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Henry Gurney (1721 - 1777)

Henry Gurney
Born in Norwich, Norfolk, England.map
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Husband of — married 25 Oct 1749 in Halifax, Yorkshire, Englandmap
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Died at age 55 in Norwich, Norfolk, Englandmap
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Biography

Henry was a Friend (Quaker)

Henry Gurney (1721-1777) was the son of John Gurney and Elizabet Hudduck. He was born at Norwich, Norfolk on 23 July (Quaker 5th month) 1721.[1][2][3]

Henry married Elizabeth Bartlett (daughter of Benjamin Bartlett, apothecary, of Bradford, Yorkshire) on 25 October 1749 at Halifax, Yorkshire. The Quaker marriage record describes him as a worsted weaver of Norwich.[4] They had the following children:

  • Elizabeth, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 7 June (Quaker 4th month) 1750[5][6]
  • Martha, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 21 November (Quaker 9th month) 1751[7][8]
  • Lucy, born at Norwich, Norfolk, on 23 August (Quaker 8th month) 1753[9][10]
  • Sarah, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 14 April 1755[11]
  • Bartlett, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 13 October 1756[12][13]
  • Maria, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 30 January 1758,[14][15] died, unmarried, on 28 March 1804 and was buried at Barking Quaker burial ground, Essex on 3 April (the Quaker death and burial records describe her as a resident of Norwich)[16][17]
  • Henrietta, born at Norwich, Norfolk on 24 January 1761[18][19]

In 1770[20] or 1775[21] Henry and his brother John founded Gurney's Bank at 35 Tooley Street (now Pitt Street), Norwich.

Henry and his brother John entered into partnership and formally established Gurney's Bank in 1770 at 35 Tooley Street (now Pitt Street) in Norwich. When Henry died in 1777, he was succeeded by his son Bartlett (1756–1802).[20][22][23]

He died aged 56 on 4 Jul 1777 at Norwich, Norfolk, England and was buried at Norwich Quaker burial ground on 13 July. The Quaker death and burial record describes him as a Norwich banker.[24][25] Henry's Will was dated 22 August 1775 and proved on 28 August 1777. In it he:[26]

  • described himself as a merchant of Norwich
  • referred to the following relatives:
    • his wife (unnamed)
    • his son Bartlett Gurney (the terms of the Will indicate he was the only son then living)
    • his daughters Martha, Lucy, Sarah, Maria and Henrietta Gurney
    • his daughter Elizabeth, wife of Joseph Torkfield
    • Sarah Hastings and Mary Spaul, daughters of his deceased uncle Benjamin Gurney
  • appointed as executors his wife, his brother John Gurney and his son Bartlett Gurney

Research Notes

ThePeerage.com wrongly gives Henry's parents as Joseph Gurney and Hannah Middleton.[27]

Sources

  1. England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837, Piece 1272: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births (1650-1782), Ancestry.co.uk
  2. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JSJQ-Z2R : 5 February 2023), Henry Gurney, 1721
  3. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWDF-XF8 : 11 December 2014), Henry Gurney, 23 May 1721, Birth; citing p. 101, Norwich, Norfolk, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London: misinterprets Quaker 5th month as May
  4. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1121, YORKSHIRE: Monthly Meeting of Brighouse: Marriages, FindMyPast
  5. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  6. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3Z6-9YG : 4 February 2023), Henry Gurney in entry for Elizabeth Gurney, 1750
  7. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  8. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV29-Y9X : 5 February 2023), Henry Gurney in entry for Martha Gurney, 1751
  9. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  10. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV29-YS7 : 5 February 2023), Henry Gurney in entry for Lucy Gurney, 1753
  11. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  12. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  13. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV29-YZ8 : 5 February 2023), Henry Gurney in entry for Bartlett Gurney, 1756
  14. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1641, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Birth notes, FindMyPast
  15. "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NV29-Y81 : 5 February 2023), Henry Gurney in entry for Maria Gurney, 1758
  16. The National Archives, ref. RG6/562, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Burials, FindMyPast
  17. The National Archives, ref. RG6/422, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Ratcliff and Barking: Burials, FindMyPast
  18. The National Archives, ref. RG6/1272, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Births, FindMyPast
  19. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWND-3VZ : 11 December 2014), Henry Gurney in entry for Henrietta Gurney, 24 Jan 1761, Birth Note; citing p. 57, Norwich, Norfolk, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  20. 20.0 20.1 Wikipedia: Gurney's Bank
  21. 'Our history in East Anglia', Barclays Bank website, accessed 8 April 2023
  22. Wikipedia: Gurney family (Norwich)
  23. Edward H Milligan. British Quakers in Commerce and Industry, 1775-1920, Sessions Book Trust, 2007, pp. 216-217 (entry for Bartlett Gurney)
  24. The National Archives, ref. RG6/982, NORFOLK AND NORWICH: Monthly Meeting of Norwich: Burials, FindMyPast
  25. "England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWJ6-36D : 11 December 2014), Henry Gurney, 13 Jul 1777, Burial; citing p. 29, Norwich, Norfolk, record group RG6, Public Record Office, London
  26. The National Archives, ref. PROB 11/1034/206, Discovery Centre catalogue entry
  27. ThePeerage.com, entry for Joseph Gurney




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