Oops, sorry. Meant to send my query about Fauquier to Linda Rowe - didn't mean to trouble others. Jon Kukla ________________ www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> On Thu, Feb 6, 2014 at 4:08 PM, 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 > > Jon Kukla > ________________ > www.JonKukla.com <http://www.jonkukla.com/> > > > 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: >> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of [log in to unmask] >> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:47 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> 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! >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >> mail2web.com What can On Demand Business Solutions do for you? >> http://link.mail2web.com/Business/SharePoint >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> ______________________________________ >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions >> at >> http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> > > ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html