I have a family member baptised in 1828 within Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestant records on the Cornwall OPC site. The family lived in Pelynt at the time so I was wondering where the baptism might have taken place. I don’t know anything about the Dissenting Protestants. Would the baptism have taken place in a church and would the family have actually had to go to Lostwithiel for it Any thoughts welcome Nick Nick Serpell nick@serpell.org

Hello Nick I've also come across some protestant dissenters in my family from the early 1800s. They lived near Hitchin in Hertfordshire and their children were baptised in the Independent Meeting House in Back Street, Hitchin. I presume there were similar establishments throughout the country to accommodate those who, for whatever reason, felt alienated from the Established Church. I do not know if there was a similar meeting place in Lostwithiel but one assumes dissenters would have avoided the parish church at all costs. Colin Ward On 10 May 2015 13:11, "Nick Serpell via" <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > I have a family member baptised in 1828 within Lostwithiel Dissenting > Protestant records on the Cornwall OPC site. > > The family lived in Pelynt at the time so I was wondering where the > baptism might have taken place. I don’t know anything about the Dissenting > Protestants. Would the baptism have taken place in a church and would the > family have actually had to go to Lostwithiel for it > > Any thoughts welcome > > Nick > > > Nick Serpell > nick@serpell.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information > http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think that up until the beginning of the 18th Century, all dissenting baptisms had to be recorded by the local parish priest - they sometimes kept a separate record. For the 100+ years leading up to 1837, most parish priests did not want to know, and therefore dissenting / non-conformist baptism records were sketchy. Marriages too were problematic. Between 1753—1837 dissenting marriages were not tolerated at all. Lord Hardwicke’s Act of 1753 meant that only marriages conducted by clergy of the Established Church were legal (to combat prison marriages, etc). Clergy not always willing to marry dissenters, especially if they had not been baptised as infants (as in case of Baptists). Graham Warmington -----Original Message----- From: Nick Serpell via Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:08 PM To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestants I have a family member baptised in 1828 within Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestant records on the Cornwall OPC site. The family lived in Pelynt at the time so I was wondering where the baptism might have taken place. I don’t know anything about the Dissenting Protestants. Would the baptism have taken place in a church and would the family have actually had to go to Lostwithiel for it Any thoughts welcome Nick Nick Serpell nick@serpell.org ------------------------------- Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks Graham. Have the records, thanks to the lovely Myra, and I have found the original register images on Find My Past. What they don't tell me is whether the family had to trundle down to Lostwithiel for the baptism or whether the dissenting priests went out on the road. Presumably they would not have been allowed to use the parish church Nick. Nick Serpell Sent from my iPad > On 10 May 2015, at 18:26, Graham Warmington <warmington49@btinternet.com> wrote: > > I think that up until the beginning of the 18th Century, all dissenting baptisms had to be recorded by the local parish priest - they sometimes kept a separate record. For the 100+ years leading up to 1837, most parish priests did not want to know, and therefore dissenting / non-conformist baptism records were sketchy. > > Marriages too were problematic. Between 1753—1837 dissenting marriages were not tolerated at all. Lord Hardwicke’s Act of 1753 meant that only marriages conducted by clergy of the Established Church were legal (to combat prison marriages, etc). Clergy not always willing to marry dissenters, especially if they had not been baptised as infants (as in case of Baptists). > > Graham Warmington > > -----Original Message----- From: Nick Serpell via > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 1:08 PM > To: cornish-gen@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CORNISH-GEN] Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestants > > I have a family member baptised in 1828 within Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestant records on the Cornwall OPC site. > > The family lived in Pelynt at the time so I was wondering where the baptism might have taken place. I don’t know anything about the Dissenting Protestants. Would the baptism have taken place in a church and would the family have actually had to go to Lostwithiel for it > > Any thoughts welcome > > Nick > > > Nick Serpell > nick@serpell.org > > > > > ------------------------------- > Listmom: ybowers@gmail.com or CORNISH-GEN-admin@rootsweb.com > > Visit the OPC (Online Parish Clerk) web page for transcription information http://www.cornwall-opc.org/ > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CORNISH-GEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >