the Finbow brick wall

[Phoenix]

I was taught that nonconformist records were the property of the minister, rather than belonging to a particular building, so that if he moved across the country, he would take the register with him. Not only does this mean that a baptism appears to have taken place in an odd part of the country, but it is also more likely that the record might be lost. This was no doubt why Dr Williams' Library was used to record baptisms, sometimes occurring decades earlier, as proof of birth.
The chances are that George and Mary had more than one child, only the first being recorded to establish access to poor law relief if needed. Certainly the fact that they married by licence when it doesn't appear to be an indicator of wealth or a shot-gun wedding suggests that they were non-conformists who didn't want to enter a parish church on more occasions than necessary.