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  2. Thank you for this information. Was it common for a curate to move to a neighboring county or did they pretty much stay in the same county? My ancestor William Johnson was an 18th-century curate who lived in Yorkshire. He was ordained a deacon in September 1762 and married there months later at Bolton cum Redmire. I have located a birth record of a child born in 1763 at Wooler, Northumberland. It is 100 miles from Bolton. The parents had the same names as my ancestors. I’m trying to determine if it’s the same couple. Thanks!

  3. Very interesting. Please tell me where to find more information about the age of clergymen. The resources I’ve seen say a young man would usually have his “Oxbridge” degree by age 17, and might follow that with a Tour of 1-3 years, although less likely during the war. That would put him less than 21 when he comes home. What did he do between ages 21 and 23? I suppose he could have gone to get his MA, but I understand that wasn’t common unless he wanted to get a doctorate. Where did the information in this blog come from?

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