How can you tell?

[sindylin]

How can you tell what Non conformist religion someone was?
I have the parish register entry for an ancestor's baptism (So I presume not a Baptist as they don't beleive in child baptisms)

that leaves quite a few to choose from, are there any clues????

thanks
sindylin

[bobby]

Catholic Registers have latin headings

[sindylin]

They aren't catholics, perhaps I should have written what is at the top of the page of entries:-

"Register of the Baptisms solemnised in the congregation of Protestant Dissenters called Independents"

Religion isn't my strong point....(you can tell can't you?)

[michaelpipe]

Where do these baptisms take place, and at what time?

Michael

[Guy Etchells]

Independents were Methodists
Cheers
Guy

[Peter Goodey]

Independents were Methodists


I don't think so.

They were congregationalists. See the modern day United Reformed Church.

The chapels are listed under the name "Independent" in the National Archives catalogue (RG 4 for example).

[Mutley]

Just as a matter of interest, I googled "Independent Religion", loads came up but most of them I could not even pronounce.

When googling "Protestant Dissenters called Independents" there are far less.
British History Online has an article here (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=43361)and if you wind down to the bottom and click Protestant Dissent it lists quite a few chapels of different denominations.

[Peter Goodey]

As I half suggested above, searching the National Archives catalogue with a search term of 'independent' and series code RG 4 will list the chapels. The questioner may be able to identify the chapel in question from the list.

I think perhaps the questioner may not have realised that 'Independent' was actually the name of the denomination.

[sindylin]

The Chapel concerned is the Horsham Independent Chapel, Horsham. West Sussex. The baptisms were in 1827

Sindylin

[Jan1954]

If you google "Horsham Independent Chapel" you will hit a website where it is being advertised as for sale. It is listed as "Former Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel" with hyperlinks to further information.

[Peter Goodey]

The Independents weren't Baptists. I doubt that the "Independent Baptist Chapel" is the same as the "Independent Chapel".

The questioner quoted the title as the "Congregation of Protestant Dissenters called Independents"

[sindylin]

Thanks Jan, Have replied to your PM too.

[June Harvey]

The Chapel concerned is the Horsham Independent Chapel, Horsham. West Sussex. The baptisms were in 1827

Sindylin

Sindylin: You don't mention the family surname . Some of my lot had connections with the Jireh Independent Baptist Chapel in Horsham.
June

[sindylin]

Hi June,

My lot are called Shaw. Any relation to your lot? :biggrin5:

sindylin

[sindylin]

I don't think so.

They were congregationalists. See the modern day United Reformed Church.

The chapels are listed under the name "Independent" in the National Archives catalogue (RG 4 for example).

Meant to say, It was on TNA RG4 series where I found the parish record entries.

[June Harvey]

Sorry, Sindylin, mine are LAKERs. No SHAWs to be seen in my line.

June

[Peter Goodey]

To avoid any possible confusion, in genealogy, the term "parish registers" always refers to Church of England parishes (in England, of course).

In fact the title of series RG 4 mentioned above specifically uses the term non-parochial registers (non-parochial = not parish)