Would someone be baptised twice? (General)

by Simone @, Friday, June 01, 2007, 10:55 (6387 days ago)

Hi

Back to the James Wright/ Ann Freeman saga! Ann Freeman b c 1830 married James Wright b c 1806, in Jan 1853.

I know that my Ann Freeman (always Ann without an 'e' on census)b c 1830 Abergavenny had son Thomas before she married - I found what I thought was his baptism in Feb 1852 at Monmouth. He is listed on each census as Thomas, but the baptism I have says Tom Owen Freeman, mother Anne'e' Freeman, no father listed.

I have now found on this site that their daughter Hannah Wright, my great grandmother was baptised at Newland in 1855. On the same day they have had Thomas Wright baptised. I'm sure they wouldn't have had another son and called him Thomas too, especially as Thomas Freeman is still listed with his mum on later census. So is this Thomas Wright baptised same day as Hannah actually Thomas Freeman? Do I have a red herring with the Tom Owen Freeman baptisn in 1852? Or would she have had him baptised later as well in some way to make him the 'adopted' son of James Wright, so to speak.

Opinions would be great.

Thanks

Simone

Would someone be baptised twice?

by slowhands @, proud of his ancient Dean Forest roots, Friday, June 01, 2007, 22:20 (6386 days ago) @ Simone

Multiple family baptisms on the same day ( i.e. children of different ages) is not uncommon.

The spelling Ann or Anne is often down to the recorder rather than supplier, so please keep an open mind at this stage :-)

Would someone be baptised twice?

by Simone @, Friday, June 01, 2007, 23:02 (6386 days ago) @ slowhands

Thanks for the reply Slowhands:)

I'm still thinking that maybe he was baptised twice, especially as the witness at the wedding was Ann Bevan, and the Master of Abergavenny workhouse was a Mr Bevan with a daughter Ann. Tom Owen Freeman was born at Union Monmouth which as you have shown me before could be Abergavenny workhouse or Monmouth.

Maybe as Hannah was being baptised they felt it appropriate to baptise Thomas as a Wright, but why not put him on the census as a Wright, not a Freeman.

Trouble is I can't find a birth registered for either Thomas Freeman or Tom Owen Freeman in the indexes that fits :(

Simone x

Would someone be baptised twice?

by sian, Sunday, October 14, 2007, 04:45 (6252 days ago) @ Simone

I have an ancestor who was baptised twice (in North Wales) He was baptised the day after birth and then again 5 months later when his parents married.

Sian

Would someone be baptised twice?

by Simone @, Sunday, October 14, 2007, 04:47 (6252 days ago) @ sian

Thanks for that Sian.

Simone x

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