LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - ST JOHNS PARRAMATTA

 
 
This second 'primary source' list contains the details of 461 baptisms 
recorded in St John's church register for children born between 1801 and 1810, 
237 males and 224 females.
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 
 reference number
 date of baptism 
 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 presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
These St Johns baptisms account for 13% of the "Deuxieme Dizaine". 
 
There were 10 duplicate entries on the register during the period under study 
reducing the total of individual baptisms to 451 (234 males & 217 females). 
Jane Jones & Charlotte Storer were both baptized at St Phillips before being 
baptized for a second time at St Johns.
 
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.
 
Unfortunately at one point in the register a number of entries had the year 
changed from 1800 to 1801 or possibly the other way round, 1801 to 1800, which 
being right on the cut off point for inclusion in the book has led to some 
problems.
 
In August 1805 Marsden visited the Hawkesbury and on the 11th of that month 
performed no less that 30 baptisms on one day !
 
During Marsdens absence in England from 1807 until 1810, his duties were 
performed firstly by Rev Henry Fulton who had returned from Norfolk Island, 
then by William Pascoe Crook in 1808 and finally from October 1809 until April 
1810 by Richard Jones.
 
The Rev Robert Cartwright did a stint in June 1810 after his arrival from 
England before moving onto St Matthews Windsor.
 
It should be noted that the list contains is 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. Many 
entries in the church register list just the date of baptism and parents 
names, sometimes only the mother's name if the birth was illegitimate.
 
Eighty eight baptisms took place after 1810 when older children came to baptism, 
the latest being Martha Capon in 1825. Martha Capon's baptism records Isreal 
Rayner as her father, when in fact he was her stepfather, although this error 
may be explained that she was not baptized until she was sixteen years old.
 
On this occasion there were more boys baptized than girls. Three quarters of 
fathers were convicts, or former convicts, the remainder being mainly 
marines and soldiers. Almost 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 marines and soldiers. 
Just over half the births were illegitimate.
 
For the first time the colonial born appear as parents, with fourteen children 
having colonial born mothers. In another first, John Pilot is recorded as having 
a native mother.
 
 Table 5.1 - Baptisms St Johns Parramatta
  
 Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
 Father Mother
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 1801 11 8 3  9 11 2 9
 1802 21 13 8 13 15 9 12
 1803 36 19 17 26 30 19 17
 1804 58 32 26 49 51 20 38
  1805 77 45 32 59 58 30 47
 1806 35 16 19 19 20 22 13
 1807 29 16 13 17 14 18 11
 1808 19 10 9 14 12 9 10
 1809 13 4 9 10 10 4 9
 1810 70 35 35 59 49 33 37
 >1810 82 36 44 59 55 40 42
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 Totals 451 234 217 334 325 206 245
Percentages 51.9% 48.1% 74.1% 72.1% 45.7% 54.3%
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJP" 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 baptism would be retrieved, secondly using 
the appropriate date, the baptism would be located on this list and finally 
an alphabetical search on the name would be made on the baptismal date if 
there should be more than one entry for that date. 
 
 
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
 -- = unknown
 
 Eng = England
 Ire = Ireland
 Sct = Scotland
  Wal = Wales
 
 CGH = Cape of Good Hope
 NY = New York
 
 Cvy = Covertry
 Dvn = Devonshire
 Ldn = London 
 Mdx = Middlesex
 Nfk = Norfolk
 Wil = Wiltshire
 Yrk = Yorkshire
 
 NI = Norfolk Island
 SJP = St Johns Parramatta
 SPS = St Phillips Sydney
 
 * = duplicate entry

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