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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