Baptism
I agree with dobfarm that C of E / Anglican baptised their children.
However, nonconformists were seen as opposing C of E / Anglican church. They would be attending their own Meetings, not attending a Parish Church and likely very few, or none would baptise their children in the Parish Church.
One of the reasons for having a Marriage Licence and an Marriage Allegation / Bond, was that some were not attending the Parish Church and couldn't qualify the Banns requirement to be attending 3 Sundays in a row. Others wanted to marry in a hurry, or keep the marriage private etc.
If the surviving NC records for Selby don't start until 1797 and 1811 and the NC were not attending the Parish Church, there will be some children with no birth or baptism record before those dates.
This might be my problem (no birth record), so I've either got to:-
prove somehow belt and braces that Geo Hood baptised 1 Oct 1786 Gateshead, is mine.
But I have conflicts re George Hood:-
1. 1841 Born Yorkshire (very occasionally these can be wrong)
2. Marriage by Licence, Allegation & Bond (we can rule out:-
a) privacy, due to advertising the Marriage in a Yorkshire newspaper (Hull) and
b) Quickie Marriage, due to two Month delay)
3. Children baptised 1816 to 1835 (perhaps Mum Sarah who was baptised, insisted on her childrens baptisms)
4. The Quakers bury George, his Widow and their adult, unmarried children as "Not in Membership".
5. Gibson's Bankruptcy Commission File doesn't survive. Where cases are referred to the Lord Chancellor for an opinion, notes are made, but no referral indexed.
6. There is no Tax paid on an Apprenticeship record, so we don't know if he trained as a Cooper, or was simply a businessman, running a Cooper business. There is no newspaper advert regarding taking over the Cooper business.
7. A George Hood appears for one year only in the Land Tax in 1813 at Knottingley. George Hood appears in the 1812 Selby Land Tax onward and this could be his first property in 1812. Richard Gibson must have carried on for about 2 years, after getting his Certificate of Conformity in March 1810, before George Hood seemingly took over in March 1812.
8. We don't know what happened to Richard Gibson, nor his burial place and date? In 1810 Richard Gibson was at Little Britain, London, but appears to have returned to Selby.
9. The Selby Burial Register 1803 does not tell us who Jane Hood was previously, only that she was married to John Hood of Selby, Mariner, aged 65 (possibly young enough in 1785 to father a child) and by using Maudland Hood's information and Scarborough St Mary's baptism (seen) confirm they came from Scarborough, seemingly moving to Selby about 1781, living in the residence of John Turner and then John Spencer of Selby Gentleman. The house John Hood was occupying in Millgate, Selby in 1802, was transferred from John Spencer to Thomas Hembrough.
But no idea where Jane married or came from. Jane could of had George (illegitimately) before her marriage to John Hood the Mariner, but we can't check.
10. No Father's Occupation, or Mother's name on a 1786 Gateshead Baptism record. T & W confirm the other Register only has the same information.
11. Property dealings from circa 1833 suggests a lot of contact between George Hood and Quakers and Independents.
12. George Hood becomes a Brewer between 1824 to 1826, and later acquires from John Clarkson of Newport, Eastrington, the former premises of Henry Mitton, Maltster of Snaith.
John Clarkson of New Port, Eastrington, a Farmer, was also listed as a MILLER in 1823 Baines.
T & W Archives say generally re Ballast Hills Newcastle NC Burial Registers, that they should record person's name, the place (district) in the town, age and occupation. I'm hoping there may be other snippets.
Thank you for your efforts, Mark
