My understanding is that the latin phrase "et populi" was used to refer to an illegitimate child. So it is the mother baptising her illegitimate son John Tender Bailey. It is probable, as was the norm at that time, that the father's surname was Tender. Terry >---- Original Message---- >From: graeme@baileynet.com.au >Date: 28/11/2013 10:02 >To: <devon@rootsweb.com> >Subj: [DEV] Meaning of "[et populi]" in baptism record? > >Greetings >Can anyone help with the meaning of an entry in a baptism: > >John Tender ye son of Gartrud Bailey [et Populi] was baptized on ye 18th >August 1718 > >1. Does this mean that a fellow whose surname was Tender had a child by >Gartrud Bailey, but Mr Tender has not married her and she is having the >boy baptized as John Tender, the son of Gartrud Bailey... > >or > >2. The boy is being baptized by his mother, Gartrud Bailey and that his >name is John Tender Bailey > >Can anyone help with the expression 'et Populi' in this context? > >Best regards >Graeme > >------------------------------------------ >The DEVON-L mailing list is co-sponsored by GENUKI/Devon >( http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/) > and >the Devon FHS (http://www.devonfhs.org.uk/) >List archive for Devon can be found at http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/index/DEVON/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DEVON-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >