1754–1829

Introduction

Born: De­cem­ber 21, 1754, Brec­cles Hall, Thet­ford, Nor­folk, Eng­land.

Died: Oc­to­ber 9, 1829.

Buried: St. Ma­ry Mag­da­lene, De­ben­ham, Suf­folk.

Biography

William was the son of farm­er Wil­liam Hurn and Mary Bul­lock, and hus­band of Sa­rah Whar­rie (mar­ried May 7, 1789, Ho­ly Tri­ni­ty, Hull).

Hurn was ap­point­ed as a class­ic­al tu­tor at Rev. Dr. Tho­mas Grim­wood’s Free Gram­mar School, Ded­ham, Es­sex, in 1777.

He joined the ar­my in 1779, and dur­ing the Am­eri­can re­vo­lu­tion, served as a lieu­ten­ant in the West­ern Bat­tal­ion of the West Suf­folk Mi­li­tia. He re­signed his com­mis­sion in 1780.

Bishop Young of Nor­wich or­dained him De­cem­ber 21, 1781.

After hold­ing va­ri­ous cu­ra­cies, in­clud­ing Beigh­ton, Nor­folk; Broome, and Stow­mar­ket, he be­came vi­car of De­ben­ham, Suf­folk, in 1790. He re­signed this post in Oc­to­ber 1822, and in Ap­ril 1823, be­came pas­tor of the Con­gre­ga­tion­al cha­pel at Wood­bridge, where he served the rest of his life.

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