Baptised twice?

[hanes teulu]

The pages aren't numbered but look for "Page 346/700"

https://archive.org/details/bookcommonpraye00chur/page/n345/mode/2up

[MollyC]

I  looked this up recently for another post about private/public baptisms in the C of E.  Definitely no second baptism - the minister introduced the child to the congregation later.

Although we tend to view [public] baptism as a small family occasion, properly it seems to have been conducted during a regular service, after the second lesson.  Therefore the child was normally received into the congregation at baptism.
- So probably on a Sunday.

[hanes teulu]

The bigger the congregation the better - Sundays and Holy Days were the Church's recommended days.

[Vasquez109]

Thats brilliant. Thank you!!

[LizzieL]

I  looked this up recently for another post about private/public baptisms in the C of E.  Definitely no second baptism - the minister introduced the child to the congregation later.

But this is 2 years later and neither baptism record is annotated private or received into church.

[youngtug]

Because you cannot find a burial in the parish records you should not assume that the child baptised in 1753 did not die.

[LizzieL]

Because you cannot find a burial in the parish records you should not assume that the child baptised in 1753 did not die.

A I suggested in reply#5. The two year gap fits well with a typical gap between siblings

[Andrew Tarr]

The bigger the congregation the better - Sundays and Holy Days were the Church's recommended days.

When tracing my maternal ancestry I discovered that the Manchester Collegiate Church (now the cathedral) operated an impressive production line for baptism almost every Sunday in the early 1800s - and I presume for a long time afterwards.

[hanes teulu]

Because you cannot find a burial in the parish records you should not assume that the child baptised in 1753 did not die.

FindMyPast has transcripts only of the 2 baptisms. However, the earlier record reads 10 Jun 1754, not 10 Jun 1753 as posted. The FindMyPast entry could, of course, be transcribed incorrectly.



A I suggested in reply#5. The two year gap fits well with a typical gap between siblings