John IVESON

                   RESEARCH NOTE:  The christening or birth patterns of this family are unusual.  Either the family would bring several children to town to christen them all at the same time, or Margaret was having lots of multiples, or there were two John Iversons and Margarets having children at the same time and christening them on the same days.  The patterns of christenings of several children born after 1803 (the marriage date of another John Iveson and Margaret) do not appear to follow the same patterns as this family, and are thus considered the children of the later couple.  - While there is no specific evidence to prove or disprove the following theory, the area of Gayle outside of Hawes was home to a religious sect called the Galsites (named afte John Glas), or Sandemanians (after Robert Sandeman, Glas' son-in-law) during this same time period.  Unusual christening patterns may suggest that this family had on-and-off affiliations with another church besides the Church of England, possibly the Sandemanians. - Shoebox Genealogy, 2008