Crown, William (1814-1887)

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1862
Copy provided by Steven Carter

William was born on 29 November 1814 at Hunstanton, Norfolk. His parents were Wesleyan. His obituary records that he grew up a ‘careless youth’. William was converted at the age of 17 and two years later became an exhorter.

He married Frances Dixon (1812-1865) on 27 May 1841 at Illington, Norfolk. Records identify three children.

  • William Dixon (1844-1900) – a grocer
  • Fanny (1846-1901) – a music teacher; married Robert Adams, a farmer and PM local preacher
  • Caroline (1849-1913) – a schoolmistress; married Stephen Francis Bately, a carpenter

William married Harriet Bately (1834-1900) in 1867 in the Blything Registration District, Suffolk. He died on 31 October 1887 at Southtown, Suffolk.

Circuits

  • 1836 Soham (6 mths)
  • 1836 Brandon (18 mths)
  • 1838 Fakenham
  • 1840 Mattishall
  • 1842 Norwich
  • 1844 Brandon
  • 1846 E Dereham
  • 1848 Ely
  • 1850 Wangford
  • 1852 Hadleigh
  • 1854 Norwich
  • 1856 Brandon
  • 1858 Wisbech
  • 1861 Swaffham
  • 1864 Wangford
  • 1867 Ely
  • 1870 Rockland
  • 1872 N Walsham
  • 1877 Yarmouth (S)

References

Primitive Methodist Magazine 1862 (portrait); 1889/308

PM Minutes 1888/7

W Leary,Directory of Primitive Methodist Ministers and their Circuits , 1990

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers

 

Note: The journal of William Crown is held at Norfolk Record Office.

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