LIST 11 - BAPTISMS - CHRIST CHURCH NEWCASTLE

 
 
The nineth church to be established in the colony was Christ Church 
at Newcastle. Between 1818 and 1820 the details of 24 baptisms 
were recorded in Christ Church register. Of this number three 
baptisms refer to children born prior to 1811. The first baptism 
was performed on the 3rd of August 1818.
 
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 75% have been found. The 
arrival details of nine of the fathers remain unknown.
 
With regard to the mothers, identities of 75% have been found. The 
names of six mothers were not recorded and the arrival details 
of a further three remain unknown.
 
Twelve baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to 
baptism, the latest being Sarah Evans in 1826 at the age of twelve.
 
There were three duplicate entries on the register during the period 
under study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 33. Thomas 
& William Morley and Patience Evans were all previously baptised 
at St Phillips.
 
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.
 
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.
 
The Rev William Cowper made a visit to the Newcastle settlement in 
August 1818 and performed 24 baptisms. The parish was not formally 
established until 1821 when the Rev George Augustus Middleton, 
who had arrived in the colony the previous year, was appointed its 
first chaplain. The Rev Middleton performed his first baptism on 
the 6th September 1821 with a new numbering system.
 
Like all parishes in the colony, a new register was started in 1826 
and the reference numbers were all recommenced.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "CCN" 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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