LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - TROISIEME DIZAINE

LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - TROISIEME DIZAINE - ST JOHNS PARRAMTTA

This  second  'primary source' list contains the details  of  586 baptisms

recorded in St John's church register for children  born between 1811 and 1820,

297 males and 289 females.

The information recorded and presented for each child is  exactly as described

for St Phillips in List 4.

These  St  Johns  baptisms  account  for  8%  of  the  "Troisieme Dizaine".

There  were  six  duplicate entries on the  register  during  the period  under

study reducing the total of individual baptisms  to 580  (295  males & 285 females).

Jane  Blaxland,  Susannah  Hall, Catherine  Rutter  and  Thomas Trimble had  all

previously  been baptized  at St Phillips. Mary Aherne was previously baptized

at St Lukes Liverpool and Edward at Christ Church Castlereagh.

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.

The  Rev Samuel Marsden continued as chaplain at St Johns  during this  decade.

During Marsden's absence in New  Zealand  the  Rev Benjamin Vale performed

baptisms from 11th December 1814 until 13 March  1815.  During a similar absence

Joseph  Kenyon  performed baptisms  form 1st March 1818 until the 15th July 1821.

The  Rev Richard Hill performed two baptisms on the 7th October 1821.

Like most of the other churches in the colony St Johns was issued with a new

printed register in 1826. From this time the place  of birth  and occupation

of the father were recorded. This was  also the occasion to start to renumber

the entries.

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  three baptisms took place after 1820 when older  children came  to  baptism,

the latest being John Fullager  in  1831  aged twelve.

There  were  slightly more boys baptized than girls.  Almost  two thirds  of

fathers were convicts or former  convicts,  and  just under  half of the mothers

were convicts or former convicts.  The big  change  for  the  "Troisieme  Dizaine"

was  the  increasing proportion  of  colonial born parents; 20% of mothers and

5%  of fathers  (by  1820 the percentages were 25% &  7%  respectively). Sadly

the civil status of 11% of parents is unknown at this time.On a brighter note

over two thirds of the births were legitimate.

                      Table 5.1 - Baptisms St Johns Parramatta

               Total  Males  Females  Convict  Convict  Colonial  Colonial  Legitimate

                                      Father   Mother   Father    Mother

     -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

     1811      21      8     13       14       11        0         2        14

     1812      43     21     22       26       21        1         6        31

     1813      51     24     27       27       29        0         5        35

     1814      45     27     18       36       34        0         4        29

     1815      70     33     37       51       31        2        15        41

     1816      36     23     13       27       25        2         3        23

     1817      50     25     25       30       25        4        11        33

     1818      48     26     22       30       24        2        11        37

     1819      58     36     22       30       22        8        17        46

     1820      81     33     48       55       30        4        21        60

    >1820      83     41     42       47       31        6        21        53

              --------------------------------------------------------------------------

     Totals   586    297    289      373      283       29       116       402

Percentages         50.7%  49.3%    63.7%    48.6%     4.9%     19.7%     61.6%

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.

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