BAPTISMS - ANGLICAN OTHER CHURCHES

BAPTISMS - ANGLICAN OTHER CHURCHES

This list records 47 Anglican churches and parishes which recorded less than

one hundred baptisms for births between the years 1831 and 1840. Of the parishes

24 were established during the decade 1831 to 1840, most in the last three years

and 23 were established after 1840. A grand total of 813 baptisms are listed, although

30 refer to children born before 1831, plus 413 for baptisms performed after 1840.

Sadly, the transciption of the baptismal register is not complete in 23 instances

and to date for 8 parishes the baptismal register has not been transcibed at all.

The churches and parishes listed are as follows, arranged by date of

establishment:

        Nov 1831: Estate of Australian Agricultural Company {AAC}

            1837: St Johns: Brisbane; Moreton Bay(QLD) {SJMB}

        Feb 1838: Parish of Alnwick; Butterwick; Clarence Town; Middlehope; Raymond Terrace; Seaham {ALNW}

     25 May 1838: Parish of Gundaroo; Gunning; Yass {YASS}

     17 Jun 1838: St Thomas Mulgoa {STM}

     08 Jul 1838: Parish of Brisbane Water {BR-W}

     20 Jan 1839: Parish of Macdonald and Colo Rivers {MACD}

     21 Jan 1839: Parish of Houghton {SPHP}

     09 Jun 1839: Parish of: Dungog; Eldon; Stroud; Uffington {STRD}

     01 Sep 1839: St Johns: Oakville; Whittingham; Wollombi {SJWO}

     10 Mar 1839: St Marks Appin {SMA}

     18 Sep 1839: St Lukes Scone {SLSC}

     12 Jan 1840: Parish of Bungonia {BUNG}

     13 Dec 1840: St Stephens Hexham {SSH}

     23 May 1841: St Barnabas Hartley {SBH}

     22 Oct 1845: St Peters: Armidale; New England {SPA}

     21 Sep 1834: Norfolk Island {NK-I}

            1838: St Mary the Virgin: Cabramatta; Denham Court; St Marys {SMVC}

            1838: Parish of Montefiores; Wellington District {MONT}

     08 Aug 1838: Parish of Canbury(almost certainly Canberra); Lake George; Queanbyan {CANB}

     07 Feb 1839: St Peters: Cook's River; Petersham {SPCR}

     21 Apr 1839: St Johns: Camden; Picton; Stonequarry; The Oaks {SJC}

     06 Oct 1839: St Stephens Penrith {SSP}

     08 Dec 1839: Parish of Aberdeen; Althorpe; Brougham; Invermein; Merriwa; Muswellbrook; Rowan {ABER}

     19 Jan 1840: Parish of Castle Hill; Dural {CH-D}

     08 Mar 1840: Parish of Ashfield; Balmain; Burwood; Concord {ASHF}

     23 Apr 1840: St Mary Magdalene's: Clydesdale; South Creek {SMMC}

     02 May 1841: St Bartholomews Prospect {SBPR}

     13 Mar 1842: Parish of Monaro/Maneroo/Menaroo {MONA}

     06 Jun 1842: St Andrews Sydney {SAS}

        Jul 1843: St John the Baptist: Gulgong; Mudgee {GULG}

     05 Apr 1844: Parish of Araluen; Braidwood {ARAL}

     07 Apr 1844: Parish Camberwell; Falbrook; Jerry's Plains; Warkworth; Wombo {CAMB}

     15 Nov 1844: Holy Trinity (Garrison Church) Sydney {HTS}

        Feb 1845: Parish of Carcoar {CARC}

     02 Apr 1845: Parish of Gosford; Kincumber {GOSF}

     01 Jun 1845: District of Clarence River {CLAR}

     08 Oct 1846: Parish of Willoughby {WILL}

     18 Sep 1848: Parish of Camperdown; Newtown{CAMP}

     11 Nov 1849: Parish of Liverpool Plains; Tamworth {LP-T}

            1851: Parish of Jamberoo; Kiama; Shoalhaven {JAMB}

            1851: Parish of Enfield (County of Cumberland) {ENFI}

            1853: Parish of Mangrove Creek; Upper Mangrove {MANG}

            1854: Parish of Sofala {SOFA}

                : Parish of Pennent Hills {PENN}

                : St Pauls Redfern {SPRE}

                : St Bartholomews Pyrmont {SBPY}

                : Parish of Bega; Bombala; Eden {BEGA}

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 occupation

          officiating minister

          reference number

For those parished whose register has not been transcibed the only information recorded

is what is provided by the State Archives records:

          year of baptism

          year of birth

          child's Christian name

          father's family name

          father's Christian name

          mother's Christian name

          reference number

The list is presented in church order as per the list above then

chronological within each church.

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.

Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married

to the child's father, at least 108 of the births were illegitimate.

All  the officiating ministers are listed at the end of  the  web page,

of whom there are fifth three.

There were thirty baptisms in the State Archives Pioneer Series file which

have no entry on any of these parish registers. It is very likely that most

of these result from typographical errors and relate to post 1840 births.

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 (%).

There were twenty eight baptisms in the State Archives Pioneer Series file

which have no entry on this parish register. Such a large number would suggest

that an error has been made in assigning a code for the parish and others

may result from typographical errors and relate to post 1840 birhts.

These are identified with the percent sign (%).

The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry

in the original source document. Where no baptism has been found the State

Archives reference numbers are used.

Entries  on  this list have one of the reference  identifiers  as listed

above.  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

date of baptism (or reference number)  would  be retrieved,  secondly

using  the appropriate church  &  date  (or reference number), 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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