Hello,
I'm looking for the birth/baptism of one John Brooke Katterns about 1808.
There is nothing in the usual suspects (PRs, BTs, Dr Williams etc) that I've been able to find. His year of birth was extrapolated from his age at death.
His father was one Daniel Katterns, born at Market Harborough, Leicestershire and baptized at the Independent Church there in 1771. He married Rebecca Brooke at St Brides, Fleet Street in 1792.
They had several children (with approx dates)
Daniel (1793-1795), Daniel (1795-), Samuel (1798-1800), Rebecca (1801-), John Brooke (1808-), Anna (1810-), Daniel (1813-) and Susanna (1818-1880).
Most were buried at Bunhill, so their records have been used to get ages and burial dates.
It seems that all the family were Baptists. As far as I can tell, this means that birth information was seldom recorded and baptisms were as adults and may not have been recorded.
Is this correct?
Are there any places where Baptist records may have been kept?
Thanks and regards, Keith Jeffery
