Document F.373 · Church and Vital Records · transcription: verbatim
Codicote, Hertfordshire, England - Church of England parish register, baptisms 1691-1694; FamilySearch film DGS 007549701 image 24 of 618 (collection "England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", groupId 1473014).
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People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anne | child | Anne Cooper | baptism: 24 Jun 1694, Codicote, Hertfordshire, England |
| John ------- Cooper | father | John Cooper |
What this document records
Record
Church of England parish register, baptism entry
Date
24 June 1694
Reads
The register opening carries baptisms for 1691, 1692, 1693 and 1694 under the heading "Baptized". The 1694 section's third entry is "24 Anne, daughter of John ------- Cooper", the long dash standing where the mother's name would be, so NO MOTHER IS NAMED. This is the record indexed at ark 1:1:JSP2-FXQ, from which FamilySearch auto-created BOTH [LZLH-7M1] (attached to Anne (Cooper) Van Court Anne Cooper Van Court) and [273H-F7C] "John Moses Cooper" on 6 November 2014 - see Anne (Cooper) Van Court and Anne Cooper for what that does and does not establish. The same opening records "July 15 [1691] Thomas the son of Thomas . . . Cooper", a separate Codicote Cooper household.
Transcription and notes
Data from the document [verbatim]
Heading of the column: "Baptized". Year rules divide the page; the 1694 block reads:
1694 Apr. 21 Thomas, son of Richard Willins of Whitamsted in Hertfs Tinker Jun: 1 John, son of John & Anne Gives 24 Anne, daughter of John ------- Cooper July 17 Samuel, son of John & Susan Humberstone Sept. 3 Mary daughter of Joseph & Mary Austin / Mary daughter of William Austin Oct. 16 Thomas, son of Richard & Frances Ford 23 Mary daughter of Thomas & Mary Golds Dec. 12 Katharine, daughter of George Beaumont jun[r] 8 Sarah daughter of John & Anne Bur Feb. 2 John of Richard & Mary Michel
The "24" carries no month of its own and sits under Jun: 1, so the date is 24 June 1694, as the index also gives it.
The dash is part of the record. Every neighbouring entry names both parents ("John & Anne Gives", "John & Susan Humberstone", "Richard & Frances Ford"). This one writes "John ------- Cooper", i.e. the clerk left the mother's name blank. The index reflects this faithfully: it carries a Father's Name and no mother.
Also on this opening
- 1691 July 15 - "Thomas the son of Thomas . . . Cooper" - a Codicote Cooper household distinct from John's.
- The register's own earlier years, 1691-1693, in the same hand and layout.
What is NOT here
- No mother's name, no abode, no occupation, no witnesses.
- No burial and no marriage for this Anne has been found - see [p.2457] for the search record and the open forward-trace on this same film (618 images).