LIST 4 - BAPTISMS - ST JOHNS PARRAMATTA
There were 583 baptisms recorded at St Johns during this decade,
meaning on average there was about one baptism every week. Of this
number 80 baptisms refer to children born prior to 1811.
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 89% have been found. The
names of three fathers were not recorded and the arrival details
of a further 67 remain unknown.
With regard to the mothers, identities of 89% have been found. The
names of 44 mothers were not recorded and the arrival details of a
further 26 remain unknown.
Eighty baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came to
baptism, the latest being John Fullager in 1831 aged twelve.
There were six duplicate entries on the register during the period
under study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 577. Jane
Blaxland, Susannah Hall, Catherine Rutter and Thomas Trimble had
all previously been baptized at St Phillips. Mary Aherne was
previously baptized at St Lukes Liverpool and Edward at Christ Church
Castlereagh.
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 entry in the
original source document. For some reason in 1815 the number 940 was
omitted.
The Rev Samuel Marsden continued as chaplain at St Johns during this
decade. During Marsden's absence in New Zealand the Rev Benjamin
Vale performed baptisms from 11th December 1814 until 13 March 1815.
During a similar absence Joseph Kenyon performed baptisms form
1st March 1818 until the 15th July 1821. The Rev Richard Hill
performed two baptisms on the 7th October 1821.
Like most of the other churches in the colony St Johns was issued with
a new printed register in 1826. From this time the place of birth
and occupation of the father were recorded. This was also the occasion
to start to renumber the entries.
It should be noted that the 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. Many entries in the church register list
just the date of baptism and parents names, sometimes only the
mother's name if the birth was illegitimate.
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJP" 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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