I dont know why this post - see below - only went to Gavin when I thought it was going to the List. I saw a similar occurrence, apparently on another List. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Janet" <wightway@clara.co.uk> To: "Gavin Bell" <g.bell@which.net> Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 5:49 PM Subject: Re: [SCT-BANFFSHIRE] strange baptism > I've got what one might call an odd record. Four children born between 1803 and 1808 > who were apparently baptised separately but the birth and baptism record was dated 1814. > In this particular case the first child was born Banff, the second, Edinburgh, the third > and fourth children at Chelmsford. Father John SIMPSON Captain, Inverness-shire Militia > which explains it all but it demonstrates the necessity for purchasing a record because > one might find 4 children on the same page. I thought I was just purchasing the OPR for > my third great grandmother. > I have to say however, that IGI got all of the dates correct. > > Janet > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gavin Bell" <g.bell@which.net> >> >> So while I cannot prove it, I suspect that the Rev. Fordyce may have >> been a Minister in one or other of the non-Kirk of Scotland >> denominations, to which the family adhered. The delay in baptising the >> infant may be down to the fact that, at the time of its birth, there was >> not a Minister to the family's taste in the area, and they had to wait >> until one pitched up in the parish (or wherever they found him). >> Finally, some time between 1841 and 1848-9, the family abandoned its >> allegiance to whatever church this was, re-joined the Kirk of Scotland, >> and belatedly registered Joseph. >> >> >> Gavin Bell >