Pentney, William (1806-1885)

Family

William was born abt1806 at Grimstone, Norfolk, to parents Richard Pentney and Mary Carter. He was baptised on 9 November 1806 at Grimstone, Norfolk.

Census returns identify the following occupations for William.

• 1841 Methodist preacher
• 1851 Baptist minister
• 1861 stationer & printer employing 1 man & 1 boy
• 1871 printer &c
• 1881 retired bookseller

He married Mary Ann Murrell (1809-1890)  on 6 May 1832 at St Nicholas, Yarmouth, Norfolk. Census returns identify seven children.

• Angelina Elizabeth (1833-1916) – married Richard Hatt Auty, a brewery manager (1871), in 1862
• Hephzibah (1835-1896) – a fancy goods dealer (1881)           
• Amelia (1837-1911) – married Frederick John Cattermole, a stationer, in 1856
• Matilda Ann (1840-1912) – married George William Gibson, an accountant (1871), in 1862                  
• William Henry (1841-1912) – a printer (1861); a printer & stationer (1871)  
• Theophilus (1843-1851)       
• Alfred Murell (1846-1908) – a grocer (1891)      

William died on 22 October 1885 at Peterborough, Northamptonshire.

Circuits

• 1828 N Walsham
• 1829 Boston (6 maths)
• 1829 Yarmouth (6 mths)
• 1830 Boston (6 maths)
• 1830 Upwell (6 mths)
• 1831 London
• 1833 Fakenham
• 1835 Wangford
• 1837 Snettisham
• 1838 Norwich
• 1840 Wisbech
• 1842 Wangford
• 1843 became a Baptist and in business

References

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

Census Returns and Births, Marriages & Deaths Registers