Jon,
They were published in Burnaby's T^ravels.
Harold Gill
---- Jon Kukla <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On another matter entirely - have Fauquier's records of
> weather/temperatures been published? I don't find them in George Reese's
> volumes ....
> Many thanks?
> Jon
>
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> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Rowe, Linda <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Although I don't have the total number, the colonial/early national
> > register for Bruton Parish (1739--1797) shows 15 or 20 baptisms of infants
> > born to unmarried _free_ women, usually with notations such as "bastard,
> > bastard child, bastard child son" and the like. Usually, these entries show
> > just the mother's name, but sometimes the father's name is recorded as well.
> >
> > Keep in mind that slave marriages did not have legal standing in colonial
> > Virginia, so legally speaking, enslaved children were born out-of-wedlock
> > by definition. For Bruton Parish (included Williamsburg and parts of James
> > City and York counties), there were nearly 1000 slaves (mostly infants but
> > including several adults) baptized in the period 1739--1797.
> >
> > Perhaps of interest: Recall that Virginia law encouraged baptism of
> > slaves. In 1667, the Virginia General Assembly passed "An act declaring
> > that baptisme of slaves doth not exempt them from bondage" which assured
> > masters that Christian baptism would not free their slaves saying "that
> > conferring of baptisme doth not alter the condition of the person as to his
> > bondage or ffreedome; that diverse masters, ffreed from this doubt, may
> > more carefully endeavor the propagation of Christianity by permitting
> > children, though slaves, or those of greater growth if capable to be
> > admitted to that sacrament." See Hening, Statutes at Large, 2:270.
> >
> > Linda Rowe
> > Colonial Williamsburg
> > Training and Historical Research
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:
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> > Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:47 AM
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> > Subject: [VA-HIST] Baptism of bastard children in the Colonial Church
> >
> > Hello all,
> >
> > I seem to have been suffering under the illusion ever since reading *Tess
> > of the Turbervilles* in sophomore English class that the Anglican church
> > did not allow for the baptism of bastard children.* But in going through
> > the Christ Church, Middlesex County parish register for the late 1600s and
> > early 1700s, I see that there are hundreds of bastard child baptisms. These
> > usually only name the mother. Also of interest are a considerable number of
> > slave children being baptized, which I also found unusual. So, gentle
> > readers, where did I go astray regarding canon law in colonial Virginia?
> >
> > Craig Kilby
> >
> > *Those of you who were forced to read this drivel may recall that Tess
> > found herself in a family way without benefit of matrimony, and then the
> > baby died. She then has a nightmare that the devil was tossing the infant
> > boy around in the flames of hell on his pitchfork. Our teacher, dear Mrs.
> > Timmons, asked the class what this meant. One wag in class quickly
> > answered her with, "Burn, Baby, Burn!" She was not amused, but the rest of
> > the class went into an uproar!
> >
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