LIST 10 - BAPTISMS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - OTHER CHURCHES
This 'primary source' list contains the details of baptisms for children who
were baptized later in life which took them outside the general ambit of the records consulted for the basis of this book, 1801 to 1810, recorded in churches
other than the five already listed. There were 63 in total, 32 males and
31 females.
After 1810 there was a veritable blossoming of churches in the colony. St
Matthews Windsor and St Johns Launceston have already been discussed. Apart
from the remaining four churches from Macquarie's "five towns";
Christ Church Castlereagh (1815)
St James Pitt Town (1825) St Johns Wilberforce (1826) St Peters Richmond (1814) there were also; Christ Church Newcastle (1818)
St James Sydney (1824)
St Lukes Liverpool (1811)
St Peters Campbelltown (1821) St Thomas Port Macquarie (1824) St Thomas Sackville Reach (1821)
all of the Anglican communion.
The first Presbyterian church was also founded, St Andrews Sydney (1826) as was
the first Catholic church, St Marys Sydney (1820).
The information recorded for each child includes:
reference number date of baptism date of birthChristian name
father's Christian name father's family name father's year of arrival in the colony father's ship of arrival in the colony father's status upon arrival in the colony mother's Christian name mother's maiden name mother's year of arrival in the colony mother's ship of arrival in the colony mother's status upon arrival in the colony parent's civil status at the time of the child's birth parent's marital status at the time of the child's birth parent's year & country/church of marriage where applicable The list is presented firstly in alphabetical order by name of church, next
in chronological order by date of baptism, then in chronological order by date of birth
These Other Church baptisms account for 2% of the "Deuxieme Dizaine".
Where the father's surname has a second name separated by a slash '/', the surname
after the slash is how the name was spelt in the original document or if second
name is substantially different it refers to an alias. Where the mother's surname
has a second name separated by a slash, the surname after the slash is her
married name at the time of the recording being made if she was married more
than once.
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original source document.
There are five duplicate entries on this list; Mary Ann Rock was previously baptized at St Johns Parramatta, Edward Fletcher at St Phillips Sydney, Elizabeth Lutherborough is listed twice in St Marys Sydney records after
previously being baptized at St Matthews Windsor and James Pillenger was
born on Norfolk Island. Thus the total individual entries is reduced to 58 with 30 males and 28 females.It should be noted that this list contains considerably more information
than will be found in the original church register, being the result of decades of research, principally associated with the Pioneer Register Project.
Father John Therry the catholic priest obviously performed many baptisms away
from Sydney town itself with Elizabeth Lutherborough baptized at
Parramatta, the three Haydon children at Bunbury Curran and the two Dowdle children at Kissing Point.
Anthony Cottrell was baptized at Sorell and James Pillenger at New Norfolk
in Van Diemens Land.
By definition all of these baptisms were "late" with Eleanor Boswell being
the latest, baptized at the age of thirty five at Clarence Town in Van Diemens Land.
Apart from these baptisms there may well have been others which hopefully may
come to light under the stimulus of the interest created by this treatise.
There were roughly equal numbers of boys and girls. Four fifths had convict
or former convict fathers and three quarters had convict or former convict
mothers. More than three quarters were illegitimate births.During this period the colonial born make their first appearance as parents, with Mary Ray having a colonial born mother.
Table 10.1 - Baptisms Other ChurchesTotal Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
Father Mother
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post1810 58 30 28 49 46 12 46
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Totals 58 30 28 49 46 12 46
Percentages 50.8% 49.2% 80.3% 75.4% 24.6% 75.4%
Entries on this list have one of the reference identifiers; "CCC", "CCN",
"SAS", "SJPT", "SJS", "SLL", "SMS", "SPC", "SPR", "STPM", "CE-V", "CR-V" on
List 1. To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on
the name would be made on List 1 from which the church and date of baptism
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate church, the baptism would
be located on this list.
The abbreviations used in this list are explained below:
d = defacto m = married CF = came free GS = government servant (convict) FS = free by servitude (emancipist)AP = free by absolute pardon
CP = free by conditional pardon EX = exile NE = never emigrated -- = unknownEng = England
Ire = Ireland
Sct = Scotland
Wal = Wales
Htf = Hertfordshire
CCC = Christ Church Castlereagh
CCN = Christ Church Newcastle
NI = Norfolk Island
SAS = St Andrews Sydney
SJL = St Johns Launceston
SJP = St Johns Parramatta
SJPT = St James Pitt TownSJS = St James Sydney
SJW = St Johns Wilberforce
SLL = St Lukes Liverpool
SMS = St Marys Sydney
SMW = St Matthews Windsor
SPC = St Peters Campbelltown
SPR = St Peters Richmond
SPS = St Phillips Sydney
STPM = St Thomas Port Macquarie STSR = St Thomas Sackville Reach CE-V = Church of England - Van Diemens Land CR-V = Church of Rome - Van Diemens Land* = duplicate entry
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