Brawn, Samuel

Brawn, Samuel an English Baptist minister, was born in Woodford, Northamptonshire, in 1791. He was baptized in 18:12; entered Stepley Academical Institution in 1813, where he remained four years; and in June 1817, became pastor of the "forest-village" of Loughton, Essex, where his labors were blessed to the establishment of a flourishing Church. His pastorate, which was his only one, continued for fifty-two years. For many years he was a useful member of the committee of the Baptist Missionary Society. He died April 10, 1869. See (Lond.) Baptist Hand-book, 1870, pages 188-190. (J.C.S.)