LIST 7 - BAPTISMS - TROISIEME DIZAINE - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR
This fourth 'primary source' list contains the details of 450
baptisms recorded in St Matthew's church register for children born between
1811 and 1820, 206 males and 244 females.
The information recorded and presented for each child is exactly as described for St Phillips in List 4.
These St Matthews baptisms account for 6% of the "Troisieme Dizaine".
There were two duplicate entries on the register during the period under
study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 448 (205 males & 243 females). Mary Singleton had previously been baptized at St Matthews and Charles Gaudry
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.
The Rev Cartwright continued as the rector of St Matthews for much of the
remainder of the decade before leaving for St Lukes Liverpool in December
1819 when the recently arrived Rev John Cross took over.
So some reason the baptismal entry for Enoch Cobcroft in 1817 records that
he was sponsored by Henry Baldwin, the only entry to record such information.
Jane Neale was actually baptised under the surname of her stepfather
Francis De Silvre.
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.
Eighty four baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to baptism,
the latest being Matilda Palmer in 1827 at the age of thirteen.There were ten percent more girls baptized than boys. Over two thirds of fathers
were convicts or former convicts, but only just over a third of the mothers were
convicts or former convicts. The big change for the "Troisieme Dizaine"
was the increasing proportion of colonial born parents; 38% of mothers and
10% of fathers (by 1820 the percentages were 43% & 13% respectively). Sadly
the civil status of 3% of parents is unknown at this time. On a brighter note
well over two thirds of the births were legitimate.
Table 7.1 - Baptisms St Matthews Windsor Total Males Females Convict Convict Colonial Colonial Legitimate
Father Mother Father Mother
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------1811 16 8 8 10 5 1 6 16
1812 42 26 16 31 22 0 11 28
1813 40 18 22 29 15 1 13 21
1814 50 18 32 37 23 1 18 38
1815 48 27 21 37 29 3 11 28
1816 29 16 13 17 10 0 12 18
1817 31 17 14 22 12 3 11 28
1818 42 24 18 31 11 6 18 28
1819 33 15 18 12 5 13 19 27
1820 35 23 12 25 13 5 14 26
>1820 84 14 70 52 24 11 36 59
------------------------------------------------------------------------Totals 450 206 244 303 169 44 169 317
Percentages 45.9% 54.1% 67.3% 37.4% 9.8% 37.6% 70.4%
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.
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