BAPTISMS - OTHER DENOMINATIONS PARISHES

 
 
This list records four Other Denominations whose ten churches and parishes were 
all established after 1830, which recorded baptisms for children born between 
1831 and 1840. When combined these churches and parishes totalled just 60 
baptisms, although fourrefer to children born before 1831, with 24 performed 
after 1840. Sadly, to date the baptismal registers of all, except St Andrews 
Baptist Chapel Bathurst Street Sydney, are yet to be transcribed. In their bsence 
an alternative source of information is the State Archive Pioneer Series of births. 
 
The churches and parishes listed are as follows, arranged by date of 
establishment (eight have no baptismal date recorded):
 
 13 Apr 1834: St Andrews Baptist Chapel Bathurst Street Sydney {BAPT}
 : Baptist Chapel Field of Mars {BAPT}
 
 1839: Pitt Street Sydney (Independent Congregational) {CONG-I}
 : Alexandria; South Head (Independent Congregational) {CONG-I}
 : Petersham (Independent Congregational) {CONG-I}
 : St James Sydney (Independent Congregational) {CONG-I}
 
 : Congregational Chapel Collins Street Melbourne (VIC) {CONG}
 : Congregational St Philips Mariners Church Sydney {CONG}
 : Congregational Chapel Alexandria; South Head {CONG}
 
 : Society of Friends Sydney {SoF}
 
Regrettably the State Archive records contain less information than the church 
register, just seven items:
 
 year of birth
 child's Christian name(s)
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name(s) 
 mother's maiden name (for illegitimate births only)
 mother's Christian name(s)
  reference number
 
Unlike the Anglican parishes, the reference number gives no indication 
as to the year of baptism. However following the sequence of the reference 
order numbers a reasonable estimate can be made for all but thirteen of the 
entries.
 
For St Andrew's whose register has been transcribed the information recorded for 
each baptism includes: 
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 child's Christian name
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name 
 father's year & ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's maiden name
 mother's Christian name
 mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony
  mother's status upon arrival in the colony
 parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' marital status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' year & country/church of marriage where applicable 
  child's place of birth
 father's occupation
 reference number
 
The officiating minister was not recorded in the register.
 
The list is presented in denomination order as per the list above then per date 
of establlishment and finally chronologically within each church or parish.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, none of the births were illegitimate.
 
Baptisms relating to births prior to 1831 are indicated with a hash sign 
(#), duplicate baptisms are indicated with an asterix (*) and baptisms for 
children born at sea with a percent sign (%).
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. 
 
Entries on this list have one of the reference identifiers as listed above. 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the 
name would be made on Lists 1 or 2 from which a reference identifier and 
reference number would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate reference 
identifier and reference number, the baptism would be located on this list. 

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