Genealogy Chat

The 1821 baptism was in Llanwenog - not Brongwyn

The names are incredibly common.......

Why are you mentioning the 1849 marriage In connection with Benjamin’s parents???

Babies could be baptised twice ............... 2 possibilities are a) the child was very sickly at birth and not expected to live, so there was a quick baptism; b) the parents just did not get the baby baptised but waited a while. This sometimes happened, eg, my own grandfather was not baptised until almost a year after his birth when he and his new-born sister were baptised together.

Sometimes "batch" baptisms occurred because there simply was no vicar, and people had to wait until a visiting priest came.

I have also seen it mentioned that "batch" baptisms were cheaper ....... but am not sure that is strictly true.

A late baptism could also occur because a) the child or parents were not sure baptism had taken place, so arranged for it later; b) no baptism done but future employer required it; child had been baptised in another religion.

For example, I have gt gt grandparents where 2 children were baptised in a Methodist church, and then some years later baptised in an Anglican church.

But you are also dealing with extremely common names. One way is to track births in BOTH families and see if you determine a naming pattern that is distinct for each.