<strong>the</strong>rine (7'. 1819),
daughter <strong>of</strong> Humphry Buckler, <strong>of</strong> Warminster ; had issue.
d. 12 March, 1842 ; bur. Kidderminster.
C.R., 1842, pp. 251, 317.
JOHN TAYLOR, 6. 18 February, 1812, at Sunderland ; ed. Highbury College ; min. Leicester,
Gallow Tree Street, end <strong>of</strong> 1834-30 November, 1835 ; Kidderminster, April, 1836-
29 August, 1841 ; Glasgow, Union Street, September, 1841-March, 1844; Glasgow,
services in a hall, "short time "; emigrated U.S.A., where landed 10 October, 1845 ;
returned to England, 3 September, 1846 ; Sheffield, Mechanics' Institute, September,
1846-June?, 1849 ; Manchester, teacher and journalist, June, 1849-death ; m. and had
issue, youngest daughter, Clara, nz. (28 April, 1866) John Arthur Kenrick.
n'. 4 June, 1853.
c$ Christian Teacher, 1836, p. 191 ; information from E. D. Priestley Evans, Kidder-
minster, 18 February, 1897.
MATTHEW GIBSON, see Evesham.
EDWARD PARRY, min. Battle, 1849-1854 ; Kidderrninster, 1854-1869 ; Bewdley, 1858-1867 ;
Mayor <strong>of</strong> Kidderminster, 1898-1899; m. (6 October, 1848) Elizabeth, daughter <strong>of</strong> John
Richards, <strong>of</strong> Birmingham ; Issue, Edward (min. Todmorden, 1889-1897), Helen (d.
1883), Margaret E<strong>the</strong>l (nr. Pemberton Ernest John Talbot).
ABRAHAM LUNN, b. 1825, at Carlingford, Co. Down ; ed. Belfast Academical Institution ;
min. King's Lynn, September, 1848-June, 1851 ; Bostotl, Lincs., 1851-1854 ; Blackley,
1854 ; Failsworth, Dob Lane, 1854-1858 ; Chorley, 1860- 1864 ; Newtonlimavady, 1864-
1866 ; Chatham, 1867-1869 ; Icidderminster, 1870-1874 ; Yeovil, 1886-1891 ; 711. (10
December, 1851) Fanny, second daughter <strong>of</strong> Joseph Grundy, <strong>of</strong> Drayton ; Issue, Estlin
((1. 30 March, 1889).
C$ Reco~d, p. 57.
WILLIAM HENRY FISH, ord. 1871 ; min. London, Carter Lane Mission, 1873-1874; Kidderminster,
1875, also September, 1885-March, 1886, te~lzponz~y ; returned, U.S.A. ; m.
and has issue.
WILLIAM EDWARD MELLONE,
b. 15 November, 1835, at Headington, Oxford ; ed. King's
Coll., London ; min. Toledp, Ohio, 1869-1871 ; Portsmouth, High Street, 1871-1874 ;
Liverpool, Hamilton Road, 1874-1876 ; Kidderminster, 1876-1879; Melbourne, 1880-
1881 ; Devonport, 1881-1884 ; Bissell's Green, 1885-1893 ; Tunbridge Wells, I 894-1895 ;
Warrenpoint, 1896- ; nz. (1868) Elizabeth Amelia, daughter <strong>of</strong> Rev. Samuel Meeds
Bell ; Issue, Sidney Herbert, M.A., Lond., D.Sc., Erlitt. (b. 1869), Dora (6. 1873).
cf; Record, p. 88.