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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition => Topic started by: Stumped! on Friday 23 May 14 12:09 BST (UK)
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This is an extract from the 1752 baptism register for Loppington.
Samuel the son of Thomas Byrch & Ann his wife
was baptised (? ? ?) October 19th ?
the Church Nover 6th 1752
I would be grateful if someone could fill in the blanks for me, please
Peter
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Sorry I can't make the words out, but the likely sense of it is that the child was baptised privately on the 19th October, and publicly received into the Church on 6th November. Usually, the christening ceremony includes both the baptism of the child and its being received as a member of the congregation, but where the child is baptised at home (because it was not expected to survive long) the christening can be completed at a later date.
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I'd agree - to me it looks like "baptised in a ???property October 19, certify'd in the church Nov 6"
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I agree it must be a private baptism but it is annoying not to be able to read it because it looks like an interesting one. Baptised in a ______ of __________?
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Having a google around, "in a case of necessity" seems to be a likely phrase.
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Having a google around, "in a case of necessity" seems to be a likely phrase.
Ah yes - that does look likely.
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Many thanks for the replies and ideas.
If they did think that he wasn't going to survive, then they were happily mistaken.
He lived until January, 1841.
Peter