LIST 9 - BAPTISMS - TROISIEME DIZAINE - ST LUKES LIVERPOOL

 
 
The sixth church to be established in the colony was St Lukes at Liverpool. 
This sixth 'primary source' list contains the details of 124 baptisms recorded 
in St Luke's church register  for children born between 1811 and 1820, 61 males 
and 63 females.
 
The information recorded and presented for each child is exactly as described 
for St Phillips in List 4.
 
These St Lukes Liverpool baptisms account for 2% of the "Troisieme Dizaine".
 
There were two duplicate entries on the register during the period under 
study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 122 (59 males & 63 females). 
John Broughton and David Davis had both previously been baptized at St Phillips. 
 
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 relevant entry in the 
original source document.
 
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.
 
St Lukes was separated from St Johns Parramatta in 1811 with the Rev Rowland 
Hassall being appointed the first chaplain. He was followed in May 1816 
by the Rev John Youl who served until December 1819 before moving to Port 
Dalrymple in Van Diemens land when the Rev Robert Cartwright moved from St 
Matthews to take over. The first baptism being performed on the 5th April 1812.
 
Fifteen baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to baptism, 
the latest being Christian Proud in 1835 at the age of twenty.
 
The dates of baptism of Thomas Herbert and John Welch are unknown at this time.
 
There were slightly more girls baptized than boys. Over half the fathers were 
convicts or former convicts, and two fifths of the mothers were convicts or 
former convicts. The big change for the "Troisieme Dizaine" was the increasing 
proportion of colonial born parents; 27% of mothers and 6% of fathers. Sadly 
the civil status of 13% of parents is unknown at this time. On a brighter 
note over three quarters of the births were legitimate.
 
 Table 9.1 - Baptisms St Lukes Liverpool
 
 Total Males Females Convict Convict Colonial Colonial Legitimate 
 Father Mother Father Mother 
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 1812 3 0 3 2 2 0 1 2 
 1813 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 
 1815 10 5 5 7 6 0 3 9 
 1816 21 11 10 11 10 2 4 18 
 1817 17 10 7 9 7 1 7 13 
 1818 13 3 10 5 1 1 3 12 
 1819 27 15 12 17  15 1 7 15 
 1820 17 9 8 7 2 1 6 14 
 >1820 15 8 7 10 6 1 3 12 
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 Totals 124 61 63 69 50 7 34 96 
Percentages 49.2% 50.8% 55.6% 40.3% 5.6% 27.4% 77.4% 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJL" 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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