Roman Catholic baptisms for the Woodplumpton area

[mlmcholm]

I am trying to locate a baptism record for William Rigby (my 3x great grandfather) who according to his death record of 1859 was born in 1804. In the 1851 census of Preston his place of birth is Woodplumpton, however his d o b works out as 1809. I have been reliably informed that RC records are hard to find, so I was wondering if some kind person on here can point me in the right direction. Many thanks

[rosie99]

This may help

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Woodplumpton#Churches

[jds1949]

You might find the following of interest:
https://archive.org/stream/lancashireregist15cath?ref=ol#page/352/mode/2up
Page 352

jds1949

[Pennines]

What a great on line record to know about jds.

It looks like there is a marriage bond on the Ancestry site for the parents of this child -- George Rigby, Weaver of Woodplumpton and Nancy Thistleton. Bond signed 5 April 1796.

The couple married at St Michael on Wyre - (which is near to Woodplumpton). Hence there may be more children born before (and after) William whose baptisms should appear in Roman Catholic records.

[mlmcholm]

Thanks jds1949. That's fantastic. I've translated a few of the words, but what does (prot) mean after the name Anne? Amazing! I'm extremely grateful

[mlmcholm]

Thanks again Pennines. Not sure how to send pm on here. What a great piece of information from jds what would I have done without you two!

[mlmcholm]

Would Nancy be another name for Anne? Just found all the baptisms for Children of George and Anne Thistleton. The first being James 1799. All on familysearch!

[jds1949]

I assume that [Prot] is short for Protestant - so Ann/Nancy was not a Catholic. At that time she would have had to promise to bring up the children of the marriage as Catholics if the Catholic church were to recognise the marriage. If you go onto page 355 [just click on the right hand page] there is another baptism for this couple and George has Cath. after his name and Ann again has Prot. which would seem to confirm that. It also confirms her maiden name as Thistleton. There are also baptisms for the children of a Nicholas and Catherine Rigby - presumably relatives. In fact, having had a closer look there are at least two further baptisms for other children of George and Ann - it's worth having a good look at all of the entries in the register to see how many more there are.

jds1949

[mlmcholm]

Thanks a million jds1949 for the information, it's fantastic. No doubt the 'mixed marriage' would have caused controversy!