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Mary PRITCHARD
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Name Mary PRITCHARD Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Abt 1651 Marystow, Devon, England
- Date from age in baptism register, place assumed from place of baptism though clearly she could have come from elsewhere.
Baptised 19 Oct 1663 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Marystow, Devon, England
- From GENUKI; comment in register shows "a base child, in the thirteenth yeare of her age". No mother's name given.
In my experience "base born" children were usually baptised in the same way as others. But Mary must have been born during the Commonwealth, when a stricter moral code may have been more firmly enforced.
"Following the restitution of the monarchy in 1660 [in April 1660], the scandalous affairs of successive monarchs and their children came as a stark contrast to the puritan standards demanded during the Commonwealth and led to each level of society successively adopting 'looser morals'. " (from Baptisms & Bastardy in Burbage, Wiltshire : 1670 - 1860
Did the restoration mean Mary's mother felt she could have her child baptised without getting into trouble, or was it the clergy being restored that led to someone new in the parish checking that children were baptised?Some clergy didn't recognise the children born to couples who had a Civil Marriage during the Commonwealth (church marriages being banned) as legitimate, and enforced a church wedding where they could. Mary could have been a child of such, and not born out of any form of wedlock. (see the Joiner Marriage Index for more information)
Gender Female Died Jan 1692/93 Marystow, Devon, England
- (assumed from burial)
Buried 17 Jan 1692/93 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Marystow, Devon, England
Person ID I10863 All | Teresa's direct ancestors Last Modified 11 Jan 2024
Family William NUTE, [Father?], b. Est 1650, d. Feb 1697/98, Marystow, Devon, England
(Age ~ 48 years) Married 28 Jul 1674 St. Mary the Virgin Church, Marystow, Devon, England
Children11 children Last Modified 10 Jan 2024 Family ID F5058 Family Group Page | Family Chart


