Charles ANNIS
Hi - Further thoughts about the Charles ANNIS baptism - Stoke Ash or Bury St Edmunds. It's a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if they are one and the same. The parents names are the same, the dates are within 14 months of each other and neither are a million miles away.
The other baptisms/burials recorded to William and Elizabeth, all at Stoke Ash are Richard 19 Jan 1737/8 (bap), John 19 Nov 1739 (bur), Elizabeth 15 Jul 1742 (bap), Charles 3 Oct 1744 (bur), Ann & Mary (twins) 8 Jan 1745/6 (bap), Robert 8 Jan 1745/6 (bap), Charles 16 Apr 1748 (bap), Ann 18 Apr 1748 (bur), Robert 4 Mar 1749/50 (bur), Hannah 18 Dec 1750 (bap) and John 14 Jun 1751 (bap).
I wonder if, on a visit to Bury St Edmunds Elizabeth gave birth to Charles, and having already lost one Charles (see above, 1744), they had him baptised in Bury St Edmunds and then again in Stoke Ash when they returned. I have come across both private and public baptisms of the same child, probably due to the baby being sick and the mortality rate being high. Perhaps Charles was poorly when born but recovered. Lots of if's, but's and maybe's!!!
Do you have a full transcript of the Bury St Edmunds baptism, as if was a private one they sometimes have additional information. The other problem is the Minter baptism in 1760 - wher were the family between 1751 and 1760.
PS Have you come across the Horatio Nelson connection in Burnham Thorpe
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