LIST 12 - BAPTISMS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - THE PIONEER REGISTER

 
 
This eighth 'primary source' list contains the births of 732children of 
the "Deuxieme Dizaine" which have been obtained from research done to compile 
the Pioneer Register, 380 males and 352 females.
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 
 date of birth
 Christian 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 arranged in date of birth order. The exact date of birth of most 
of the entries is unknown so within each year the entries are arranged 
alphabetically on the father's surname. 
 
These Pioneer Register births account for 21% of the "Deuxieme Dizaine" . 
 
In 81 (11%) cases the exact date of birth is recorded. The question needs 
to be asked for those entries, where did the descendants who supplied the 
information obtain that exact date ? In  a further 17 cases the month of birth 
is known. On the other hand unfortunately not even the year of birth is known 
in 53 (7%) cases.
 
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 the 
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. 
 
In 6 cases the father is unknown and in rather more cases (34) the mother 
is unknown. In another 37 cases both the father and the mother are unknown, 
these people were generally married to Pioneer families and the names are 
to be found in the 'Son & Daughter-in-Law Index' of the Pioneer Register. 
 
Thomas Browns mother Charlotte was colonial born but her family has not been 
identified at this time. Naomi Wests mother Mary arrived as a convict on 'HMS 
Glatton' in 1803 but her surname is unknown at present.
 
William Eaton and James Johnson had sons who were unnamed, Archibald Bell, 
John Hangan & John Patrick had daughters who were unnamed.
 
In several cases, a name for the father or mother may be known but not the 
details of that person's arrival in the colony. The parent may have been using 
an alias or the name may have been transcribed incorrectly, in either case 
their true identity awaits clarification.
 
Jean Duriaults and James & Samuel L'Andres fathers were French prisoners of 
war, sent out to the colony to help establish the wine industry.
 
On this occasion there were slightly more boys baptized than girls. Almost 
four out of five children had a convict or former convict father, the remainder 
being mainly soldiers. More than three quarters of the mothers were convicts, 
reflecting the fact that female convicts were the main group of women to arrive 
in the colony at this time apart from the wives of the soldiers. Nearly two 
thirds of the births were illegitimate.
 
For the first time the colonial born appear as parents, with twenty six 
children having colonial born mothers. In another first Sarah Wallace is the 
first recorded half cast birth with a native mother.
 
 Table 12.1. - Pioneer Register Births
 
 Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
  Father Mother
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 1801 41 23 18 37 39 10 31
 1802 49 27 22 39 42 23 26
 1803  56 31 25 40 44 16 40
 1804 61 34 27 45 50 16 45
 1805 64 32 32 51 54 21 43
 1806 91 51 40 70 68 36 55
 1807 72 39 33 61 54 27 45
 1808 82 40 42 67 57 30 52
 1809 82 48 34 69 56 39 43
 1810 81 29  52 68 58 25 56
 unknown 53 26 27 32 39 22 31
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 Totals 732 380 352 579 562 265  467
Percentages 51.8% 48.2% 78.9% 76.9% 36.6% 63.4%
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "PR-n" 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 date of birth would be retrieved, secondly using 
the appropriate date, the birth would be located on this list and finally 
an alphabetical search on the name would be made on the birth date if there 
should be more than one entry for that date which would certainly be the case 
if only the birth year was known. 
 
To locate the family tree in the Pioneer Register, the number "n" in the 
reference identifier "PR-n" refers to the Second Edition volume. Entries are 
alphabetical by Pioneer's name in each book.
 
 
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
 PR = prisoner of war
 NE = never emigrated
 -- = unknown
 
 Eng = England
 Ire = Ireland
 Sct = Scotland
 Wal = Wales
 
 CGH = Cape of Good Hope
  Mal = Malta
 NY = New York
 
 Chs = Cheshire
 Crw = Cornwall
 Cvy = Coventry
 Dub = Dublin
 Dvn = Devonshire
 Esx = Essex
 Htf = Hertfordshire
 Ldn = London 
 Nca = Newcastle
 Nbl = Northumberland
 Yks = Yorkshire
 
 NI = Norfolk Island
 PPB = Port Phillip Bay
 SDH = St Davids Hobart
 SJP = St Johns Parramatta
 SMW = St Matthews Windsor
 SPS = St Phillips Sydney

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