LIST 16 - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - MARRIAGES

 
 
These two sub-lists record the 'marriages' of 1,645 of the "Deuxieme 
Dizaine" , separated into females and males. For the purposes of this list 
'marriage' refers to both those with the blessing of the Church and those in 
anticipation of it.
 
The information presented for each entry includes: 
 
 family name of bride/groom
 Christian name of bride/groom 
 year of birth
  parents' names 
 parents' civil status at the time of bride/groom's birth
 parents' marital status at the time of bride/groom's birth
 date of marriage
 place of marriage 
 age at marriage
 name of spouse
 civil status of the spouse at the time of marriage
 age of spouse
 age difference between bride and groom
 marriage number
 number of children resulting from the union. 
 
The list is in alphabetical order, firstly on surname secondly on Christian name 
then chronologically on date of marriage if there was more than one marriage 
for the same person.
 
Of those whose marriage is recorded, as would be expected from the Church 
Chronology discussed in the Introduction, most took place at the earliest of 
the churches established in the colony; St Phillips Sydney , St Johns Parramatta, 
St Matthews Windsor and St Davids Hobart in Van Diemens Land.
 
The 'Age at Marriage' figure was calculated by subtracting the date of birth 
from the date of marriage. In those cases where there was a defacto marriage 
the figure was calculated by subtracting the date of birth of the parent 
from the date of birth of the first child of the union minus one.
 
The 'Age Difference between Bride and Groom' figure was calculated 
by subtracting the date of birth of the bride from the date of birth of the 
groom. In most cases this is a positive number and a surprisingly large 
positive number by modern standards. To be able to derive this figure, the 
year of birth of both bride and groom needed to be known.
 
Only 'marriages' after the first are numbered. In modern times, divorce is 
the scourge that results in multiple marriages, whereas for the "Deuxieme 
Dizaine" it was the death of a spouse that lead to multiple marriages.
 
The information about the 'Number of Children' from each union comes 
principally from 'The Pioneer Register' project which in turn derives from 
the descendants of these unions who would have obtained the information from 
death certificates. Where there was more than one marriage, the number of 
children has been totalled for all marriages. If anything the figures presented 
here would have to be the absolute minimum of children for each union 
because no doubt many births have been overlooked or never recorded. 
Undoubtedly those unions with only one or two children may not have left 
descendants and their issue may have been missed altogether. On the other 
hand those unions with the most children would have of necessity had the most 
descendants and information on them is more likely to have survived. 
 
 
FEMALES
 
This sub-list records the marriage details of 952 "Deuxieme Dizaine" women. 
Multiple marriages were entered into by 199 women, thus the list presents 
in total 1,153 unions of "Deuxieme Dizaine" women. 
 
 
Date of Marriage
The earliest of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" to marry was Ann Jane Hobbs on the 
17th February 1804, followed by Mary Anthony in the same year. Both these 
girls were childhood arrivals and as a consequence were somewhat older than 
their colonial born sisters. The first of the colonial born to marry was Mary 
Ann Jillet on the 4th March 1812 (although her year of birth in 1801 is 
not verified) followed by Elizabeth Barnes on the 20th November 1815.
 
The last of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" to marry was Ann Ham on the 9th November 
1875 at the age of 65 but this was her fourth marriage. Rebecca Charlton 
married for the first time in 1853 but she had been living with her partner 
for many years before marriage. Matilda Bell was probably the truly last 
of her generation to form a union when she married the Richard Coley in 1852 
aged 47.
 
No marriage date has been recorded for 87 (7.5%) of the unions, either because 
no marriage ever took place or the record has been lost or not found at this 
time. Four marriages are reputed to have taken place in England for which no 
date has been found.
 
 
Place of Marriage
The table below lists the number of first marriages which took place at each 
of the early churches. Notice how the number of churches has expanded from 
17 in Volume 1 to 30 in Volume 2.
 
 Table 12.1. - Church of First Marriage
 
 Church Number
 -----------------------------------------
 St Phillips Sydney 187
 St Johns Parramatta 131
 St Matthews Windsor 115
 St Lukes Liverpool 37
 Christ Church Castlereagh 37
 St Peters Richmond 35
 St James Sydney 32
 St Peters Campbelltown 23
 Christ Church Newcastle 9
  St Johns Wilberforce 8
 St James Pitt Town 5
 All Saints Sutton Forest 3
 Holy Trinity Kelso 3
 St Andrews Sydney 2
  St Annes Kissing Point 2
 St Pauls Cobbitty 2
 Christ Church Bong Bong 1 
 Christ Church St Lawrence 1
 St Saviours Goulburn 1
 St Stephens Bathurst 1 
 St Thomas Sackville Reach 1
 
 Scots Kirk Sydney 15
 Ebenezer Kirk Portland Head 4
 
 St Marys Sydney  44
 St Johns Campbelltown 1
 St Patricks North Parramatta 1
 
 St Davids Hobart VDL 81
 St Johns Launceston VDL 26
 St Matthews New Norfolk 3
 Christ Church Longford 1
 
Most of these churches are Anglican churches but two Presbyterian churches 
appear; Scots Kirk Sydney and Ebenezer Kirk Portland Head along with three 
Catholic churches; St Marys Sydney, St Johns Campbelltown & St Patricks North 
Parramatta. The churches of second and subsequent marriages, coming later in 
the history of the colony, are much more varied and more widely spread about 
the expanding colony.
 
In fifteen cases whilst the year of marriage is known the church is not. The 
marriage registers for the first four decades of the colony have been closely 
scrutinized and it is likely the descendants who supplied the information 
on these women may have been engaging in a little historical "revisionism".
 
 Elizabeth Walker 1814
 Ann Griffiths 1818
 Mary Ann Cunningham 1819
 Mary Rogers 1819
 Rose Byrne  1821
 Jane Connolly 1821
 Sarah Jane Pendergast 1821
 Esther Harley 1822
 Mary Kennedy 1822
 Eleanor Henry 1825
  Sophia Hough 1827
 Mary Ward 1828
 Frances Green 1829
 Jane Warby 1829
 Sarah Connolly 1830
 
Seven women are known to have married overseas, and in all probability 
there were a lot more. 
 
 England: Ann Noble Foveaux
 Eliza Lord 
 Elizabeth Gibbons
 Elizabeth Evans
  Mary King
 India: Harriott Blaxland
 Grace Walker
 
 
Age at Marriage
The following table lists the age of marriage for the "Deuxieme Dizaine" women. 
These figures pertain only to their first marriage, ages of subsequent 
marriages would of course be greater.
 
 Table 12.2. - Age at First Marriage
 
 Age Number Age Number Age Number 
 ----------- ----------- ----------- 
 11 2 21 35 31 3 
 12 0 22 47 33 2 
 13 9 23 35 34 2 
 14 27 24 20 35 1 
 15 66 25 18 36 0 
 16 133 26 9 37 3 
 17 143 27 4 38 1 
 18 129 28 11 41 2
 19 97 29 6 42 1 
 20 71 30 4 44 1 
 
As can be seen from the above table, the "Deuxieme Dizaine" girls were married 
young, seventeen being the most common age to marry and by twenty-one, of 
the girls who would marry, the vast majority were married. It has to be 
remembered that to become a 'wife & mother' was the expected role in society 
for women at this time and no doubt many were anxious to get on with it!
 
Unfortunately in 39 cases the age of marriage cannot be determined, 
either because the year of birth of the bride is unknown (20) or because 
the marriage date is unknown (19).
 
It is said that "the past is a different country, they do things differently 
there" and no truer example can be found than to look at society's attitude to 
matters sexual as they appertain to when a young woman is considered eligible 
for 'marriage', that age was considerably younger in the early nineteenth 
century than it is today. The particular circumstances of the infant colony, 
in that there was a vast over preponderance of men, needs to be taken into 
consideration when considering these matters as well. Young girls were 
obviously eagerly sought as partners at ages that even by the standards of 
libertine Georgian England would be considered as young. Then again, it 
must be remembered New South Wales was a 'colony of criminals' so bad behaviour 
of all types was only to be expected.
 
It is highly unlikely that Sarah Frederick married at the age of 11 in 1808. 
Her year of birth was derived from her age given in the 1828 Census and it 
may well be a transcription error. Likewise the marriage at the age of 
11 of Mary Ann Jillet is based on her birth year of 1801 on Norfolk Island 
but this date is estimated and has not been verified.
 
Of the nine girls listed as being at the age of 13, five at least have verifiable 
birth dates; Elizabeth Barnes, Ann Griffin, Jane Hewitt, Ann Hornery & Mary 
Ann Richards.
Jane Kennedy married for the first time at the age of 53 & Rebecca Charlton 
for the first time at the age of 49 but both had been living with their partners 
and having children for many years before that. The two Bell sisters are 
interesting in that they both married late in life, Maria at the age of 
48 and Matilda at the age of 47, neither had any children.
 
Ann Daley married for the second time at the age of 61 and Ann Ham for the 
third time at the age of 65.
 
Civil Status of the Groom at the Time of Marriage
Whom the "Deuxieme Dizaine" women married proved to be one of the most 
interesting aspects of this analysis. This information once again comes 
principally from the 'Pioneer Register' project. 
 
The table below lists the civil status of grooms at first marriage and 
the numbers and percentages of each category. Forty percent married men of 
convict background, 26% of whom were still serving their terms. Only about one 
third married their colonial born counterparts. About one quarter married free 
arrivals. Four marriages took place overseas to men who never emigrated. 
Regrettably the status of 76 (8%) of the grooms is unknown at this time.
 
 Table 12.3. - Civil Status of Groom at First Marriage
 
 Civil Status Number Percentage
 ----------------------------------------------
 BC - colonial born 271 29
 CF - came free 211 23
  GS - convict 243 26
 TL - ticket of leave 5 1
 CP - conditional pardon 6 1
 AP - absolute pardon 4 1
 FS - free by servitude 106 11
 NE - overseas 4 1
 -- - unknown 76 8
 
Once again, as in the case of the First Generation in Volume 1, only 29% of 
colonial born "Deuxieme Dizaine" women married colonial born men, although 
this was an improvement on the 18% of the former case. It must have been very 
galling to the colonial lads that the lasses even preferred serving convicts 
over themselves.
 
 
Age of Groom
The great ages of some of the grooms would come as a surprise to modern minds. 
Tables will be presented when discussing the male colonial born grooms to show 
their general spread of the ages. Of interest at this time is that Mary Alford 
married the 76 year old John Verge as her second husband and Louisa McCoy married 
the 70 year old Richard Sculthorpe as her second husband. Sir John Jamieson 
was 68 years old when he finally married Mary Griffiths. At the other extreme 
William Brumby was reputed to be only 14 years old when he married Ann Mansfield.
 
 
Age Difference between Bride and Groom
To be able to derive this figure, the year of birth of both the bride and 
groom needed to be known. Unfortunately in 150 cases (16%), one or the other 
or both of these dates is unknown. The table below lists the age difference 
distributions of the remaining 84% of 'marriages'.
 
 Table 12.4. - Age Difference at First Marriage
 
 Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No 
 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 
-10 0 0 23 10 43 20 11 30 1 
 -9 0 1 31 11 42 21 10 31 2 
 -8 2 2 30 12 37 22 2 32 0 
 -7 3 3 55 13 24 23 5 33 1 
 -6 1 4 61 14 24 24 3 34 1 
 -5 4 5 53 15 19 25 3 35 1 
 -4 2 6 55 16 12 26 0 36 1 
 -3 3 7 59 17 8 27 3 37 0 
 -2 3 8 57 18 7 28  3 38 0 
 -1 9 9 49 19 11 29 1 39 0 
 --- --- --- --- --- 
 27 473 227 41 7
 
In modern times a figure of five years difference between spouses would be 
considered 'acceptable', stretching at most to say ten years. Things were 
very different however for our "Deuxieme Dizaine" women; for example Sarah 
May was 36 years younger than her husband and Sarah Roberts was 35 years younger 
than hers.
 
Looked at in terms of decades; 61% married a man one decade or less older, 
29% married a man two decades or less older, 5% marred a man three decades 
or less older and 1% marred a man four decades or less older, a situation very 
unusual in any modern Western culture.
 
But not all brides were younger than their grooms. There were 27 cases (3.5%) 
in which the bride was older, Ann Dight and Elizabeth Kennedy were both 
eight years older than their grooms.
 
Interestingly, for those women with second and subsequent marriages, 
the age difference profile changes markedly. Now 24% married men who were 
younger than themselves, for example Martha Hayes for her third marriage married 
a man 27 years younger than herself. On the other hand Mary Ann Marshall's second 
husband was 45 years older than her. Perhaps being widowed and inheriting 
their late husbands' assets, it was now they who were in a position to 
attract younger men, in many cases more than ten years younger. 
 
The four Collitts sisters; Frances, Maria, Sarah & Sophia, were interesting 
in that each married twice after the death of their first husband and each 
married a younger man the second time around.
 
 
Number of Marriages
Almost a fifth (17%) of the women were married two or more times. Second 
'marriages' were entered into by 164 women, 33 had three 'marriages', Harriet 
Cheers, Elizabeth Curtis and Hannah Hillas all had four 'marriages'.
 
 
Number of Children
The issue from all these 'marriages' is known for 795 of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" 
women. For those women with more than one partner, the number of children 
has been totalled for all marriages.
 
The total number of children from these 'marriages' is 5,280 and average of 
6.6 ! Remember too that these figures represent the absolute minimum. 
 
The table below lists the number of issue of each union and the number of women 
who had this issue. The striking thing about this list is just how many children 
the average "Deuxieme Dizaine" woman bore, which in turn stands as a testament 
to the good health and general robustness of these women as a generation. 
Nearly 30% had ten or more children and less than 4% had no issue at all. Again 
it should be emphasized that these figures would have to be considered the 
absolute minimum number of children whom the "Deuxieme Dizaine" women bore.
 
 Table 12.5. - Number of Children
 
 Issue Number Issue Number
 ---------------- ----------------
 0 26 10 59
 1 82 11 62
 2 75 12  52 
 3 51 13 29
 4 59 14 22
 5 47 15 8 
 6 55 16 3
 7 52 17 1
  8 63 21 1
 9 49 
 
Note the infertility rate of 3.3%.
 
Elizabeth Thomas had 21 children and Elizabeth Broughton 17. Ann Edwards, Ann 
Hannabas and Eleanor Murphy all had 16 children.
 
Louisa Armytage married under the surname of her mother's first husband of 
Skinner. 
 
It should be pointed out that nineteen "Deuxieme Dizaine" women in the 1822 
Muster and twenty seven in the 1828 Census were recorded as married but who 
could not be further identified and whose marriages could not be located.
 
1822 Muster: Mary John Bowen GS ----
 Mary W Brown GS ---- 
 Charlotte Samuel Brownett TL 1788
 Frances Peter Byrne -- ----
 - Capt Campbell -- ----
 Elizabeth Benjamin Carver BC 1805
 Mary William Clarke GS ---- 
 Ann 1803 J Clements -- ----
 Sarah Thomas Darden TL 1776
 Martha Thomas Freeman GS ---- 
 Catherine  John Hogan GS ---- 
 Mary William Humphries BC 1795
 Elizabeth 1804 W Lewis GS ---- 
 Jane 1807 John Lindsey GS 1795 
 Hannah Matthew Mucklow -- ----
 Mary Richard Sommers GS 1790 
 Mary 1804 George Stone GS 1799 5
 Ann T Turner GS 1797 
 Elizabeth Thomas Woodward GS 1794 
 
1828 Census: Sarah 1807 William Birch GS 1800 7 
 Elizabeth 1804 John Boyle BC 1801 1 
 Margaret 1804 Wiliam Brown GS 1796 8 
 Esther 1804 Edward Burke GS 1788 16 
  Margaret 1810 Thomas Clarkson CF 1799 11 
 Elilzabeth 1804 Edward Cox GS 1772 32 
 Mary 1810 E Early -- ---- 
 Mary Ann 1809 Daniel Egan BC 1804 5 
 Phoebe 1810 George Grimshaw GS 1800 10 
 Elizabeth 1804 William Hughes GS 1795 9 
 Elizabeth 1808 James Kingsbury GS 1795 13 
 Dorothy 1805 Jerry McCarthy FS 1799 6 
 Elizabeth  1810 John Montgomery GS 1773 37 
 Sarah 1807 William Moore GS 1800 7 
 Hannah 1805 John Morris BC ---- 
 Sarah 1808 John James Neill BC 1808 0 
 Margaret 1808 James O'Burn GS 1801 7 
 Elizabeth 1810 James Palmer CF 1805 5 
 Margaret 1806 Charles Roberts BC 1807 (1)
 Mary 1809 Patrick Silk CF 1793 16 
 Louisa 1802 Henry Smith GS 1795 7 
 Elizabeth 1803 W S Townsend CF 1801 (2)
 - 1810 John Warn FS 1803 7 
 Ellen 1808 Thomas Willson BC 1802 6 
 Mary 1808 William Windley  GS 1799 9 
 
 
MALES
 
This sub-list records the marriage details of 693 "Deuxieme Dizaine" men. 
Multiple marriages were entered into by 136 men, thus the list presents in 
total 829 unions. Notice that this is 324 less than for the women.
 
 
Date of Marriage
The earliest of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" men to marry was Thomas Boulton on 
6th August 1806, who of course was a childhood arrival. It would be fourteen 
years before the first of the colonial born were to marry, Charles Lucas 
on 18th January 1820 at the age of 19.
 
James Pye was the last of his generation to marry in 1882 but he was marrying 
for the second time and had been living with his wife for many years before 
that. Last to marry for the first time was William Irwin in 1866.
 
In 76 (9%) cases the date of marriage is unknown, either because no marriage 
ever took place or the record has been lost or not found at this time. 
 
 
Place of Marriage
The table below lists the number of first marriages which took place at each 
of the early colonial churches. Notice how the number of churches has more 
than doubled from 19 in Volume 1 to 39 in Volume 2. 
 
 Table 12.6. - Church of First Marriage
 
  Church Number
 -----------------------------------------
 St Matthews Windsor 69
 St Johns Parramatta 57
 St Phillips Sydney 57
 St James Sydney 36
 St Peters Campbelltown 29
 Christ Church Castlereagh 26
 St Peters Richmond 26
 St Johns Wilberforce  17
 St Lukes Liverpool 17
 St James Pitt Town 14
 St Thomas Sackville Reach 8
 Christ Church Newcastle 7
 St Annes Kissing Point  6
 St Andrews Sydney 4
 Holy Trinity Kelso 3
 St Pauls Cobbitty 3
 All Saints Sutton Forest 1
 Christ Church St Lawrence Sydney 1
 St Bartholomews Prospect 1
 St Peters Cooks River 1
 St Saviours Goulburn 1
 St Stephens Bathurst 1
 St Thomas Port Macquarie 1
 
 Scots Kirk Sydney 20
 Ebenezer Kirk Portland Head 8
 St Andrews Parramatta 2
 Scots Kirk Maitland 1
 St Andrews Windsor 1
 
 St Marys Sydney (RC) 35
 St Johns Campbelltown 6
 St Marys Enfield 2
 St Josephs Hobart VDL 1
 
 Heber Chapel Cobbitty 2
 Pitt Street Congregational 1
 
 St Davids Hobart VDL 50
 St Johns Launceston VDL 21
 Holy Trinity Hobart VDL 4
  St Matthews New Norfolk 2
 St Georges Hobart VDL 1
 
Most of these churches are Anglican churches but five Presbyterian 
churches appear along with four Catholic churches as well as the Wesleyan Heber 
Chapel at Cobbitty and Pitt Street Congretational Church. The churches of 
second and subsequent marriages, coming later in the history of the colony, 
are much more varied and more widely spread about the expanding colony.
 
In nine cases whilst the year of marriage is known the church is not. The 
marriage registers for the first four decades of the colony have been closely 
scrutinized and it is likely the descendants who supplied the information 
on these men may have been engaging in a little family "gentrification".
 
 Thomas Johnston 1812
 Daniel Egan 1826
 Timothy Lacey 1827
 Patrick Byrne 1828
 Fane Cox 1828
  Michael Byrne 1829
 George Galvin 1829
 William Rowe 1829
 John Freebody 1830
 
Interestingly the descendants of John Barrington have given an exact date 
for his marriage but still the record cannot be found in any existing church 
registers.
 
Twelve men are known to have married overseas, and in all probability 
there were a lot more:
 
 England: James Cartwright
 William Cowper
 William Cox
 Matthew Gibbons
 Thomas Underwood
 India: Francis Barnes
 James Ceronio
  Peter Rousseau
 William Rousseau 
 New Zealand: William Meurant
 Isle de France:George Bayly
 USA: Job Bradley
 
 
Age at Marriage
The following table lists the age of marriage for the "Deuxieme Dizaine" men. 
These figures pertain only to their first marriage, ages of subsequent marriages 
would of course be greater.
 
 Table 12.7. - Age at First Marriage
 
 Age Number Age Number Age Number 
 ----------- ----------- ----------- 
 14 1 27 43 39 1 
 16 3 28 32 40 3
 17 5 29 30 41 5
 18 13 30 12 43 2
 19 29 31 23 44 3
 20 48 32 13 45 1
 21 74 33 10 46 2
 22 64 34 11 47 1
 23  69 35 4 50 1
 24 48 36 8 51 1
 25 54 37 7 53 1
 26 34 38 5 57 1 
 63 1 
  
Unfortunately in 30 cases the age at marriage cannot be determined, 
either because the year of birth of the groom is unknown (12) or because 
the marriage date is unknown (18).
 
William Brumby was the youngest 'man' to marry at the age of 14, but it must 
be said that his year of birth of 1810 is highly speculative. John Bevan, 
John Edney and John Gow all married at 16 and interestingly all married women 
older than themselves.
John Hall was the oldest at first marriage at the age of 63 but he had been 
living with his wife for many years before that. William Irwin married for 
the first time at 57.
 
Some interesting differences emerge between the men and women in this table. 
Firstly for the "Deuxieme Dizaine" men the most common age to marry was 
twenty-one, a full four years later than for the girls. Secondly the men kept 
on marrying to a greater age, the last woman to marry for the first time did 
so at the age of 44, whereas four men married in their fifties, and one at 63.
 
 
Civil Status of the Wife at the Time of Marriage
The great and indeed surprising difference between the women and men of the 
"Deuxieme Dizaine" is in their attitude to convicts as expressed in their 
marital preferences with the former warmly embracing and the latter positively 
abhorring the convicts.
 
As can be seen in the table below only 6% of men married a serving or 
former convict woman, whilst the figure for the women was 40% almost seven times 
as large - why would this have been so ? 
 
The table below lists the status of 'brides' at first marriage and the numbers 
and percentages of each category. The men overwhelmingly married their 
own kind - 62% marrying colonial born girls. Six marriages took place overseas 
to women who never emigrated. Regrettably the status of 100( 14%) of the brides 
is unknown at this time.
 
 Table 12.8. - Civil Status of Wife at First Marriage
 
 Civil Status Number Percentage
 ----------------------------------------------
 BC - colonial born 433 62 
 CF - came free 116 17 
 GS - convict 35 5 
  FS - free by servitude 3 1 
 TL - ticket of leave 1 0 
 NE - overseas 6 1 
 -- - unknown 100 14 
 
 
Age of Wife
The extremely young ages of the brides (at least as far as modern sensibilities 
are concerned) has already been discussed above in the female section. 
 
Tables have already been presented when discussing the female colonial born 
brides to show their general spread of ages. It is worth noting in particular 
that it is highly unlikely that James Dunstan married the 11 year old Mary 
Turnbull in 1827. Five other men are listed as marrying 13 year old girls.
 
At the other end of the scale, William Sharp married 55 year old Sarah Reeves 
(29 years older than himself) and Joseph Collitts married 50 year old Mary 
Ann Field (13 years older than himself).
 
 
Age Difference between Bride and Groom
To be able to derive this figure, the year of birth of both the bride and 
groom needed to be known. Unfortunately in 127 cases (18%), one or the other 
or both of these dates is unknown. The table below lists the age difference 
distributions of the remaining 82% of first 'marriages'.
 
  Table 12.9. - Age Difference at First Marriage
 
 Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No Age Dif. No 
 ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- 
-29 1 -10 1 0 25  10 12 20 3 
-19 0 -9 1 1 49 11 16 21 1 
-18 1 -8 1 2 34 12 12 22 1 
-17 0 -7 3 3 45 13 15 23  0 
-16 0 -6 0 4 57 14 6 24 0 
-15 1 -5 5 5 49 15 6 25 0 
-14 1 -4 5 6 50 16 4 26 1 
-13 1 -3 5 7 45 17 5 27 2 
-12 2 -2 9 8 33 18 4 28 0 
-11 1 -1 9 9 28 19 3 29 1 
 ---  --- --- --- --- 
 8 39 415 83 9 
 
The greatest positive difference was 29 years for William Irwin and 27 years 
for both Benjamin Risbey and Thomas Cowper. 
 
Looked at in terms of decades; 73% married a woman one decade or less younger, 
15% married a woman two decades or less younger, 2% married a woman three 
decades or less younger. Again the difference from the females is striking, 
the colonial born males tended to marry woman much closer to their own age, 
the females were two times more likely to marry a man two decades older and 
two times more likely to marry a man three decades older.
 
But not all grooms were older than their brides. There were 47 cases (8%) 
in which the bride was older. The greatest negative age difference was 29 
years for William Sharp followed by 18 years for Frederick Allsopp. 
 
Only four of the post primary marriages were to older women. William Sharp 
was a strange fellow in this regard. As already mentioned at the age of 26 
he married a woman 29 years older than himself and then one year later he selected 
as his second wife a woman 17 years older than himself.
 
 
Number of Marriages
Second 'marriages' were entered into by 120 men and 16 had three 'marriages'. 
There were no males to match the two women who had four marriages.
 
 
Number of Children
For those men with more than one partner, the number of children has been 
totalled for all marriages.
 
The total number of children from these 'marriages' is 4,459 an average of 
7.2 ! Remember too that these figures represent the absolute minimum. 
 
The table below lists the number of issue of each union and the number of 
men who had this issue. The striking thing about this list is just how many 
children the average "Deuxieme Dizaine" man fathered, which by modern standards 
seems incredible.
 
 Table 12.10. - Number of Children
 
 Issue Number Issue Number Issue Number
 ---------------- ---------------- ----------------
 0 26 10 44 21 1
 1 62 11 38 22 1
 2  40 12 46 23 1
 3 35 13 31 24 1
 4 40 14 20
 5 50 15 11 
 6 38 16 5
 7 42 17 3
 8 40 18 1
 9 43 19 4
 
Note the infertility rate of 4.2%.
 
George Galvin fathered 21 children with two wives, William Farlow 22 with three 
wives, John Dean 23 with two wives and John Delaney 24 with two wives!
 
 
Regardless of what other accomplishments this "Deuxieme Dizaine" may have 
achieved, and there are many, populating this antipodean colony with loyal 
subjects of George III and his heirs would have to be rated amongst their most 
significant and long lasting.

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