LIST 1 - BIRTHS - FATHERS NAME ORDER

 
 
 
This list records 26,072 births and/or baptisms for the decade 1831 to 1840 in 
the colony of New South Wales. 
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 church of baptism or source of information
 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 
 reference number
 
Regrettably 15,212 baptismal records have yet to be transcribed meaning that 
the identification of parents and other details about the birth are lacking. 
These records only have the minimal information recorded of:
 
 year of baptism 
 year of birth
 church of baptism 
 Christian name
 father's Christian name 
 father's family name 
 mother's Christian name
 mother's maiden name (rarely)
 reference number
 
The reference number for those records which have been transcribed 
is the sequence number from the baptismal register. For those records which 
have not been transcribed it is the State Archives database reference number 
which consists of a volume number followed by a sequence number. There is 
no reference number listed for records sourced from the burial registers nor 
from "The Pioneer Register" project.
 
The births are listed firstly in alphabetical order on the name of the father, 
secondly in chronological order on the date of his ship of arrival (or date 
of birth), thirdly in alphabetical order on the name of the mother and finally 
in chronological order on his childrens' dates of birth for family groups.
 
The data was collected from three sources; church baptismal registers (see 
the church codes listed below), births from deaths (BdD) and the "Pioneer 
Register Project" (PR).
 
There were 121 parishes established in the colony by 1840 plus a further 59 
parishes established after 1840 whose baptismal registers contained entries 
related to births before 1841. These parishes represented the Church of England, 
the Church of Rome, the Church of Scotland, Wesleyan-Methodist and 
Jewish denominations. 
 
The burial registers of the same parishes contain 1,831 entries of infants 
whose baptisms have not been found, either because they died too young before 
they could be baptized or no baptism ever took place. In a few instances they 
may even have been born before arrival in the colony (indicated by a %).
 
The "Pioneer Register Project" supplied a further 1,009 entries. Descendants 
were apparently able to identify births from other family records of infants 
who do not appear to have been baptized. It is strange that in many cases 
they have siblings who were baptized, perhaps these baptismal records have 
been lost (although for the integrity of this opus it is hoped that there 
aren't any of these missing registers).
 
In 73 cases the age of the child was not recorded. It was common practice at 
the time to record the age at death in the burial register all children who 
died aged less than ten years old merely as an "infant'. Fortunately cross 
checking with baptismal records has enabled all but 94 cases for the 
age to be determined.
 
There were 679 baptisms involving children (and some adults) who were born 
before 1831, plus a further 56 who were recorded simply as "adults' with no date 
of birth recorded (interestingly all of these were in Catholic parishes). The 
oldest person baptized was Uriah Moses who was born in 1778.
 
1,677 of the baptisms occurred post 1840.
 
There were 848 instances where only the name of the mother was recorded and 
a further 26 instances where neither the name of the father nor the mother 
was recorded and finally there were two instances where neither the name of 
the father nor of the mother nor of the child was recorded (a genealogical "dead 
end" if ever there as one) ! These 875 entries can be found in the "No 
Surname" file.
 
The State Archives Records have 203 baptisms recorded which have no 
corresponding entry in the designated parish. These are most likely 
typographical errors referring to either earlier or later baptisms or to 
children born overseas but baptized in the colony.
 
There are 474 duplicate entries on the list and Richard Brotherton, 
Anne Cullen, John Fleming, William Griffiths, James Hamilton, Thomas Pearson, 
Margaret Taylor, George Tom & Mary Ann Westgarth all managed to have their 
baptism recorded three times! These have been preserved on the list in order 
to be able to locate the relevant baptism on the duplicated church register.
 
Many duplicates tend to arise when the State Archive records do not accord 
with the parish registers. Also because the large Sydney metropolitan parishes 
of St Phillips, St Johns, St James have not yet been transcribed, cross 
checking has not been possible. Again duplicates occur in the same parish 
due to obvious typographical errors in the State Archive records.
 
Some duplicates may have occurred for parishes of the same denomination 
because the minister may have been responsible for several parishes at the same 
time and confused the registers. The schism which took place between the 
Presbyterian parishes of St Stephens and St Andrews in Sydney for some reason 
has resulted in a large number of duplicates between the two. 
 
Mixed marriages obviously account for the Anglican/Catholic duplicates 
and probably for the same reason, but to a lesser extend, for the 
Anglican/Presbyterian duplicates. It is also interesting to note in the 
Hawkesbury Valley region the emergence of Anglican/Wesleyan duplicates as the 
dissenting persuasion took hold. It was very surprising the note one 
Catholic/Jewish duplicate.
 
 Table 1.1. - Denomination Duplicates
 
 Anglican Duplicate 36 
 Anglican/Anglican 154
 Anglican/Catholic 83
 Anglican/Presbyterian 24
 Anglican/Wesleyan 20
 Anglican/Baptist  4
 Anglican/Jewish 2
 
 Presbyterian Duplicate 10
 Presbyterian/Presbyterian 83
 Presbyterian/Catholic  9
 Presbyterian/Wesleyan 1
 
 Catholic Duplicate 33
 Catholic/Catholic 7
 Catholic/Wesleyan  2
 Catholic/Baptist 1
 Catholic/Jewish 1
 
 Wesleyan Duplicate 2
 
 Jewish Duplicate 1 
 
 
Whilst the denomination percentages remained basically similar to the previous 
decade, the dissenting protestant sects; Wesleyan-Methodists, Baptists, 
Congregationalists were beginning to make their mark on the religious landscape 
of the colony.
 
 Table 1.2. - Denomination Percentages
 
 Church of England 13,370 60% 
 Church of Rome 5,851 26%
 Church of Scotland  2,727 11%
 Wesleyan-Methodists 483 2%
 Other Denominations 203 1%
 
 
 
 Table 1.3. - Church and Parish Codes
 
 Church of England 
 ACC : Parish of Australian Agricultural Company Gloucester 
 ARAL : Parish of Araluen; Braidwood 
 ASSF : All Saints Sutton Forrest 
 BEGA : Parish of Bega; Bombala; Eden 
 C-H : Parish of Castle Hill
 CAMB : Parish Camberwell; Falbrook; Jerry's Plains; Warkworth; Wombo 
 CAMP : Parish of Camperdown; Newtown 
 CARC : Parish of Carcoar 
 CCC : Christ Church Castlereagh 
 CCN : Christ Church Newcastle 
 CLAR : Parish of District of Clarence River 
 ENFI : Parish of Enfield 
 GOSF : Parish of Gosford; Kincumber 
 GULG : St John the Baptist: Gulgong; Mudgee 
 HTK : Holy Trinity Kelso 
 HTS : Holy Trinity (Garrison Church) Sydney 
 I-C : Parish of Illawarra Camden
 JAMB : Parish of Jamberoo; Kiama; Shoalhaven 
  L-H : Parish of Lower Hawkesbury
 LP-T : Parish of Liverpool Plains; Tamworth 
 MANG : Parish of Mangrove Creek; Upper Mangrove 
  MONA : Parish of Monaro/Maneroo/Menaroo 
 PENN : Parish of Pennent Hills 
 SAKP : St Annes Kissing Point 
 SAS : St Andrews Sydney 
 SBPR : St Bartholomews Prospect 
  SBPY : St Bartholomews Pyrmont 
 SCY : St Clements Yass
 SDH : St Davids Hobart
 SJB : St Johns Morton Bay
 SJL : St Johns Launceston
 SJM : St James Melbourne
 SJP : St Johns Parramatta 
 SJPT : St James Pitt Town 
 SJS : St James Sydney 
 SJW : St Johns Wilberforce 
 SLL : St Lukes Liverpool 
  SMMC : St Mary Magdalene's: Clydesdale; South Creek 
 SMW : St Matthews Windsor 
 SMWM : St Marys West Maitland
 SMWO : St Michaels Wollongong
 SOFA : Parish of Sofala  
 SPA : St Peters: Armidale; New England 
 SPC : St Peters Campbelltown 
 SPCO : St Pauls Cobbitty 
 SPEM : St Peters East Maitland
 SPR : St Peters Richmond 
 SPRE : St Pauls Redfern 
 SPS : St Phillips Sydney 
 SSG : St Saviours Goulburn
 STPM : St Thomas Port Macquarie 
 STSR : St Thomas Sackville Reach 
 WILL : Parish of Willoughby 
 
 Church of Rome 
 ALBU : Parish of Albury
 ALS : All Saints Liverpool 
 ARAL : Parish of Aruluen, Braidwood
 BERR : Parish of Berrima, Sutton Forest  
 BRWR : Parish of Brisbane Water 
 CARC : Parish of Carcoar, Cowra, Erroll, Orange
 COOK : Parish of County Cook  
 COOM : Parish of Cooma, Monaro/Manaroo District, Queabeyan, Twofold Bay 
 ELDO : Parish of Eldon
 FSC : Parish of Far South Coast
 GOUL : Parish of Goulburn 
 HART : Parish of Hartley  
 KIAM : Parish of Kiama
 MBR : Parish of Moreton Bay 
 N-RT : Parish of Newcastle, Raymond Terrace  
 PENR : Parish of Penrith 
 PORT : Catholic Parish of Port Macquarie, New England
 SASR : St Augustines Singleton 
 SBA : St Bedes Appin 
 SJCR : St Johns Campbelltown  
 SJMR : St Josephs Maitland
 SMB : St Michaels Bathurst
 SMS : St Marys Sydney 
 SMWR : St Matthews Windsor
 SPP : St Patricks Parramatta
 WELL : Parish of Wellington
 WHIT : Parish of Whittingham
 YASS : Parish of Yass 
 
 Church of Scotland 
 ALBU : Scots Kirk Albury  
 ALEX : Scots Kirk Alexandria, Paddington 
 ARMI : Scots Kirk Armidale, New England 
 B-G : Scots Kirk Bungonia, Goulburn 
 BOWE : Scots Kirk Bowenfels, Vale of Clwydd (Rev. Colin Stewart - Itinerant) 
 BRAI : Scots Kirk Braidwood, Bungendore 
 BRIS : Scots Kirk Brisbane, Moreton Bay 
  BROU : Scots Kirk Broulee 
 BUTT : Scots Kirk Butterwick, Hinton, Middlehope, Seaham 
  COOK : Scots Kirk County of Cook 
 EKPH : Ebenezer Kirk Portland Head 
 ILLA : Scots Kirk Illawarra District, Kiama  
 JERV : Scots Kirk Jervis Bay, Shoalhaven 
 KANG : Scots Kirk Kangaroo Point, Moreton Bay, Tambool 
 MURR : Scots Kirk Murrurundi, Scone  
 NEWC : Scots Kirk Newcastle 
 PITT : Scots Kirk Pitt Town, Wilberforce  
 PORT : St Andrews Kirk Port Macquarie 
 SAKS : St Andrews Kirk Sydney
 SKB : Scots Kirk Bathurst
 SKHO : Scots Kirk Houghton 
 SKHV : Scots Kirk Hunter Valley
 SKP : Scots Kirk Parramatta
 SKPP : Scots kirk Port Phillip District
 SKS : Scots Kirk Sydney
 SLKS : St Lawrences Kirk Sydney 
 SMKW : St Matthews Kirk Windsor  
 SOUT : Scots Kirk Liverpool Plains, South Counties (Itinerant) 
 SPKC : St Peters Kirk Campbelltown  
 SSKS : St Stephens Kirk Sydney 
 SVMA : Scots Kirk Counties of St Vincent, Murray & Auckland (Itinerant) 
 TERR : Scots Kirk Terrys Meadows 
 UPPE : Scots Kirk Upper Hunter  
 WHIT : Scots Kirk Whittingham 
 WISE : Scots Kirk Wisemans Ferry  
 WOLL : Scots Kirk Wollongong 
 
 Wesleyan-Methodists 
 ALEX : Alexandria  
 BALM : Balmain 
 BATH : Bathurst, Hill End  
 BEGA : Bega, Moruya 
 CAMD : Camden  
 FIEL : Field of Mars, Parramatta 
 GEEW : Geelong, Port Phillip District 
 HUNT : Hunter River District, Newcastle 
 KEMP : Kempsey, Port Macquarie  
 LH-W : Lower Hawkesbury 
 MACD : Macdonald River  
 MAIT : East Maitland, Maitland, West Maitland 
 MELW : Melborune, Port Phillip District  
 PORT : Portland Head 
 PRIM : Camden, Liverpool, Penrith, Narellan, Picton (Primitive Methodists) 
 RAND : Randwick 
 SYDW : Sydney  
 WIND : Windsor 
 WOLL : Wollongong  
 YASS : Goulburn, Gunning, Yass 
 
 Baptists
 BAPT : St Andrews Baptist Chapel Bathurst Street Sydney  
 
 Congregational
 CONG : Congregational St Philips Mariners Church Sydney 
 CONG-I: Pitt Street Sydney (Independent Congregational)  
 
 Hebrews
 BG-H : Bungonia, Goulburn Hebrew Temple 
 ILLH : Illawarra Hebrew Temple  
 ISRA : New South Wales Israelite Temple 
 LIVI : Liverpool Israelite Temple  
 MAIT : Maitland Hebrew Temple 
 NSWI : New South Wales Israelite Temple 
 PARR : Parramatta Hebrew Temple 
 PENI : Penrith Israelite Temple 
 PORT : Port Macquarie Hebrew Temple 
 SING : Singleton Hebrew Temple 
 SYDH : Sydney Hebrew Temple  
 WIND : Windsor Hebrew Temple 
 
 Society of Friends
 SoF : Society of Friends Sydney 

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