Chilthorne Domer, St Mary, Somerset: parish registers

Chilthorne Domer, St Mary, Somerset: parish registers · Church of England · Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, England

For “Born” ABT 1809 of Mary King

County Somerset | Place Chilthorne Domer | Church name St Mary | Register type Parish Register | Baptism date 25 Dec 1809 | Person forename Mary | Person sex F | Father forename John | Mother forename Amelia | Father surname KING | Notes . | Transcribed by Gerwyn Little | Credit Gerwyn Little | File line number 247

The birth year 'abt 1809' on this event came from her age on the passenger list. The baptism entry dates it to shortly before 25 December 1809 and gives the parish. Quality 2: a baptism evidences a birth rather than recording it, and the identification is argued rather than stated.

Chilthorne Domer, St Mary, Somerset: parish registers · Church of England · Chilthorne Domer, Somerset, England

For “Baptised” 25 DEC 1809 of Mary King

County Somerset | Place Chilthorne Domer | Church name St Mary | Register type Parish Register | Baptism date 25 Dec 1809 | Person forename Mary | Person sex F | Father forename John | Mother forename Amelia | Father surname KING | Notes . | Transcribed by Gerwyn Little | Credit Gerwyn Little | File line number 247

The FreeREG record page field by field. Five things make this Mary the Mary who married George Baker: the year matches her age of 45 in November 1854 exactly; 'Chilten Somerset' on the passenger list matches Chilthorne Domer, five miles from East Coker; the East Coker register records a George BAKER marrying a Mary KING on 25 December 1832; the Queensland death index gives Mary Baker, d. 10 April 1880, father's surname KING; and her mother's name is AMELIA, which is what George and Mary called their third daughter.