LIST 10 - BAPTISMS - TROISIEME DIZAINE - ST PETERS RICHMOND

 
The seventh church to be established in the colony was St Peter's at Richmond. 
This seventh 'primary source' list contains the details of 134 baptisms 
recorded in St Peter's church register for children born between 1811 and 1820, 
63 males and 71 females.
 
The information recorded and presented for each child is exactly as described 
for St Phillips in List 4.
 
These St Peters Richmond baptisms account for 2% of the "Troisieme 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.
 
St Peters was separated from St Matthews in 1814 with the Rev Henry Fulton 
being appointed as the first incumbent. The first baptism was performed on 
the 17th of July of that year.
 
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.
 
Twenty eight baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to baptism, 
the latest being James Honery in 1835 at the age of twenty one.
 
There were more girls baptized than boys. Almost two thirds of fathers were 
convicts or former convicts, and just over one third of the mothers were convicts 
or former convicts. The big change for the "Troisieme Dizaine" was the 
increasing proportion of colonial born parents; 37% of mothers and 4% of fathers 
(by 1820 the percentages were 52% & 4% respectively). Sadly the civil status 
of 11% of parents is unknown at this time. On a brighter note three quarters 
of the births were legitimate.
 
 Table 10.1 - Baptisms St Peters Richmond
 
 Total Males Females Convict Convict Colonial Colonial Legitimate 
 Father Mother Father Mother 
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 1814 5 3  2 4 1 0 1 4 
 1815 17 7 10 14 128 0 0 10 
 1816 3 1 2 1 0 0 1 3 
 1817 25  11 14 16 7 0 11 23 
 1818 17 9 8 10 3 1 10 13 
 1819 14 6 8 6 5 1 8 12 
 1820  25 12 13 18 8 1 13 15 
 >1820 28 14 14 16 10 2 6 20 
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  Totals 134 63 71 85 46 5 50 100 
Percentages 47.0% 53.0% 63.4% 34.3% 3.7% 37.3% 74.6% 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SPR" 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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