SKYNNER, Thomas b1808 (General)

by Jefff , West London, Middlesex, Friday, August 12, 2011, 11:21 (4856 days ago) @ m p griffiths

Hi again,
wrt to your earlier query re a child's middlename, in this instance as you can see the Baptism of Thomas 1808 is marked "base-born" ie "out of wedlock".
Although this PR is seemingly deliberately vague by a discreet Minister, the clues are there; no father's name is directly/clearly recorded at all in this case, so we're unsure as to which parent is Powles, although the fact the mother is named (and possibly only parent present at Baptism) does suggest that Powles is her surname. In such Baptisms it seems quite normal for the child to take the father's first name, perhaps as a reminder to others as to who is responsible(not just physically) for the child in later years ?. This choice & use of names is not unusual for Baptisms for baseborn children, just as it is for the child to subsequently use the mother's maiden name as their middle name.
Happily in this case the couple do marry a few years later, so "formalising" the Powles Skinner name.
I wonder if father Thomas was already married in 1808 ?

Searching this site for Thomas Skynners (tick the "soundex" to get most spelling variations) gives 70 odd alone, most Baptisms sadly few marriages, as said most seem to be the Newent area (Ledbury, Taynton, Oxenhall, also Ross etc etc).

I suggest "Father" Thomas may be:

Record_ID: 70721
Entry_Number: 1048
Year: 1784
Month: Oct
Day: 10
Parents_Surname: SKYNNER
Child_Forenames: Thomas
Fathers_Forenames: Francis
Mothers_Forenames: Lucy
Mothers_Surname:
Residence:
Occupation:
Officiating_Minister: John Foley Vicar
Event: Baptism
Memoranda:
Notes:
Register_Reference: P225 IN 1/3
Page_Number: 28
Parish_Chapel: Newent
Soundex: S560