Thursday, March 27, 2014

Treasure Chest Thursday - Post 207: Birth and Baptism Record for Hannah Rich (1824-1911) in Hilperton, Wiltshire

It's Treasure Chest Thursday - time to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the Birth and Baptism Record for Hannah Rich (1824-1911) in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England, and two of her siblings:


There are entries for three children of John and Rebecca (Hill) Rich in Hilperton in 1837 on this record.  The information for each child is:

1)  No.  703
When baptized:  Feb'y 19th [1837], Born April 16th, 1824
Child's Christian Name:  Hannah Daughter of
Parent's Christian Names:  John, Rebecca
Parent's Surname:  Rich
Abode:  Hilperton
Quality, Trade or Profession:  Weaver
By Whom Ceremony Performed:  J. Bailes, Curate

2)  No.  704
When baptized:  Feb'y 19th [1837], Born March 11, 1830
Child's Christian Name:  William, Son of
Parent's Christian Names:  John, Rebecca
Parent's Surname:  Rich
Abode:  Hilperton
Quality, Trade or Profession:  Weaver
By Whom Ceremony Performed:  J. Bailes, Curate

1)  No.  705
When baptized:  Feb'y 19th [1837], Born Feb. 28, 1833
Child's Christian Name:  Samuel, Son of
Parent's Christian Names:  John, Rebecca
Parent's Surname:  Rich
Abode:  Hilperton
Quality, Trade or Profession:  Weaver
By Whom Ceremony Performed:  J. Bailes, Curate

The source citation for this entry in the Hilperton parish register book (actually the Bishop's Transcripts of the parish register) is:

Church of England, Parish Church of Hilperton (Wiltshire, England), Bishop's Transcripts, 1622-1880, "Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1813-1838," FHL BRITISH Microfilm 1,279,404, Item 14, unnumbered page, Baptisms: No. 703, Hannah, daughter of John and Rebecca Rich.

Hannah Rich is one of my second great-grandmothers, who married James Richman (1821-1912) in 1845 in Hilperton.  James and Rebecca Rich had 11 children, and 10 of them are in the Hilperton parish records.  These three, Hannah (born 1824), William (born 1830) and Samuel (born 1833), were baptized as children rather than infants.  It may be that John and Rebecca Rich were not members of the Church of England for some years and baptized these children in 1837 in the Church of England.

Note that the children of other parents on the page with the Rich children do not have a birth date included.


Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver

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