LIST 30 - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - COMPOSITE INDEX

 
 
This fourth reference list, titled "Composite Index" is the only list in the 
book which contains the full complement of the "Deuxieme Dizaine", that is 
all the births and all the childhood arrivals from 1801 to 1810, 3,435 entries 
in all (1,801 males and 1,634 females). The only names not found on this list 
are those children who died at sea before reaching the colony (which can be 
found in List 15 - Childhood Arrivals).
 
The information recorded for each entry includes; 
 
 Christian name
 father's surname 
 mother's maiden name 
 year of birth 
 year of death 
 
and where applicable; 
 
 shipping movements to and from the colony and within the colony 
 all the musters that the person appears in 
 year(s) of marriage 
 other significant colonial events
and where the year of death is unknown;
 
 the last known record of the person (often this is the year of birth 
of the last known child).
 
The list is in the child's name order, Surname then Christian name, with 
the year of birth as the secondary sorting criterion, if two children should 
have the same name.
 
This list attempts to bring together all the other lists in this book to create 
one amalgamated and comprehensive reference point. But it is more than just an 
index, it also documents the lives of the entire "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
If one were to take a line from this list such as:-
 
 Samuel BLACKMAN HARLEY 1790 1843 A1801 M1811 m1814 M1822 C1828 
 
and expand all the codes to give the sentence:-
 
 Samuel Blackman was born in 1790, arrived in the colony in 1801, 
was recorded in the 1811 and 1822 musters and the 1828 census, married in 
1814 and died in 1843.
 
then by looking at each of the lists referenced in this sentence quite a nice 
little biographical paragraph can be generated:-
 
 Samuel Blackman was born in 1790 at Kent in England, the son of James and 
Elizabeth nee Harley. He accompanied his free settler parents to the colony 
on board the 'Canada' arriving on the 13th December 1801. He is recorded: 
in the 1811 muster as having arrived free and aged 21 years; in the 1822 
muster as having arrived free - a landholder of Liverpool with 150 acres; 
in the 1828 census as having arrived free, a 38 year old protestant 
farmer at 'Fragnel' in Cooke holding 300 acres. He married on the 1st November 
1814 at St Matthews Windsor to 19 year old colonial born Mary Hoskisson by 
whom he had 12 issue. Samuel died on the 24th November 1843 at Narellan aged 
53 years.
 
As an another example, taking the line:-
 
 Elizabeth Ann BAYLEY MRS 1792 A1807 m1808 M1811 M1814 M1822 C1828 
 
and expanding the codes:-
 
 Elizabeth Ann Bayley was born in 1792 and arrived in the colony 1807, 
was recorded in the 1811, 1814 & 1822 musters as well as the 1828 census and 
married in 1808. 
 
then referencing the relevant lists generates:-
 
 Elizabeth Ann Bayley as born in England in 1792. She arrived in the colony 
on the 3rd April 1807 aboard the ship 'Brothers' as a free person. She married 
on the 17th October 1808 at St Phillips Sydney as a sixteen year old to the 
thirty six year old convict Nicholas Delaney with whom she had twelve issue. 
She is recorded: in the 1811 muster under the name Delany, as the 19 year 
old wife of Nicholas; in the 1814 muster under the name Delaney, as the wife 
of Nicholas and the mother of two children, living at Sydney; in the 1822 muster 
under the name Bailey, as the wife of Nicholas Delany, living at Windsor; 
in the 1828 census under the name Delaney, as the 36 year old catholic wife 
of Nicholas, living at Evan. The last known record of Elizabeth was the birth 
of her twelfth child in 1830.
 
As an another example, taking the line:-
 
 William Henry BROUGHTON HEATHORN 1802 1858 M1802 M1805 PJ1808 M1822 m1827 
C1828 
 
and expanding the codes:-
 
William Henry Broughton was born in 1802, appeared in the 1802 and 1805 musters 
of Norfolk Island, the 1822 muster, the 1828 census, was married in 1827 and 
died in 1858. 
 
then referencing the relevant lists generates:-
 
William Henry Broughton was born illegitimately to William, a free arrival 
and Hannah Heathorn/Glossop, an emancipated convict, at Norfolk Island on the 
15th May 1802. He was baptized on the island  by the Rev Henry Fulton on the 
13th September the same year. He is recorded: in the 1802 muster under the 
name Glossop as a 'child under 2 years'; in the 1805 muster under the name 
Glossop as a 'child of all descriptions' and off stores; in the 1822 muster 
as living at Liverpool; in the 1828 census as a 26 year old protestant settler 
at 'Tamnangaro' Goulburn Plains holding 800 acres. He married on the 2nd April 
1827 at St Peters Campbelltown to 22 year old free arrival Mary Ward with whom 
he had 10 issue. William died aged 56 years on the 5th September 1858 at 
'Broughtonworth' Burrowa.
 
In contradistinction to the fulsome narratives above there are sadly many 
entries such as:-
 
 Christopher HARRIS - 1804
 
which expands into:-
 
 Christopher was born in 1804
 
then referencing the relevant lists generates:-
 
 Christopher Harris was born in 1804 at an unknown location, the son of 
William and Charlotte, both parents being unidentified at this time. There is 
no further documentation of his activities in the colony. 
 
or evan:-
 
 Lucy MULLETT - 1801 M1802
 
which expands into:-
 
 Lucy Mullett was born in 1801 and appeared in the Norfolk Island muster 
of 1802 
 
then referencing the relevant lists generates:-
 
 Lucy Mullett was born on Norfolk Island in 1801, the daughter of 
Mary Mullett, a convict, and an unknown father. In the muster taken on the 
island in 1802, she is grouped with the "children under 2 years" and went 
off the stores on the 12th March. There is no further documentation of her 
activities in the colony. 
 
The information in this composite list also gives an indication of the fate 
of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
 
 
The Fate of the "Deuxieme Dizaine"
 
So what was the fate of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" of the English colony in 
New South Wales ? Like every other person who has ever lived their ultimate fate 
was death but as was discussed in List 17 only just over a half have a known 
death date. 
 
Seventeen percent, have no other known colonial record apart from either the 
fact of their birth or their arrival in the colony. This represents nearly 
six hundred individuals (77 of these do not even have a year of birth). One 
possibility is that they died as infants or older and their deaths were not 
recorded by the colonial authorities or early ministers of the church, but 
given that their very existence is known because their parents had them baptised 
it would appear very unlikely that those same parents would not give their 
children a Christian burial. Another possibility is that they left the 
colony with no record being made of the fact. Whilst this is undoubtedly true 
in many cases, especially amongst the young men who may have been induced to 
go to sea on various visiting sailing ships, it would not explain the hundreds 
of cases left unresolved.
 
A further 72 (2.1%) left the colony and were never heard of again.
 
What of the remaining thirty percent ? The table below lists 837 cases (24.4%) 
whose last colonial documentation was one of the colonial musters or the 1828 
census. 
 
 Table 30.1. - Fate of the "Deuxieme Dizaine"
 
 Event Number %
  ---------------------------
 Death 1,773 51.6
 Departure 72 2.1
 1802 Muster 1 0.0
 1805 Muster 3 0.1
  1806 Muster 1 0.0
 1811 Muster 2 0.1
 1814 Muster 1 1.0
 1818 Muster 41 1.2
 1819 Muster 35 1.0
  1822 Muster 291 8.5
 1828 Census 462 13.4
 
Added to these are 161 cases (4.7%) of a marriage or the birth of a child as 
the last recorded colonial event. These range from the birth of Malvina Hobson 
(Luttrell) child in 1814 to the marriage of William Irwin in 1866. 
 
 Table 30.2. - Marriage & Childbirth Records
 
 Date Range Number
 ---------------------
 1810-1819 2
 1820-1829 56
 1830-1839 63
 1840-1849 24
 1850-1859 12 
 1860-1869  4
 
Then there are 15 instances of shipping movements as the last known event. 
There were six cases of children sailing from Norfolk Island to Port Jackson, 
six cases of sailing from Norfolk Island to Hobart Town and three cases of 
sailing from Norfolk Island to Port Dalrymple and all were not heard of again.
 
The abbreviations used in this list are explained below:
 
 A = Arrival in Colony
 C = 1828 Census
 c = child born
  D = Death
 d = defacto
 M = Muster
 m = marriage
 R = Return to England
 r = resigned commission from NSWC
 ? = date unknown
 
 HT = Hobart Town
 NI = Norfolk Island
 PD = Port Dalrymple
 PJ = Port Jackson
 
 NSW = New South Wales
 QLD = Queensland
 VDL = Van Diemens Land
 VIC = Victoria
 
 NSWC = New South Wales Corps

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