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Title: Baptism record query
Post by: Pennant on Wednesday 28 August 24 09:25 BST (UK)
Hello. I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it's not a problem with reading the record.

This is a record from 1718. "Caroli" and "Rosea" (Charles and Rose) are my 6xgreat grand parents. What I wanted to know is what the "3=6" means. As you can see, the entries above have different pairs of numbers here. There is nothing at the top of the column to give any indication.

Thanks in advance for any help you can give.
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: Andrew Tarr on Wednesday 28 August 24 09:29 BST (UK)
I have seen some registers which recorded e.g. 'fourth son', so might that be a possibility ?

LATER - yes, fees would be a likely explanation, but I would have thought that there would be only a few different prices ?

As the OP seems to know how many offspring there were, it should be possible to watch the count increasing with each new arrival ?  ;D
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: Pennant on Wednesday 28 August 24 09:35 BST (UK)
Yes, he is the sixth or seventh son and three have died. (They had twins earlier and the record is torn / unreadable). That's really helpful. Thanks very much.  :)
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: garden genie on Wednesday 28 August 24 10:20 BST (UK)
(Llanrhaedr Ym Mochnant, Denbighshire for anyone else looking)
I see why you are confused, the fees do seem to vary a lot don't they. The least anyone pays is sixpence so that is presumably the standard fee for a baptism. Whether the others are being charged according to what they can afford or whether they get more for their money is not stated. Edward Morris, Gent. on the next page pays five shillings! The total for the year, two pounds three shillings and sixpence, is labelled 'Obl.' which I guess to be some form of Obligato?
I have now seen Andrew's suggestion but did not go back to see if the sums are all multiples of sixpence - I don't think they were.
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 August 24 10:24 BST (UK)
garden genie,
My thoughts were also the charge for the baptism but as I don't have access to view the whole page could not be certain
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: Pennant on Wednesday 28 August 24 11:00 BST (UK)
Based on your comments, I looked forward a few pages now and there is "L S d" in 1720 and "s d" in 1721, so it looks like you are right about the fees.
Thank you for your help. That presumably implies that they were reasonably well off.
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 28 August 24 14:34 BST (UK)
See this post  :)
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=492071.msg3494882#msg3494882
Title: Re: Baptism record query
Post by: Pennant on Wednesday 28 August 24 19:30 BST (UK)
That's really interesting, thanks. :)