BAPTISMS - ST ANNES KISSING POINT

 
 
There were 203 baptisms performed at St Annes Kissing Point during the 
decade, although nine refer to children born before 1831, plus 13 performed 
after 1840 for children born between the years 1831 and 1840. On average there 
was almost one baptism performed each fortnight 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, 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.Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton continued his chaplaincy from the previous decade 
but only for a few months when he was replaced in 1831 by Rev.Charles Dickison who remainded
until 1838 when Rev.George E Turner took over for the rest of the decade. Other chaplains who 
officiated at occasional baptisms included the Reverends: Robert Forrest, Samuel Marsden, 
and Frederick Wilkinson. On one occasion no clergyman was recorded.
 
With regard to the fathers only 70% have been identified.
 
Fifty eight were colonial born plus four were childhood arrivals, combined making up 28% 
of the total; 72 were convicts or former convicts (32%), 22 arrived free in the colony (10%) 
and two were in the military (1%).
 
With regard to the mothers 72% have been identified.
 
Eighty two were colonial born plus 32 were childhood arrivals, combined making up 51% 
of the total; 33 were convicts or former convicts (15%), 12 arrived free in the colony (5%) 
and there was one aboriginal mother.
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, forty (19%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
St Annes dramatically demonstrates the marked changes in the character of the colony
in the course of this decade due to increased free immigration. Of the 15 births in 1831, 
thirteen of the fathers and fourteen of the mothers were identified, yet by 1840 of the 
24 births of only ten of the fathers and thirteen of the mothers were identified.
 
There were six baptisms in the State Archives Pioneer Series file which have no entry 
on this parish register. It is very likely that these result from a typographical 
error and relates to a post 1840 birth. They are identified with the 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 0041 and ran to 0240 by the end of the decade (Number 56 was omitted and
numbers 73,75 & 76 were duplicated).
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SAKP" on Lists 1 & 2. To 
locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would 
be made on List 1 or 2 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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