HILLYERD

Rev. Samuel John ( son of Nicholas John Hillyerd ). b. 20 Feb. 1784; National schoolmaster Farnley Tyas, Yorks. to 1819; raised himself by education and was ordained as a literate 1819; C. of Denby Penistone, Yorks. 1819, C. of Farnley Tyas 1821, C. of Primrose hill, Great Horton, Bradford 1823; P.C. of Tattersall, Lincs. 1823–46; V. of Semper ing ham, Lincs. 1846 to death; a brilliant preacher. d. Semper ing ham 29 June 1861. Hulbert’s Suppl. Annals of Almond bury (1885) 16; Correspondence between C. G. Selleck and S. J. Hillyerd on universal salvation (1835).