Hello again Keith and All, The date was the 30th of Oct as you said...not the 31st. sorry. The entry of the parents reads Samuel & Anne Thomas with Shugg in the surname column. The names Joseph and Johns read as first and middle names. It seems that he could have been baptised as an adult although there is no note in the entry to that affect. I can go back to the page to check if all the entries look like they were added at the same time, in case an earlier note by the official had been ignored, if you wish. Kathy