On the IGI at familysearch.org site, it only lists Edmond as being the father of Willm Snipe, 22 Nov 1616 Batch number P00962-1. there is a Wm Snipe who was fathering children either side of that date. No William for him on the 22 April 1616 though. Really only a handful of Snipe for Leeds using that batch number. Willm is abbreviated most entries. Yes the problem for those really early ones mothers names were not mentioned, unless a spinster birth. There may be exceptions though. Edie ------------------------------------------ From: Sharon Smith <mrssharonsmith54@gmail.com> To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; eamca@bigpond.com; Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records Church of England baptism records do not list God parents or sponsors, many the early ones do not even give the mothers name. I have only ever seen godparents names on Catholic records Sharon Smith On 8 Apr 2016 12:24 a.m., "eamca via" <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> wrote: > That sounds like two different babies to me Bill, maybe Edmund and Samuel > were brothers having their children baptised same day at St Johns. If you > can view the film where you live in the USA, it will most likely become > clearer unless you have done that already. The film will note the godfather > and other sponsers as well. the indexes dont normally. > Edie > > > ------------------------------------------ > From: Bill Snipes via <yorksgen@rootsweb.com> > To: yorksgen@rootsweb.com; > Subject: [YORKSGEN] Fw: 16th Century Birth Records > Thanks, Andy; that was very helpful. The reason for the question about > Godfathers was, that I had a case where a baby's Christening was listed on > the same day, same church in two different records. Each listed a separate > father but only one gave the surname of the father, which led me to believe > that the Godfather was the other one. I couldn't come up with any other > conclusion: > West Yorkshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1512-1812 > Name: William Snipe > Event Date: 22 Nov 1616 > Event Type: Baptism > Parish: Leeds, St Peter > Father's Name: Samuel Snipe > 1616 11 22, (Bapt at Leeds Parish) William SNIPE, Fa: Edmund (may be God > Father) > Lived in March Lane > Bill > From: Andy Micklethwaite <andy.mick@googlemail.com> > To: Bill Snipes <sfa344@yahoo.com>; yorksgen@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, April 7, 2016 9:12 AM > Subject: Re: [YORKSGEN] 16th Century Birth Records > At 14:54 07/04/2016, Bill Snipes via wrote: > >I'd like to ask a couple of questions concerning research in the 15 and > 16th centuries. In those days, were newborns Christened right away, or > could Christening/Baptism be put off for several years? > Both - I have a baptism for a man on the same day his 14 year old son was > baptised. > >Also, when listing a father on a Parish document, could they be referring > to the godfather? > Unlikely > >And, is it likely that children were born, but for some reason birth > records were not kept? > Definitely - births were not recorded until 1837 - so you have to rely on > baptisms. Not everyone was baptised. > HTH Andy. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > YORKSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >