If the record does not state where the baptism took place, I don't know that you have an answer. In the records of my ancestors who were non-conformists of various stripes, I sometimes find mention of a chapel, sometimes the records states that the baptism took place at the home of the parents, or in a very rare instance in someone else's home, and often the record does not record the location. If the register states that it is a record of the baptisms of the "such and such Dissenter's chapel" it might be deduced, accurately or mistakenly, that the baptism took place at that chapel. David Coppin -----Original Message----- From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nick Serpell via Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:31 AM To: Graham Warmington Cc: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestants 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 >

I think I have to accept that I am unlikely to find out where it took place. Worth asking though. Nick Serpell Sent from my iPad > On 10 May 2015, at 21:43, David Coppin <coppin@comcast.net> wrote: > > If the record does not state where the baptism took place, I don't know that you have an answer. In the records of my ancestors who were non-conformists of various stripes, I sometimes find mention of a chapel, sometimes the records states that the baptism took place at the home of the parents, or in a very rare instance in someone else's home, and often the record does not record the location. If the register states that it is a record of the baptisms of the "such and such Dissenter's chapel" it might be deduced, accurately or mistakenly, that the baptism took place at that chapel. > > David Coppin > > -----Original Message----- > From: cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:cornish-gen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nick Serpell via > Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2015 11:31 AM > To: Graham Warmington > Cc: <cornish-gen@rootsweb.com> > Subject: Re: [CORNISH-GEN] Lostwithiel Dissenting Protestants > > 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 >> > > >