The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . Some explanation may be well of the dates with two years, 1619-20. Until 1753 the Ecclesiastical and Legal year commencedon 25 March, so any day between i January and 25 March was datedthe previous year. To avoid confusion the two years are thereforementioned thus : i March, 1698-9, 1698 being the legal year, and the dateused at the time, while 1699 was the historical year, according to moderncomputation. The old style was changed by Statute on i January, the early registers of the Society of Friends, their practice of using t
The Birkbecks of Westmorland and their descendants . Some explanation may be well of the dates with two years, 1619-20. Until 1753 the Ecclesiastical and Legal year commencedon 25 March, so any day between i January and 25 March was datedthe previous year. To avoid confusion the two years are thereforementioned thus : i March, 1698-9, 1698 being the legal year, and the dateused at the time, while 1699 was the historical year, according to moderncomputation. The old style was changed by Statute on i January, the early registers of the Society of Friends, their practice of using theordinal numbers for the months instead of their names often createsconfusion ; for instance, March, which is now in the phraseology of Friendsthe 3rd month, was before 1753 called ist month, as the year then com-menced. Thus the marriage of William Birkbeck, 11 November, 1703,was entered 9th mo. iith; the birth of his son John, 16 February, 1723,was entered 12th mo. i6th of the preceding year, and therefore here describedas 16 February, tin i
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