Post by Harry Overend on Sept 9, 2003 4:23:33 GMT -5
The [glow=red,2,300]Overend[/glow] name can be found in the Parish Registers of Kildwick Parish Church, North Yorkshire, in fact the very first registration that was entered was the name Overend.
Decimo tercio die Nobembris Supradicti baptizatus fuit. William Overende filius Henry Overende et Alicia broris cuis.
Translated this reads:
13th day of November 1575 baptised he, William Overende son of Henry Overende and Alicia.
The following inscription can be found within the pages of Volume One, 1575 - 1622 Baptisms.
A True and Perfect Register or Calander
Of the names of all those which have been Baptised, Married or Buried
in our Paryshe of Kyldewycke in Craven since the begining of the Eighteenth
year of the most happiest reigne of our most gracious soveraigne Ladie
Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of Engaland, France and Ireland. Queen
defender of the faith. New written according to commandment given in the
fortieth year of her graces reign and diligent, tryed and examined to agree with
the old copie by the Mynister and Churchwardens therebeing.
At that tyme in the year of our Lord 1598.
The other volumes relate to entries between the following dates.
Vol 2 - 1625 - 1653, Vol 3 - 1654 - 1677,
Vol 4 - 1678 - 1698, Vol 5 - 1699 - 1719,
Vol 6 - 1720 - 1743
The original registers were new bound in 1772, the old binders being quite decayed. The re-bound Parish Registers are well preserved
There is also a day book where day to day occurances were recorded such as the mending of the Lyche Gates and the Church Bells. The cost of these repairs and who carried them out are also recorded, which in some instances was a member of the Overend family.
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Decimo tercio die Nobembris Supradicti baptizatus fuit. William Overende filius Henry Overende et Alicia broris cuis.
Translated this reads:
13th day of November 1575 baptised he, William Overende son of Henry Overende and Alicia.
The following inscription can be found within the pages of Volume One, 1575 - 1622 Baptisms.
A True and Perfect Register or Calander
Of the names of all those which have been Baptised, Married or Buried
in our Paryshe of Kyldewycke in Craven since the begining of the Eighteenth
year of the most happiest reigne of our most gracious soveraigne Ladie
Elizabeth, by the grace of God, of Engaland, France and Ireland. Queen
defender of the faith. New written according to commandment given in the
fortieth year of her graces reign and diligent, tryed and examined to agree with
the old copie by the Mynister and Churchwardens therebeing.
At that tyme in the year of our Lord 1598.
The other volumes relate to entries between the following dates.
Vol 2 - 1625 - 1653, Vol 3 - 1654 - 1677,
Vol 4 - 1678 - 1698, Vol 5 - 1699 - 1719,
Vol 6 - 1720 - 1743
The original registers were new bound in 1772, the old binders being quite decayed. The re-bound Parish Registers are well preserved
There is also a day book where day to day occurances were recorded such as the mending of the Lyche Gates and the Church Bells. The cost of these repairs and who carried them out are also recorded, which in some instances was a member of the Overend family.
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