_Registry of Dissenting Baptisms in Churches_ (Vol. iii., p. 370.).--I
forward extracts from the Registers of the parish of Saint Benedict in
this town relating to the baptism of Dissenters. (Mr. Hussey, mentioned
in several of the entries, was Joseph Hussey, minister of a Dissenting
congregation here from 1691 to 1720. His meeting-house on Hog Hill (now
St. Andrew's Hill) in this town was pillaged by a Jacobite mob, 29th
May, 1716. He died in London in 1726, and was the author of several
works, which are now very scarce.)
"1697. October 14th. William the Son of Richard Jardine and
Elisabeth his Wife was baptiz'd in a Private Congregation by Mr.
Hussey in ye name of the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost.
"Witnesses, Robert Wilson, Richard Jardine.
"1698. Henery the Son of John and Sarah Shipp was baptized in a
Private Congregation by Mr. Hussey December 1. Elisabeth the
Daughter of Richard and Elisabeth Jardine was born ye twenty-first
day of January and baptized the second day of February 1698/99 in
a Private Congregation.
"1700. Walter the Son of Richard and Elisabeth Jardine born July
23 and said to be baptized in a Separate Congregation by Mr.
Hussey Aug. 20.
"1701. Elisabeth Daughter of Richard Jardine and Elisabeth his
wife born October 7. and said to be baptized at a Private
Congregation Novemb. 3d.
"1702. June 22. Miram the Son of Thomas Short and Mary his Wife
said to be baptized at a Separate Congregation. Jane the Daughter
of Richard Jardine and Elizabeth his Wife said to be baptized at a
Separate Congregation Dec. 21.
"1703. John the Son of Alexander Jardine and Elisabeth his Wife
said to be baptized at a Separate Congregation, Mar. 31.
"1705. Alexander the Son of Alexander Jardine and ... his Wife was
as 'tis said baptized in a Separate Congregation July 1705.
"1706. John the Son of Alexander Jardine and Elisabeth his Wife
said to be baptized at a Private Congregation Dec. 11.
"1707. Nov. 11. John the Son of Alexander and Elis. Jardine was
said to be baptized in Separate Congregation.
"1710. Aug. 23. John ye Son of Bryan and Sarah Ellis was said to
have been baptized in Separate Congregation.
"Nov. 15. Nath. ye Son of Alexander and Elisa Jardine was
said to be baptiz'd in a Separate Congregation."
I have no recollection of having met with similar entries in any other
Parish Register.