bapt.

English

Adjective

bapt. (not comparable)

1. (genealogy) Abbreviation of baptised.
   • 1882, John Yarker, Genealogy of the Surname Yarker, A. M. Petty, page 19:

     Jonathan Yarker. Bapt. March 19, 1684. Buried Jan. 1685.

   • 1900, George Austin Morrison, De Camp Genealogy: Laurent De Camp of New Utrecht, N.Y., 1664, and His Descendants, Good Press, unnumbered page:

     Hendrik bapt. about 1682, probably at Flatbush.

   • 1976, Donald Lines Jacobus, editor, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, volume 1, Genealogical Publishing Company, page 964:

     Children [by first wife], two bapt. Greenfield, others Fairfield:
     Molly, b. 16 Aug., bapt. 6 Sept. 1761

Usage notes

• Less common than b. (“born”) and d. (“died”), bapt. is used almost exclusively within genealogy.

Synonyms

• bp.
• bpt.

Related terms

• chr. (“christening”)

See also

• bur. (“buried”)
• m. (“married”)

References

• “Glossary of Genealogical Terms”, in Ancestry.com‎^[1], n.d.