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
I found the intention for Thomas Barber and Hannah Miller in Rehoboth, 7 Apr 1768. Also, children of Joseph Jr, and Esther, lists a Thomas b 30 Dec 1742. There is a child, Esther, of Thomas & Hannah b 11 Nov, 1768. 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