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Chris in Sussex | Report | 8 Jul 2008 17:10 |
'P' normally stands for pauper. |
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Jennifer | Report | 8 Jul 2008 16:20 |
It usually means the child was sickly when born and may not live so was baptised at home, you will sometimes, but not always, find a later entry saying 'Received into the Church'. |
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kay | Report | 8 Jul 2008 16:00 |
While were here,could somebody explain,what was a private baptism? Ive come accross this looking for my 4x gt grandfather 1800 |
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KeithInFujairah | Report | 8 Jul 2008 15:40 |
Shelly a private baptism is usually marked PB, not just P, but could be, I have never seen just P. |
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Kate | Report | 8 Jul 2008 15:14 |
I am sure I read somewhere that - if you were a woman of some standing in the community - the vicar might note down your illegitimate baby as being "the natural son of" whoever. In Emma, by Jane Austen, Harriet Smith is described to Emma as being "somebody's natural daughter" - Emma had a bit of standing in the village so perhaps the person talking to her thought they should phrase it in a polite way. |
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Shelly | Report | 8 Jul 2008 13:59 |
jim |
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Mort | Report | 8 Jul 2008 11:45 |
Pocahontas thank you, |
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Thelma | Report | 8 Jul 2008 11:37 |
And again:- |
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Thelma | Report | 8 Jul 2008 11:29 |
From Googling:- |
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Pocahontas | Report | 8 Jul 2008 11:28 |
Base child means illegitimate. |
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Mort | Report | 8 Jul 2008 11:22 |
Im sorry to bother you, i have been researching my family tree for about 9 years nows and have traced my Mortimore family to Broadclyst Devon. I have paid for a copy of the Parish records to help me further in my search. It states that James Mortimore (my gtgtgtgt grandfather) Born 1800 was illigitamet child. There is no father listed and no Bastardry agreements filed. There also appears to be a brother Robert Mortimore 1791, there was 9 years between them, and the only Mary Mortimore born around the area that could be a possible mother is Mary Mortimore 1777, which would of made her 12 at the birth of her first son Robert.(Would this be common?) It states that Robert was the Base Child what does this mean? Does it mean first child? |
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