BAPTISMS - ST CLEMENTS YASS (COUNTY OF MURRAY)

 
 
The parish of St Clements Yass was established in 1839 by separating from the
larger parish covering the counties of Murray and King. The first baptism was 
performed by the Rev.Brigstoke on the 12th April 1839. There were 17 baptisms 
performed in 1839 and 37 in 1840. Plus 33 performed after 1840 for children 
born between the years 1831 and 1840.
 
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.Richard Francis Brigstoke was appointed as the first chaplain in 1839 and 
remained until his death in 1859, although the Rev.William Lisle assisted him in
his later years.
 
With regard to the fathers only 51% have been identified. It is almost certain that
most of the 49% unknown were free arrivals and arriving in the last couple of years
of the decade made identification extremely difficult.
 
Just nine were colonial born (10%); 23 were convicts or former convicts (26%), 
and 13 arrived free in the colony (15%).
 
With regard to the mothers only 51% have been identified. This low figure is explained
for reasons similar to the fathers listed above.
 
Fourteen were colonial born plus three were childhood arrivals, combined making up 
19% of the total; 13 were convicts or former convicts (15%) and 15 arrived free in the 
colony (17%).
 
Assuming listing the mother's surname indicates she was not married to 
the child's father, only four (5%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There were 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. The numbering system commencing at 0001 ran to 0215 
by the end the decade. 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SCY" 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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