Dear List,
I received the transcripts from All Saints Church in Nazeing yesterday.
Mrs. Day listed all CAMP, CAMPE and CAMPS baptismal, marriage and
death records from the original church records from the first recorded
around 1585 thru the early 1700's. The transcript is six typed pages.
Details are naturally sketchy in some parts due to inadequate originals.
Now to the technical. What would be the best manner to make the transcript
available to the most people on the list?
Mrs. Day also told me of her visit with Tom Camp. I know he has contributed
to the CAMP Newsletter, but I don't recall if he is a member of this
list. She introduced him to a local who has abundant information
regarding old homes in the area. One homesite was someone listed on
the transcript. An odd name, Nixette, or something like that (I don't
have the transcript in front of me). Hopefully, when he returns he
will have new information for us. I left my name, address (both snail
and e-mail) with Mrs. Day in hopes that I'll have contact with Tom.
He also lives here in Georgia, so maybe we will be enlightened.
I am still stunned by my visit. To think that our ancestors had to
live with the turmoil surrounding ole' King Henry! First they were
Catholic, then Protestant, Catholic again with Bloody Mary and
Protestant again with Elizabeth. There is a notation that Elizabeth I
gave a proclaimation that the Ten Commandments would hang in all
churches. To see them in our little church in Nazeing gave me the
shivers. It is amazing that a monarch would have so much control
over such intimate matters of our ancestors daily life. I was told
that Elizabeth needed some income so she imposed a law that everyone
would wear a wool hat. It must be of English wool and of course
imposed a tax upon the wool. Therefore, a sheep farmer was taxed
for growing his own wool for a hat his queen ordered him to wear.
I wonder if our Lawrence Campe was friendly to the Queen's Court?
The dedication marker on the alms house states that it was constructed
in 1602. I believe that Elizabeth died in 1603. There are also
a quotation from Timothy and a beautiful sentiment about remembering
the poor posted upon the alms house near the roof (which my husband
-a fifth generation construction man thinks is original) along with
the Camp (I assume must be Lawrence's ?) Coat of Arms. The dedication
marker also states that Lawrence was a Draper from London. Just what
was a Draper?.
One other thing, while visiting All Saints I noticed a marker that the
Curtis family (also from the basic time period as ours) had dontated
to the church in honor of their Curtis ancestor who migrated to the
Boston area and became a Puritan. Mrs. Day expressed an interest that
we might do likewise. Is anyone interested? I also plan to stay in
contact with Mrs. Day and help the preservation of the church in any
way I can. Mrs. Day is a lovely person , an avid genealogist
and is fiercely protective of her church - as she should be. I don't
want to usurp the relationship that Tom Camp has nurtured with Mrs.
Day, but if I can be a liason between the two of them and the list
or helpful an any other way, I'd like to be of service.
Visiting All Saints and the almshouse was a very spiritual experience
for me. I wish it for all of you, too.
Carole