▁Cru ik sh ank . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁ ▁Samuel ▁Jr ▁was ▁sent ▁away ▁to ▁school ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁five ▁years ▁old , ▁returning ▁home ▁only ▁once ▁a ▁year . ▁The ▁school ▁was ▁in ▁P enk eth , ▁between ▁W arr ington ▁and ▁W id nes ▁on ▁the ▁Ir well , ▁and ▁was ▁run ▁by ▁Gilbert ▁Thompson . ▁In ▁his ▁mid - te ens ▁he ▁became ▁app r entic ed ▁to ▁Henry ▁G ur ney ▁in ▁Nor wich , ▁a ▁w ool len ▁manufact urer . ▁He ▁had ▁some ▁connection ▁with ▁the ▁F resh field ▁family ▁there ; ▁James ▁William ▁F resh field ▁lived ▁in ▁Fle et wood ▁House ▁on ▁Sto ke ▁New ington ▁Church ▁Street . ▁He ▁followed ▁several ▁branches ▁of ▁the ▁Ho are ▁family ▁in ▁purs uing ▁a ▁career ▁in ▁bank ing . ▁ ▁He ▁married ▁Sarah ▁( 1 7 5 7 – 1 7 8 3 ), ▁el dest ▁daughter ▁of ▁Samuel ▁G ur ney ▁( 1 7 2 3 – 1 7 7 0 ) ▁of ▁the ▁G ur ney ▁family ▁in ▁Nor wich . ▁Nin ety ▁friends ▁and ▁relatives ▁witness ed ▁their ▁marriage . ▁They ▁lived ▁first ▁in ▁Old ▁Broad ▁Street ▁and ▁could ▁afford ▁four ▁servants ▁without ▁sc rim ping . ▁Their ▁children ▁were ▁Sarah ▁Ho are ▁( born ▁ 1 7 7 7 ), ▁Hann ah ▁( born ▁ 1 7 7 9 ), ▁and ▁G riz ell ▁( known ▁as ▁Soph ia ▁or ▁Soph y ) ▁( born ▁ 1 7 8 1 ), ▁and ▁then