While searching the Parish Chest website for St John the Baptist Church, Toxteth, Lancashire England for my own relatives baptisms I found the following baptisms for one complete family of John Smith a Warehouseman, and Sarah ? of Wellington Road, Toxteth. All baptised on 17th Feb 1861. Sarah. Mary Ann. Eliza. William. Charles Frederick. Henry, & Alice. I think those seven children most unlikely in 1861 to all have the same birthdate. Which is a reminder for researchers to not assume that baptisms took place shortly after birth. That mass baptism might have been due to a change of faith from Presbyterian or Methodist to Anglican Ch of England. Around that period in time there was a charge for each entry in the Register. I do hope that John managed to negotiate a discount for a bulk service. If each child had two or three Godparents a few front Pews would have been fully occupied on that day. Viola Sent from my iPad