Eudora
08-03-2006, 02:28 PM
Family oral history has it that originally the Ginders were Jewish and came from the Polish/Germany border. It was told to me many years ago that this unknown progenitor must have deemed it 'politically expediate' to convert to christianity at some point in history.
To date, the earliest recorded Ginder I have uncovered is one Jacob Ginder variously recorded as a Mariner or, as in his last Will and Testament as a Ropemaker, who was married to an Elizabeth and lived in Plymouth in the 1800s. They had numberous children the earliest Jacob apparently being born in 1801 and credited to Morice Square Baptist, Devonport although subsequent children were christened at Batter Street-Presbyteriuan, Plymouth.
Two questions: (a) is there any way that I can substantiate whether this Jacob is 'my missing link'? (b) Would any OPR entry - possibly in Plymouth - state whether he had converted?
To date, the earliest recorded Ginder I have uncovered is one Jacob Ginder variously recorded as a Mariner or, as in his last Will and Testament as a Ropemaker, who was married to an Elizabeth and lived in Plymouth in the 1800s. They had numberous children the earliest Jacob apparently being born in 1801 and credited to Morice Square Baptist, Devonport although subsequent children were christened at Batter Street-Presbyteriuan, Plymouth.
Two questions: (a) is there any way that I can substantiate whether this Jacob is 'my missing link'? (b) Would any OPR entry - possibly in Plymouth - state whether he had converted?