Non Conformist church question

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Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Paul	Report	21 May 2006 09:49
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Hope someone can help with this query... I've not been researching my family tree for very long and have just come across my first non C of E marriage cert. On the cert it states that the people concerned were married 'according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Independents' (sic) Would this have been a generic term for any non C of E/Catholic marriage or was there an 'Independent Church'? As background the marriage took place at Orsett Chapel, Essex in 1849
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 642 Send Message	Jennifer	Report	21 May 2006 09:57
Member Since: June 2004 Posts: 642 Send Message	Paul, This was another name for The Congregational Church, now known as The United Reformed Church. Hope this helps you. Jennifer
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Paul	Report	21 May 2006 10:11
Member Since: August 2005 Posts: 19 Send Message	Thanks Jennifer, that makes perfect sense as there is a congregational church referred to in the village.