LIST 7 - BAPTISMS - DEUXIEME DIZAINE - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR
The fourth parish to be established in the colony was St Matthews at Windsor.
This fourth 'primary source' list contains the details of 130 baptisms
recorded in St Matthew's church register for children born between 1801 and 1810, 59 males and 71 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 Matthews baptisms account for 4% 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 relevant entry in the
original source document.
The first baptism at this church was for John Wainwright on the 18th April
1810. The ceremony being conducted by the Reverend Robert Cartwright, recently
recruited by the Reverend Marsden for service in the colony.
Louisa Jones is listed as the adopted daughter of Thomas Jones and Elizabeth
Dailey but whom her biological parents were is unknown at this time.
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.
One hundred and four baptisms took place after 1810 when older children came
to baptism, the latest being Athellia Palmer in 1827 at the age of twenty three.
On this occasion girls outnumbered boys. Nearly nine in ten fathers were
convicts or former convicts but only seven in ten mothers were convicts,
reflecting the increasing numbers of colonial born mothers (17). Exactly
half the births were illegitimate.
Table 7.1 - Baptisms St Matthews Windsor Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
Father Mother
---------------------------------------------------------------------------1810 26 11 15 21 13 16 10
>1810 104 48 56 94 78 49 55
------------------------------------------------------------------Totals 130 49 51 115 91 65 65
Percentages 45.4% 54.6% 88.5% 70.0% 50.0% 50.0%
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SMW" 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 -- = unknownEng = England
Ire = Ireland
Sct = Scotland
Wal = Wales
Dvn = Devonshire
Ldn = London
Mdx = Middlesex
Sfk = Suffolk
NI = Norfolk Island
SJP = St Johns Parramatta
SPS = St Phillips Sydney
SMW = St Matthews Windsor
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