Separate registers for Baptists?

[greenvalley]

I found this link

http://www.landmarkbaptist.org/documents/History_of_the_Baptists_in_Scottland_George_Yuille.pdf

which also mentions Lewis Anderson as a Baptist and includes the following quote:

Resigning his charge, Mr. Stewart left for Edinburgh, where he was baptised. In his absence Mr. M’Kenzie, a. Baptist minister, visited Elgin and administered baptism to those who held to the New
Testament mode. In a few weeks Mr. Stewart returned for his family and baptised several others. These formed themselves into a Church of about 30 members in 1808. For many years the Church continued without any settled pastor. Between 1825-1828 there were occasional supplies. In 1828 three Baptists — Lewis Anderson, Alexander Urquhart and John Botchen — purchased a ball seated for two hundred.

So there were baptists in Elgin. I now also remember having come across a Baptist Magazine which had a small obituary for Lewis Anderson but, as I mention in another thread, I really really hate myself for having lost it and not being able to find it again.

Greenvalley

[Forfarian]

Very good; I am now convinced that there was a Baptist congregation at least. It seems to have been a very small congregation without a fixed 'abode', which could explain the lack of mention in the sources I looked at.

[firefly74]

Hi there

I had a look in Russell's Morayshire Register from 1847 - there is a Baptist Church listed under Elgin (p94) as follows:

Baptist Church
Minister:The Rev William Tulloch
Deacons: Alex. Urquhart, builder, Lewis Anderson, merchant. Peter Macdonald, bookseller. Thomas Nicol, merchant.

The directory is available online from the National Library of Scotland, as are 1850 and 1844 and Black's register from 1863 (I haven't checked them for the Baptist church).

http://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22Directories.+-+Morayshire%22

Cheers
Helen