BAPTISMS - ALL SAINTS SUTTON FOREST

 
 
There were 230 baptisms performed at All Saints during the decade, 
although 20 refer to children born before 1831, plus 31 performed 
after 1840 for children born between the years 1831 and 1840. On average 
there was roughly two baptisms performed each month over the decade.
 
The information recorded for each baptism includes: 
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 child's Christian name
 father's family name 
 father's Christian name 
 father's year & ship of arrival in the colony 
 father's status upon arrival in the colony 
 mother's maiden name
 mother's Christian name
 mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony
  mother's status upon arrival in the colony
 parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' marital status at the time of the child's birth
 parents' year & country/church of marriage where applicable 
  child's place of birth
 father's quality or profession 
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
Father's year & ship of arrival in the colony, father's status upon arrival in the colony,
mother's year & ship of arrival in the colony, mother's status upon arrival in the colony, 
parents' civil status at the time of the child's birth, parents' marital status 
at the time of the child's birth, parents' year & country/church of marriage 
where applicable are all value added details resulting from extensive personal 
research, all information which makes this work so valuable for family historians.
 
In the church register the mother's maiden name is only recorded when the birth 
is illegitimate, but again through personal research the maiden name of many of the 
married women has been discovered as well.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then by reference
number. The records in the register are not always in strict chronological order 
but this has been corrected in this work.
 
The Rev.Thomas Hassall continued as incumbent from the previous decade 
until 1833 when Rev.James Vincent took over for the remainder of the decade,
although Rev.George Vidall replaced him in July 1840. Bishop Broughton performed
eight baptisms during the decade and Rev.Samuel Marsden one. The parish catechist
John Layton officiated at two baptisms. Rev.Vincent baptized two of his own
daughters whilst incumbent. 
 
With regard to the fathers 78% have been identified.
 
Thirty six were colonial born plus 16 were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
20% of the total; 105 were convicts or former convicts (40%); 31 arrived free in 
the colony (12%) and 15 were from the military (6%).
 
With regard to the mothers 78% have been identified.
 
Seventy one were colonial born plus 21 were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
35% of the total; 68 were convicts or former convicts (26%) and 43 arrived free in 
the colony (17%).
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, nineteen (7%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
Baptisms relating to births prior to 1831 are indicated with a hash sign 
(#), duplicate baptisms are indicated with an asterix (*) and baptisms for 
children born at sea with a percent sign (%).
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. The numbering system continued from the previous 
decade at 0029 and ran to 0204 by the end of 1828. The numbers were then re-initialized
in 1839 to B001 and ran to B054 by the end of decade. Number B062 was duplicated. 
There were four children who appear to have been baptized twice in the register.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "ASSF" on Lists 1 & 2. To 
locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would 
be made on Lists 1 or 2 from which the reference number would be retrieved, 
secondly using the appropriate number, the entry would be located.

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