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Warwickshire Lookup Requests / Re: Daniel Morrell, Baptist Minister, Birmingham, 1841 census lookup or any info.
« on: Saturday 16 April 11 20:17 BST (UK) »
I have just come across your 2005 post asking for information on Daniel Morrell - a Baptist Minister. You may have made more progress in the last 6 years, but I can add the following:-
My great-grandfather (Jesse Hill) married Hannah Sophia Morrell who was a daughter of Theophilus Morrell (b.1798), son of the Daniel that you are asking about. I have found references to a Daniel Morrell recording the births of children to families attending Holy Cross Baptist Chapel in Clent (on border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire) - he recorded 7 births there between 1817 and 1836. However, a number of other men also registered births there, so I surmise that he was not the full-time Minister there, but maybe performed this task as a visiting Minister.
I have found a death certificate for a Daniel Morrell giving a date of death of 2nd June 1838 and giving his occupation as 'Baptist Minister'. The place of death was in the Stourbridge RD, which would fit well with him taking services at Clent. However, he cannot be the man you are looking for as his age at death was only 44; it is possible that he was the eldest son of Daniel Morrell and Ann Chapman.
It may be that there were two Daniel Morrells who were Baptist Ministers; certainly the part of the Morrell family that I have researched were very active Baptists. However, I have so far not proved any connection between the 'Stourbridge Daniel' and my ancestors. Sadly, I have found no record of a Minister called Daniel Morrell in the archives of the Baptist Union of Great Britain in their Didcot offices.
Not sure if this helps or confuses!
John
My great-grandfather (Jesse Hill) married Hannah Sophia Morrell who was a daughter of Theophilus Morrell (b.1798), son of the Daniel that you are asking about. I have found references to a Daniel Morrell recording the births of children to families attending Holy Cross Baptist Chapel in Clent (on border between Worcestershire and Staffordshire) - he recorded 7 births there between 1817 and 1836. However, a number of other men also registered births there, so I surmise that he was not the full-time Minister there, but maybe performed this task as a visiting Minister.
I have found a death certificate for a Daniel Morrell giving a date of death of 2nd June 1838 and giving his occupation as 'Baptist Minister'. The place of death was in the Stourbridge RD, which would fit well with him taking services at Clent. However, he cannot be the man you are looking for as his age at death was only 44; it is possible that he was the eldest son of Daniel Morrell and Ann Chapman.
It may be that there were two Daniel Morrells who were Baptist Ministers; certainly the part of the Morrell family that I have researched were very active Baptists. However, I have so far not proved any connection between the 'Stourbridge Daniel' and my ancestors. Sadly, I have found no record of a Minister called Daniel Morrell in the archives of the Baptist Union of Great Britain in their Didcot offices.
Not sure if this helps or confuses!
John