William Smith born about 1782.

 

Aged 43, he was baptised into the Baptist congregation on 6th February 1831. This pre-dates the chapel's baptistry so it may either have been at Hatchet pond or in the Lymington church.

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At a church meeting on Christmas Day of 1833, William was one of the 21 members who withdrew from the Chapel’s membership to form the break away Baptist Church, led by the Rev John Bartlett Burt, in Massey’s Lane.

 

He was buried at the chapel by the Rev John Bartlett Burt on 22nd April 1853.

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The epitaph is a quote from Revelation 14:13