Hello Jim  I wouldn't discount a baptism just because of the age of those being baptised. If a family moved from one place to another then it would be pot luck if the same branch of chapel would be in the that place, hence whole families being baptised into a chapel. It used to be said that the influence of obtaining work could depend on which chapel a worker belonged to. The period you talk about was a time when employment was scarce, with people travelling over the mountain to Aberdare and Merthyr Regards Gareth -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 21/4/15, Jill Muir via <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: James R. Davis [mailto:james.davis1@sbcglobal.net] Subject: RE: [GLA] DAVIS/DAVIES, John E. before 1841 Thanks Jill,     This is a good find, with the parents of John & Ann DAVIS.  However my Elizabeth was born 1830/1 and baptism or christening at 5 years old is a little late for infant baptizers and a little early for believer baptizers. Certainly one however to keep on the list to consider.   

If you can get the original record it may state the age, if she is not an infant. Regards Lyn In Oz. -----Original Message----- From: glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:glamorgan-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gareth Morgan via Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2015 3:56 AM To: Glam list Subject: Re: [GLA] FW: DAVIS/DAVIES, John E. before 1841 Hello Jim  I wouldn't discount a baptism just because of the age of those being baptised. If a family moved from one place to another then it would be pot luck if the same branch of chapel would be in the that place, hence whole families being baptised into a chapel. It used to be said that the influence of obtaining work could depend on which chapel a worker belonged to. The period you talk about was a time when employment was scarce, with people travelling over the mountain to Aberdare and Merthyr Regards Gareth -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 21/4/15, Jill Muir via <glamorgan@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: James R. Davis [mailto:james.davis1@sbcglobal.net] Subject: RE: [GLA] DAVIS/DAVIES, John E. before 1841 Thanks Jill,     This is a good find, with the parents of John & Ann DAVIS.  However my Elizabeth was born 1830/1 and baptism or christening at 5 years old is a little late for infant baptizers and a little early for believer baptizers. Certainly one however to keep on the list to consider.    -- To send to the list send to glamorgan@rootsweb.com GLAMORGAN Family History Mailing List archives etc. are at http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/WLS/GLAMORGAN.html - A web site has been prepared to help you use the Glamorgan List http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~glamorgan/ - A large amount of information, and a wide variety of useful links, may be found at http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/GLA/ - The South/West Wales Lookup Exchange and Gareth's Help Pages http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~walesle/wal/AW.html and http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ukwales2/hicks.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GLAMORGAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message