LIST 20 - TROISIEME DIZAINE - BIRTHS FROM MUSTERS

LIST 20 - TROISIEME DIZAINE - BIRTHS FROM MUSTERS

In the course of analysing the various early colonial musters and the

1828  Census,  (which are to be found later  in  this  work) numerous

entries  were  found  which  could  not  be  positively connected  with

any particular set of parents. Entries  for  305such names (142 males

& 157 females) are listed.

The  information  recorded  for  each  child  includes:

               muster and/or census

               year of birth

               Christian name

               family name

The list is ordered alphabetically by surname.

These Births from Musters account for 4% of the "Troisieme Dizaine".

                    Table 20.1. - Births from Musters

                         Total  Males  Females  Unknown

               ----------------------------------------

               1811      15     11      3       1

               1812      33     14     19

               1813      25     17      5       3

               1814      30     13     16       1

               1815      35     14     21

               1816      22     15      6       1

               1817      24     10     14

               1818      27     15     12

               1819      24     15      9

               1820      38     14     14

               unknown   31      5     26

                        -------------------------------

               Totals   305    142    157       6

For this decade males were 47% and females were 52%. In 41  cases the

Christian  name was not recorded but 37 were at  the  Female Orphan

Institute and 1 at the Male Orphan Institute. There  were four  entries

in the 1822 Muster and two   in  the  1828  Census where  it  cannot be

determined if the entry is for a  boy  or  a girl.

A  year  of  birth  is unknown for  31  of  the  entries.  Samuel

Harrington  is recorded as being born in 1812 in the 1825  Muster and

in 1818 in the 1828 Census.

William Scott and Louisa Watson both may have been duplicated  in the

1828 census

               Table 20.2. - Entries per Muster

                    Muster         No.

                    ------------------

                    1819             6

                    1822            98

                    1825            68

                    1828           217

Six  boys and eight girls appear in both the 1822 Muster and  the 1828

Census.

It  may  well  be  that some of these  names  are  variations  of existing

"Troisieme Dizaine" members. Otherwise these entries are obviously

ripe for  further  investigation  and  more   family groupings may well

come to light as a result.

Entries on this list have the reference identifier "M-C" on  List 1.

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