LIST 10 - BAPTISMS - CHRIST CHURCH CASTLEREAGH

 
 
The eighth church to be established in the colony was Christ Church 
at Castlereagh. Between 1814 and 1820 the details of 75 baptisms 
were recorded in Christ Church's register. Of this number two 
baptisms refer to children born prior to 1811. The first baptism 
was performed on the 3rd of July 1814.
 
The information recorded and presented for each child is exactly as 
described for St Phillips in List 3.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
With regard to the fathers, identities of 97% have been found. The 
arrival details of three of the fathers remain unknown.
 
With regard to the mothers, identities of 97% have been found. The 
arrival details of three of the mothers remain unknown.
 
Thirteen baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to 
baptism, the latest being John Simpson 1836 at the age of sixteen.
 
There were two duplicate entries on the register during the period 
under study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 86. Lucy 
Clarke was previously baptised in 1819 and John Wood in 1820. Why 
these two were rebaptised in the same church is a mystery.
 
Where the father's surname has a second name separated by a slash '/', 
the surname after the slash is how the name was spelt in the original 
document or if second name is substantially different it refers to 
an alias. 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. 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry 
in the original source document. The number 8 was used twice.
 
Christ Church was separated from St Matthews in 1814 with the Rev. 
Henry Fulton being appointed as the first incumbent whilst at the 
same time being responsible for St Peters Richmond, he was obviously 
a busy man. 
 
It should be noted that this list contains considerably more 
information than will be found in the original church register, being 
the result of decades of research, principally associated with the 
Pioneer Register Project.
 
George Hobby was actually baptised under his stepfathers name of John 
Tobin Ryan.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "CCC" on List 1. 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search 
on the name would be made on List 1 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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