BAPTISMS - PRESBYTERIAN OTHER CHURCHES

BAPTISMS - PRESBYTERIAN OTHER CHURCHES

This list records 29 Presbyterian kirks and parishes  established after 1830,

(in eight cases regrettably the date of establishment has not been determined

but is presumed to be after 1840) all of which  recorded less than one hundred

baptisms for children  born between  1831  and 1840. When combined these kirks

and  parishes totalled  635  baptisms, with 146 occuring post 1840.  Sadly,  to

date the baptismal registers of all are yet to be transcribed. In their  absence

an alternative source of information is the  State Archive Pioneer Series of

births.

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

establishment:

          1832: St Stephens Kirk Sydney {SSKS}

          1834: Scots Kirk Pitt Town; Wilberforce {PITT}

          1835: St Matthews Kirk Windsor {SMKW}

          1836: Scots Kirk Bungonia; Goulburn {B-G}

          1837: Scots Kirk Butterwick; Hinton; Middlehope; Seaham {BUTT}

          1837: St Lawrences Kirk Sydney {SLKS}

          1838: Scots Kirk Wollongong {WOLL}

          1838: Scots Kirk Jervis Bay; Shoalhaven (Co. St Vincent) {JERV}

          1838: Scots Kirk Kangaroo Point; Moreton Bay; Tambool (QLD) {KANG}

          1838: St Peters Kirk Campbelltown {SPKC}

          1839: Scots Kirk Wisemans Ferry {WISE}

          1839: Scots Kirk Alexandria; Paddington {ALEX}

          1839: Scots Kirk Counties of St Vincent; Murray & Auckland (ITINERANT) {SVMA}

          1839: Scots Kirk Illawarra District; Kiama {ILLA}

          1839: Scots Kirk Whittingham {WHIT}

          1840: Scots Kirk Houghton {SKHO}

          1840: St Andrews Kirk Port Macquarie {PORT}

          1840: Scots Kirk Bowenfels; Vale of Clwydd (Rev. Colin Stewart - Itinerant) {BOWE}

          1840: Scots Kirk Broulee {BROU}

          1840: Scots Kirk Newcastle {NEWC}

          1840: Scots Kirk Armidale; New Eengland/B> {ARMI}

              : Scots Kirk Albury {ALBU}

              : Scots Kirk Brisbane (QLD) {BRIS}

              : Scots Kirk Terrys Meadows {TERR}

              : Scots Kirk Murrurundi; Scone {MURR}

              : Scots Kirk Upper Hunter {UPPE}

              : Scots Kirk Liverpool Plains; South Counties(Itinerant) {SOUT}

              : Scots Kirk Braidwood; Bungendore {BRAI}

              : Scots Kirk County of Cook {COOK}

Regrettably the  State Archive records contain  less  information than the church

register, just seven items:

          year of birth

          child's Christian name(s)

          father's family name

          father's Christian name(s)

          mother's maiden name (for illegitimate births only)

          mother's Christian name(s)

          reference number

Unlike  the  Anglican  parishes, the reference  number  gives  no indication

as  to  the year of baptism.  However  following  the sequence of the reference

order numbers a reasonable estimate can be  made, although in this instance as noted

above this has not been possible  for 152 of the baptisms.

Thus  information  missing  from the  parish  baptismal  register includes five

extra items of information:

          date of baptism

          date of birth

          abode

          fathers quality or profession

          officiating minister

Also  missing from these parishes, without further and  extensive personal

research, are the final seven extra items of information which  this work

normally endeavours to include and  which  makes this work so valuable:

          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

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

within each church.

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

the child's father, only two 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.

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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