https://books.google.co.za/books?id=ZZ7VAAAAMAAJ&q=Public+House+baptisms&dq=Public+House+baptisms&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Pz7rVI-eEIPfOPy3gIAL&ved=0CBoQ6AEwADgU [In the space for the sponsors' and witnesses' names is the succinct comment, "illegitimate," and it is noted that the baptismal rites were conducted at a "public house." Baptisms and marriages were not uncommonly held in places other than the church in those days.] -----Original Message-----