From: steven@stevengibbs.me.uk   
      
   On 06/01/2024 17:17, Geoff wrote:   
   > Why would someone have a private baptism in 1714?   
   > I am researching the Hastings family in Horning in Norfolk and have not   
   > seen this in any other baptism records.   
      
   In my experience of studyimg Bedfordshire registers, private baptisms   
   are rarely noted as such before the late 18th century. Sometimes I find   
   two baptisms quite close together for a child with the same name and   
   parentage, with no intervening burial, but it is impossible to tell   
   whether it is the same child (as so many child burials seem to go   
   unrecorded).   
      
   Steven   
      
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