Received into the church?

[steadyrollingman]

Hmm, interesting ... will have to check Non-Confs too just to be sure, then, hadn't considered that.

It's just struck me that the much-younger sister of the mother on the register also appears to have baptised her illegitimate child in both Anglican and Catholic churches, the same day, 20-odd years later. No idea why, and until now that has been the only Catholic involvement in that whole branch I've found so far. So there might be summat in it...

[DianaCanada]

I’ve always understood that baptism is a sacrament which can be performed at birth or later. The christening is a ceremony which can include baptism as well as receiving a Christian name that signifies being welcomed into the Church.  If you are already baptized then that part might or might not be performed again.  In the case of your Ayer children, they were given the sacrament of baptism and a few weeks later were given a name and welcomed into the Church.