READs of Ruardean Woodside (General)

by rookancestrybest , United Kingdom, Friday, November 06, 2009, 20:05 (5570 days ago) @ Matt

It could mean that they were not Church of England or R.C. originally.
In my family (not the FOD side) there is a family where three of the children were baptised on the same day, they were non-Conformists, either Methodist or Congregationalist (I would need to look it up to confirm which but I think it illustrates the point). It is usually C of E or R.C. faiths which baptise people at about 4-6 weeks. Many non-Conformists are baptised at a much older age, some at about a year some older than that. Please bear in mind that Baptists, for example, would baptise people as young adults not as babies and often baptised many people on one occasion, that is not the only form of Non-Conformists which did this. The way in which the baptism was done differed in that Baptists believed in total immersion. There's therefore the possiblity that they converted to and from other faiths or other branches of Christianity as some forms of baptism might not be recognised or accepted by the new Church/brand of Christianity or might not have insisted on baptism at the age in question.