Hi David, Just a couple of thoughts you might not have considered in your research.... I have come across a number of "adult" baptisms in my research. Frequently, they had previously been a member of a non-conformist church and had "swapped sides" as adults. This of course works both ways. Non-conformist churches generally did not believe in infant baptisms, therefore by default, a baptism would be much later after a birth. Sandra ----- Original Message ----- From: "David" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:44 PM Subject: Re: [BDF] Bedfordshire Genealogy Research John HITE c1811 COLMWORTH That's an interesting find Peter, the 1841 baptism of 34 year old Mary Hight in Kempston, parents Samuel and Jane. It's an extracted item, so reliable.. There's an extracted marriage on the IGI of Jonathan Swales and Mary Hight at Kempston on 16 Feb 1829. In 1851 living in Kempston were Jonathan Swales 42 born Kempston, and his wife Mary age 44 born Colmworth. So it seems as though she is one of the missing children of Samuel and Jane born in that gap between 1803 and 1810. But the baptism entry is in her maiden name of Hight, as opposed to Swales, which I've not seen before. It would be interesting to see what the full entry says. I don't think there are any Colmworth baptisms missing - I've never seen two separate registers for males and females (although others may have) - as there are plenty of male baptisms on the BVRI in Colmworth 1812-22. I think it's merely that none of the Hite sons were baptised. David --- En date de : Mer 1.10.08, Peter Booth <[email protected]> a écrit : > De: Peter Booth <[email protected]> > Objet: Re: [BDF] Bedfordshire Genealogy Research John HITE c1811 COLMWORTH > À: [email protected] > Date: Mercredi 1 Octobre 2008, 6h59 > Peter, > > Are you aware of the Australian connection to a similar > branch of this > family? I've passed your message on to a descendant who > should contact you > direct. > > As for John, I looked all through the Colmworth batches > for surnames > starting with "H" and found nothing. This is > strange, because the remaining > children of Samuel Hite and Jane are all christened. > > But then again, there is no record of the marriage of > Samuel & Jane. Her > name comes from christenings of children. > > You should also be aware. There are a number of > questionable user > submissions and adult christenings that confuse the issue. > Look at Mary > Hight with mother Jane. She is said to be born 1807 and not > christened until > 1841. Three other supposed sisters are all christened on > the same day. > > Lots of traps for inexperienced players. > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message The List Guidelines http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ The Bedfordshire Surnames List http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________ No viruses found in this incoming message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 http://www.iolo.com _______________________________________ No viruses found in this outgoing message Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 http://www.iolo.com

Thanks for your input Sandra and Carole. Whilst Renhold and Colmworth are only 3 miles apart I haven't yet been able to link the Hites in the two parishes. But I'm still working on it! David On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 6:28 PM, Sandra J Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi David, > Just a couple of thoughts you might not have considered in your > research.... > I have come across a number of "adult" baptisms in my research. > Frequently, > they had previously been a member of a non-conformist church and had > "swapped sides" as adults. This of course works both ways. > Non-conformist churches generally did not believe in infant baptisms, > therefore by default, a baptism would be much later after a birth. > Sandra > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 1:44 PM > Subject: Re: [BDF] Bedfordshire Genealogy Research John HITE c1811 > COLMWORTH > > > That's an interesting find Peter, the 1841 baptism of 34 year old Mary > Hight > in Kempston, parents Samuel and Jane. It's an extracted item, so reliable.. > There's an extracted marriage on the IGI of Jonathan Swales and Mary Hight > at Kempston on 16 Feb 1829. In 1851 living in Kempston were Jonathan Swales > 42 born Kempston, and his wife Mary age 44 born Colmworth. > > So it seems as though she is one of the missing children of Samuel and Jane > born in that gap between 1803 and 1810. > > But the baptism entry is in her maiden name of Hight, as opposed to Swales, > which I've not seen before. It would be interesting to see what the full > entry says. > > I don't think there are any Colmworth baptisms missing - I've never seen > two > separate registers for males and females (although others may have) - as > there are plenty of male baptisms on the BVRI in Colmworth 1812-22. I think > it's merely that none of the Hite sons were baptised. > > David > > > --- En date de : Mer 1.10.08, Peter Booth <[email protected]> a > écrit > : > > > De: Peter Booth <[email protected]> > > Objet: Re: [BDF] Bedfordshire Genealogy Research John HITE c1811 > COLMWORTH > > À: [email protected] > > Date: Mercredi 1 Octobre 2008, 6h59 > > Peter, > > > > Are you aware of the Australian connection to a similar > > branch of this > > family? I've passed your message on to a descendant who > > should contact you > > direct. > > > > As for John, I looked all through the Colmworth batches > > for surnames > > starting with "H" and found nothing. This is > > strange, because the remaining > > children of Samuel Hite and Jane are all christened. > > > > But then again, there is no record of the marriage of > > Samuel & Jane. Her > > name comes from christenings of children. > > > > You should also be aware. There are a number of > > questionable user > > submissions and adult christenings that confuse the issue. > > Look at Mary > > Hight with mother Jane. She is said to be born 1807 and not > > christened until > > 1841. Three other supposed sisters are all christened on > > the same day. > > > > Lots of traps for inexperienced players. > > > > Peter in Sydney > > > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/bedford.html> > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word > > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > > the body of the message > > > > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/bedford.html> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this incoming message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 > http://www.iolo.com > > > _______________________________________ > No viruses found in this outgoing message > Scanned by iolo AntiVirus 1.5.4.5 > http://www.iolo.com > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://bedfordrootsweb.blogspot.com/ > > The Bedfordshire Surnames List > > http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~hughw/bedford.html<http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/%7Ehughw/bedford.html> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >