P.S. Thomas Barber is buried 16 Apr 1819, age 77, Wardsboro, Windham, Vt. Could not find Hannah. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: <jillainedc@yahoo.com> To: <MAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 11:41 AM Subject: [MAFRANKL] Vital Records of Warwick: Births = Baptisms? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: Barber, Miller > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/4EB.2ACE/2126 > > Message Board Post: > > For those familiar with the vital records of births in Warwick, MA: were > these births or baptisms? Were they civil records of births, or were they > church records of baptisms? Or some combo (did the town clerk record those > who were baptized over in the church?) I.e., was there any difference > between church and civil records, given that back in the 1760s and 1770s, > the town hired the preacher and there was not the separation of church and > state as we know it today? > > The reason I ask is this: > My husband's ancestors, Thomas Barber and his wife Hannah Miller, had > several children while they lived in Warwick. The only child of theirs > recorded in the Warwick VR was born in 1770. But Blake's history of > Warwick makes reference to Thomas and Hannah being in the town as late as > 1777 or 1778. Hannah had more children during that time, but the > births/baptisms are not recorded in Warwick. > > I believe that they weren't recorded because I believe Thomas and Hannah > did not baptize their children. I believe that Thomas or at least Hannah > were Baptists and did not believe in baptizing their infant children. And > hence the children's births were not recorded. > > This theory would be strengthened if the births recorded in the town came > from the church-- to which Hannah and Thomas may NOT have belonged. > > Thoughts? Suggestions? > > Thanks! > > -- Jillaine Smith > Washington DC > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MAFRANKL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message