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From: "Maggie Perkins" <>
Subject: Re: how long between birth & baptism?
Date: Sun, 15 Jul 2001 00:10:15 +0100
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On several occasions I have come across 'batch' baptisms when a new
Rector/Vicar had recently appeared on the scene.

Sometimes these involved more than one family and I have always presumed,
rightly or wrongly, that he had been catching up on his parishioners!

It also seems to have happened when a family were newcomers to a parish.

Maggie.


----- Original Message -----
From: "john.causton" <>
To: <>
Sent: 14 July 2001 21:09
Subject: Re: how long between birth & baptism?


> In my experience baptism within a month or two was usual but I have come
> across batch baptisms where several children were baptised at once. Three
> is the most I have found and therefore the eldest child was three or more.
>
> John Causton
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 7:14 AM
> Subject: Re: how long between birth & baptism?
>
>
> > In a message dated 7/14/01 6:37:12 AM GMT Daylight Time,
> > writes:
> >
> >
> > > We are having some family controversy about the date of birth of our
> > > ancestors from Essex.
> > >
> > > Our researcher said that babies were baptised within a few days of
> birth.
> > > However, others are saying it could be a couple of years.
> > >
> > > I'm trying to do the family history and dont want to make a mistake.
The
> > > main person I'd like to get correct is:
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Usually it was done soon after birth, but I undestand that there were
> cases
> > when it wasn't
> >
> > In the 19C and earlier, the parsons charged a fee for performing it, and
> the
> > poor (or just stingy) might wait till they had two or three children and
> have
> > them all christened together
> >
> > Mike Stone - Peterborough, England
> >
> > --
> > Last words of King Edward II.
> >
> > "I always said that Roger Mortimer was a pain in the - - - AAARGHH!!!"
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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