LIST 2 - BIRTHS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - MOTHERS NAME ORDER

 
 
This second reference list, titled "Births of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" - 
Mothers' Name Order" lists births for children born in the colony from 1801 until 
1810 as well as childhood arrivals for the same period of time.
 
For a full description of the information presented for each child refer 
to List 1, although in this list the mother's name and details have been placed 
ahead of the father's.
 
The  list is ordered firstly on the name of the mother, meaning both family 
name and Christian name, as distinct from just the surname, then secondly 
on the date of birth of the child. This has the effect of collecting the entries 
into family groups in birth order, mini family trees as it were. This 
list is particularly useful for women who bore children to more than one man 
in that it groups all of her children together, something that does not happen 
in most other lists of this work where the children are invariably listed under 
their father's surname.
 
The Christian names of the mothers of all but 525 of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" 
are known. The maiden names of 891 (26%) of the mothers are unknown, this 
relatively large figure includes the 299 married women who arrived in the 
colony using their husbands' surnames. 
 
This being an English colony, there are no surnames beginning with the letters 
'X' nor 'Z'.
 
The mother's marital status indicates whether, at the time of the child's birth, 
she was either married 'm' or defacto 'd'. It turns out that about half 
the "Deuxieme Dizaine" were illegitimate. The status is unknown in 458 cases 
unfortunately.
 
 Table 2.1. - Marital Status of Mother
 
 Status Number Percentage
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 Married 1,395 40.7%
 Defacto 1,575 46.0%
 unknown 454  13.7%
 
The mother's civil status at the time of the child's birth indicates whether 
she was either:
 
 CF - came free 
 GS - government servant (convict) 
 FS - free by servitude
  AP - free by absolute pardon
 NE - never emigrated
 BC - born in the colony
 NC - native of colony
 -- - unknown
 
As can bee seen from the table below, about half of the  mothers had arrived 
in the colony as convicts. Notice the first appearance of the native 
born. The arrival status of 688 of the mothers is unknown.
 
In the early years of the colony there were very few free women in the colony, 
those that did arrival were almost all 'wives' of the military.
 
 Table 2.2. - Civil Status of Mother
 
 Status Number Percentage
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 CF 943  27.5%
 GS 956 27.9%
 FS 685 20.3%
 AP 7 0.2%
 NE 13 0.4%
 BC 119  3.5%
 NC 3 0.1% 
 -- 688 20.1%
 
This list contains 2,544 names. It does NOT contain the births of 891 children 
whose mothers' surnames are unknown (These may be found in the Father List). 

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