On Thomas Taylor Marriage it states the following
Bachelor
place of birth New South Wales
occupation labourer
age 29
residence Sydney
father not stated
mother not stated
Bride mary Ann Timpson
Status spinster
place of birth England
occupation not stated
age 21
Residence Camperdown
father not stated
mother not stated
date of marriage 2101/1865
place Elizabeth St Sydney
Religion Presbyterian
witness Sarah Taylor, John Taylor
Minister James Fullerton
Ref No 1865/71
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red some of my concerns. Rev Fullerton has a reputation for not keeping full details in his local registers, for running a marriage bureau (he was actually charged by police re this) and to add to the confusion, in the mid 1860s, (in NSW) the Church of Scotland (Presbyterians) was in a fractured state with various Reverends falling out with each other, congregations forming into different loyal groups etc ...
http://chineseaustralia.org/an-indecipherable-name-and-rev-dr-fullertons-marriage-shop/ noting it mentions: Fullerton was known not to ask too many questions, and on the registrations of marriages he officiated, the personal details are often scanty and incorrect. For my couple, only minimal details are given and the bride’s age has been stated as being 21 (the age of consent) – she was actually only 17.
The original church registers maintained by Rev. James Fullerton up to 1873 are held by the Uniting Church Archives NSW/ACT, those from 1874 are held by the Presbyterian Church’s Ferguson Memorial Library in Surry Hills. Thanks to archivists at both those institutions, I now know that Fullerton’s original register can shine no more lightSadly, I cannot see that the 1865 marriage registration gives you confirmation of any parents for Thomas, and worse, as both witnesses were surnamed TAYLOR, it is a real possibility that the Sarah TAYLOR as witness was related to the other witness, rather than to the groom. Taylor was definitely one of the top five surnames in NSW in that decade.
I will continue to search through my offline resources for NSW, as there's likely to be several Thos. TAYLOR chaps born in the colony in the 1830s, and staying in the colony, marrying and having families.
JM