6 Laslett and Harrison report the following rates of persistence:
Place |
Period |
Annual |
Decennial |
Clayworth, Notts. |
1676-88 |
95% |
39% |
These crude persistence rates were within one percentage point of those in Chester and Lancaster counties, Pa. See Peter Laslett, Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations; Essays in Historical Sociology (Cambridge, 1977), 79; This finding was first reported by Laslett and John Harrison, “Clayworth and Cogenhoe,” in H. E. Bell and R. L. Ollard, eds., Historical Essays Presented to David Ogg (1963), 157-84; the evidence is taken from an extraordinary rector’s book kept by William Sampson and published under the title of Sparrows of the Spirit, Harry Gill and Everard L. Guilford, eds. (London, 1961).
7 Morley Womens Meeting, 4.vii.1706, ms. EFC 2/3/1, CHESRO.
8 Cheshire Monthly Meeting, l.vii.1686, ms EFC/1/1, CHESRO.
9 John Kelsall Journal, n.d., [circa 1700], p. 35; ms. S/194, FLL.
10 Anne Cooper Whitall Diary, 28.viii.1760, HAV.