Kent & Home Counties

Kindley sent to me by Lesley many thanks !!

15 Jan 1872 William Hilden son of John & Ann Hilden (Of Canterbury)

21 Apr 1872 Sarah-Ann Ransley daughter of Henry & Ester Ransley (of Leeds Kent)

6 May 1872 Alexander Lee son of Alexander & Gentelia Lee (of Chatham)

12 Jun 1872 Ellen Simpson daughter of Arthur & Louisa Simpson (of Canterbury)

11 Jan 1873 Elizabeth Hilden daughter of Henry & Elizabeth Hilden (of Canterbury)

18 Feb 1873 Elizabeth Emmett daughter of John & Charlotte Emmett (of Canterbury)

18 Feb 1873 William Thomas Emmett son of Joseph & Ann Emmett (of Maidstone)

22 Feb 1873 Thomas Hilden son of John & Ann Hilden (of Canterbury)

9 Apr 1873 Matthew Scamp son of Riley & Esther Scamp (of Margate)

25 Apr 1873 Emma Smith daughter of Thomas & Angelina Smith (Of Canterbury)

27 Apr 1873 Celia Baker daughter of Thomas & Charlotte Baker (of Chartham)

27 Apr 1873 Henry Smith son of Thomas & Angelina Smith (of Dover)

4 May 1873 Charlotte Gatehouse daughter of Henry & Rosanna Gatehouse (of Canterbury)

4 May 1873 Alice Hilden daughter of Thomas & Angelina Hilden (of Canterbury)

21 May 1873 Diogenes Lee son of Amos & Mary Lee (of Deptford)

22 Jul 1874 Jesse Gatehouse son of Henry & Susannah Gatehouse (of Canterbury)

3 May 1876 Henry Gatehouse son of Henry & Rosanna Gatehouse (of Dover)

Then the travellers/tinkers stopped. This neatly coincided with the retirement of the Rev Gostwyk Prideaux, he died in 1880.

His position was taken up by Rev Anthony Collett who reinstated the collection of fees for Baptisms, Marriages and Burials.

So this 16 years of free baptisms, was enthusiastically taken up by the traveller community in Kent. I wonder what the Parishoners made of caravan loads of these wanderers turning up for the free services of the church and its very generous Rector.

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 Mercy Cooper About 1718 Rothewick, , Kent, England

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