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Old Baptism meaning?

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poppycat

poppycat Report 13 Jan 2011 02:13

I have come across Baptisms for 1700's & shows a baby boy born showing his name 'John'.
Next column shows.....bbs.....name of mother......Surname

If a girl shows......bbd......mame of Mother or Father

What does ...bbs & bbd Mean?

Researching:
Gurney [ Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire London Middlesex] Freemantle [Bishops Sutton Southsea HAMPSHIRE] Halsted/Halstead[Portsea hampshire Brighton East SUSSEX] Lower [Brighton Lewe East SUSSEX Broomfeild [Dover Maidstone Aylesford Orpington KENT] Eves [Maidstone Goudhurst KENT] Buttress [ Cork IRELAND Deal Dover Canterbury KENT] Bayden [Deal Kent] Huckstepp [Dover Wye Ashford Hinxhil Of,ChilhamKENT] Kendall/Kendal[Poplar Middlesex Walmer KENT]

mgnv

mgnv Report 13 Jan 2011 02:31

Never seen this - my guess is base born son/daur, i.e., illegitimate.

poppycat

poppycat Report 13 Jan 2011 02:56

mgnv

Thanks for your guess work on this & may well be correct have a look for yourself from this site & let me know what you think..................................................................................

...chardstockwebmuseum org

Researching:
Gurney [ Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire London Middlesex] Freemantle [Bishops Sutton Southsea HAMPSHIRE] Halsted/Halstead[Portsea hampshire Brighton East SUSSEX] Lower [Brighton Lewe East SUSSEX Broomfeild [Dover Maidstone Aylesford Orpington KENT] Eves [Maidstone Goudhurst KENT] Buttress [ Cork IRELAND Deal Dover Canterbury KENT] Bayden [Deal Kent] Huckstepp [Dover Wye Ashford Hinxhil Of,ChilhamKENT] Kendall/Kendal[Poplar Middlesex Walmer KENT]

JaneyCanuck

JaneyCanuck Report 13 Jan 2011 04:13

That's a bit of a vague direction to follow. ;)

google google:

bbs base born son

finds

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/SOM/Carhampton/BapCar_1813.html

The Rel field contains one of four values :
* s - Son
* d - Daughter
* bbs - Base Born Son (illegitimate)
* bbd - Base Born Daughter (illegitimate)


Yay, mgnv. (It was my thought too. ;) )

Researching:
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poppycat

poppycat Report 13 Jan 2011 04:48



JaneyCanuck ...................Thanks for your input as well there's always something new to learn!

Researching:
Gurney [ Hertfordshire Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire London Middlesex] Freemantle [Bishops Sutton Southsea HAMPSHIRE] Halsted/Halstead[Portsea hampshire Brighton East SUSSEX] Lower [Brighton Lewe East SUSSEX Broomfeild [Dover Maidstone Aylesford Orpington KENT] Eves [Maidstone Goudhurst KENT] Buttress [ Cork IRELAND Deal Dover Canterbury KENT] Bayden [Deal Kent] Huckstepp [Dover Wye Ashford Hinxhil Of,ChilhamKENT] Kendall/Kendal[Poplar Middlesex Walmer KENT]

mgnv

mgnv Report 13 Jan 2011 10:14

Looking at, say, http://chardstockwebmuseum.org/Chardstock%20Baptisms%20to%201911.pdf it's clear it's a transcribers' abbreviation. Also, it's the transcribers' categorization -it's unlikely that 400+ years of vicars would all choose the same wording.
The actual records probably say things like:
John Smith, an unmarried man and Jane Green an unmarried woman had a son..
John Smith man and Jane Green had a natural son..
John Smith and Jane Green had a son (procreate in fornication)..
etc.