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Topic: Huntingdon record help? (Read 188 times)
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jenr
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Hi there can I get help with this record please?
I cant quite understand the last line?
Thank you
Jenny from Townsville
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Geoff-E
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J ? Simmons, Protestant Dissenting Minister
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jenr
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Thank you so would the Protestant Dissenting Minister be the priest that did the baptism?
Jenny
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Gillg
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Jenny
Rev J. E. Simmons was minister at the Baptist Church in Bluntisham at the time of your entry. http://bluntishambaptist.org/history/previous_ministers.asp
As a Baptist minister he would not be described as a priest – this is a title for Church of England and Roman Catholic clerics. A child would not be baptised as an infant in the Baptist Church, but its birth would simply be registered – you will note that Mr Simmons says “registered by me” and not “baptised”. This is because Baptists believe that adult baptism (total immersion) is appropriate after a person has made their own choice to join the church.
The useful part here is that the child (Gifford?) is registered with its exact date of birth, not baptism, though I must confess I can’t decide whether the year is 1830 or 1835!
Gillg
added later:
Incidentally, Bluntisham was a veritable hotbed of Baptists, led by the charismatic Coxe Feary (1759-1822)
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukFAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, CHURCH, BENSON from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts; Burnley, Lancs; New Zealand, Australia & US. HURST, BOLTON, BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs. |
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jenr
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Great thank you very much for your help that is some interesting information!
Jenny
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Gillg
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You're welcome, Jenny. Most of my Hunts ancestors were also Baptists, though not from Bluntisham.
Gillg
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukFAIREY/FAIRY/FAREY/FEARY, CHURCH, BENSON from Easton, Ellington, Eynesbury, Gt Catworth, Huntingdon, Spaldwick, Hunts; Burnley, Lancs; New Zealand, Australia & US. HURST, BOLTON, BUTTERWORTH, ADAMSON, WILD from Milnrow, Newhey, Oldham & Rochdale, Lancs. |
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