INTRODUCTION

 
 
 
This  work  attempts to record all births,  baptisms,  marriages, deaths & burials 
for the fifth decade of settlement in the colony of New South Wales, that is 
from 1831 until 1840.
 
 
Principle Sources of Information
 
The  major  sources of information presented in  this  work  were derived from:
 
     1. Anglican Churches - New South Wales - Church Registers
     2. Catholic Churches - New South Wales - Church Registers 
     3. Presbyterian Churches - New South Wales - Church Registers
     4. The Pioneer Register - Dr C J Smee
 
 
1. Anglican Churches - New South Wales
 
The  sources of information on these churches included;  (i)  the online database 
called the "New South Wales Pioneers Index: 1788-1888"  published by the Royal 
Melbourne Institute of  Technology, (ii)  the Kerrison James Index - an index 
in chronological  order of  all  Anglican church registers from 1788 to 1850,  
(iii)  the individual Parish Registers with all three categories being  held 
at the National Library in Canberra.
 
The   Lake  Macquarie  Family  History  Group  has   conveniently published nearly 
all the parish registers for St Matthews Windsor making  access to their 
information readily available to  a  wide audience. 
 
Yvonne  Brownings book "St Peters Richmond: The Early People  and Burials   
1791-1855"   has  been  most  helpful   on   background information for that 
church.
 
The  book  published  by the  Newcastle  Family  History  Society "Christ  Church  
Newcastle, NSW : 1804-1900" has also  been  most helpful in checking entries 
for this work.
 
This decade saw the establishment of no less than twenty five new Anglican  
parishes in the colony, including the  renowned  Christ Church  St Laurence in 
Sydney, bringing the total by the  end  of the decade to fifty.
 
 
2. Catholic Churches - New South Wales
 
This decade saw the establishment of seven new Catholic  parishes in  the  colony 
bringing the total by the end of  the  decade  to thirteen.
 
 
3. Presbyterian Churches - New South Wales 
 
This decade saw the establishment of no less than twenty one  new Presbyterian 
parishes in the colony bringing the total by the end of the decade to twenty 
eight.
 
 
4. The Pioneer Register - Dr C J Smee
 
The Pioneer Register project is a collection of family trees  for persons  
arriving in the colony between in years 1788  and  1820. The  project was commenced 
in the early 1970's and to  date  four thousand families have been published 
in over 58 separate  books. 
 
The  number  of families published in the Register  thus  far  is 4,000.  When 
one adds the spouses to these 4,000  Pioneers,  plus their  14,000 children and 
over 47,000 grandchildren, plus  5,000 sons  & daughters-in-law, one arrives 
at a total of  over  73,000  names, making  the Pioneer Register project one  
of  the  largest genealogical works ever published in this country. 
 
Whilst  the Register ends for arrivals after 1820,  the  families obviously still 
continued having children well beyond that  date. In  any  case  an  off-shoot 
of  the  Register,  called  "Convict Families  That Made Australia" has collected 
similar  information for arrivals from 1821 to 1840.
 
The  research  on The Pioneer Register project  has  resulted  in 1,009  extra  
individuals being identified whose  births  do  not appear in any other sources. 
By approaching the problem from  the other  end  as  it  were, descendants have  
been  able  to  trace themselves  back to individuals who obviously must  have  
existed but were not otherwise identified anywhere else.
 
Also  two hundred and thirty nine deaths were identified  by  the Pioneer Register 
project with no known burial record and even two marriages, which admittedly 
may be of doubtful veracity.
 
 
Miscellaneous Sources of Information
 
Further  information on the entries presented in this  work  were derived from  
three other sources:
 
    5. The Convict Shipping Indents
    6. Various Musters & The 1828 Census
    7. Other Churches - Baptismal Registers
 
 
5. The Convict Shipping Indents
 
These  indents  were  invaluable  in  determining  the  "ship  of arrival"  and 
"civil status" data for so many of the  entries  in this  series, which is 
considered to be a major component of  the value  added to the information 
contained in the  various  parish registers. They also served to correct some 
erroneous information recorded  in some registers, particularly the  burial  
registers, where  the  information  was of necessity  not  supplied  by  the 
deceased but by relatives and friends who may well have not  been entirely sure 
of the facts.
 
 
6. Various Musters & The 1828 Census
 
The only colonial Muster relevant for this decade was the  Muster of  1837. It 
was helpful in identifying people as having  arrived as  convicts  and  if they 
were, their ship of  arrival  but  the muster of course ends in 1837. The 1828 
Census was still relevant in  identifying  the  colonial born, arrival  data  
and  marriage partners  for  those arriving before 1828 and an  appendix  which 
lists convict deaths up to 1834. 
 
 
7. Other Churches - Baptismal Registers
 
As  many as 686 of the fifth decade children were  baptized  post 1840  when 
they were somewhat older, 215 of whom in  churches  or denominations not 
established until after 1840.
 
As  the  colony  grew and expanded numerous  churches  and  other denominations  
were  founded and some of them may well  have  had entries  for children baptized 
later in life but whose  birth  in the colony has not been confirmed at the time 
of writing. 
 
 
Births 
 
With  regard  to  the  Births, in order to  add  "value"  to  the baptismal registers, 
the aim was to identify the parents of  each child by researching when they 
arrived in the colony and in  what capacity.  In the case where the parents were 
colonial  born  the aim was to research their year of birth. There were 26,072 
births recorded  and  22,394  baptisms.  Due  to  the  large  number  of 
untranscribed   baptisms,  no  meaningful  estimate  as  to   the identities 
of the fathers nor the mothers has been attempted.
 
 
Marriages 
 
With  regard  to the Marriages, in order to add  "value"  to  the marriage registers,  
the aim was to identify each bride and groom by  researching  when  they arrived 
in the  colony  and  in  what capacity  as  well as determining their age at 
marriage.  In  the case  of the colonial born the aim was to research their year  
of birth.  There  were 8,326 marriages recorded. The  identities  of only 56% 
of the grooms were found and only 61% of the brides.
 
 
Deaths 
 
With regard to the Deaths, in order to add "value" to the  burial registers,   
the  aim  was to identify each of  the  deceased  by researching when they arrived 
in the colony and in what  capacity as  well  as determining their age at death. 
In the case  of  the colonial born the aim was to identify the names of their 
parents. There  were  13,170  deaths  recorded  and  12,856  burials.  The 
identities of 75% of the deceased were found.
 
 
Local Historical Developments
 
Lieutenant  General  Ralph Darling was replaced  as  Governor  by Major General 
Sir Richard Bourke in 1831 who in turn was replaced by Major Sir George Gipps 
in 1838.
 
The decade saw a significant jump in the number of free  settlers to  the  colony 
and the commencement of assisted  free  migration such as the Bounty Scheme which 
brought thousands of young single women  to the colony. A development which  
significantly  changed the character of the colony.
 
But  the most dramatic and historically significant event  during the  decade 
was the ending of transportation of convicts  to  the colony  of New South Wales 
in 1840 (the last transport being  the 'Eden',  docking on the 18th November), 
thus bringing to  an  end the  first phase of the colony's existence as a penal 
colony.  It also marks a convenient end-point for this endeavour.
 
 
International Historical Developments
 
Queen  Victoria  became queen upon the death of  her  uncle  King William  IV  
when  she was crowned on the 20th  June  1837.  Thus commencing  the 'Victorian 
Era', undoubtly the most  glorious  in the history of Great Britain and of the 
Empire.
 
In 1834 Earl Grey was replaced as Prime Minister by Lord Melbourne.
 
During the decade the Secretaries of State for War and the Colonies were as follows:
 
        1830 F J Robinson - Viscount Godrerich
        1833 Edward Smith-Stanley
        1834 Thomas Spring Rice
        1834 Arthur Wellesley - Duke of Wellington
        1834 George Hamilton-Gordon - Earl of Aberdeen
        1835 Charles Grant - Baron Glenelg
        1839 Constantine Phipps - Marquess of Normaby
        1839 John Russell      
 
 
The abbreviations used in this book are explained below:
 
                    bas = born at sea
                    d   = de facto                            
                    m   = married                             
                                                            
                    CF  = came free                                                                
                    GS  = government servant (convict)       
                    EX  = exile                              
                    BC  = born in the colony
                    NC  = native of colony (aboriginal)      
                    NE  = never emigrated                    
                    FS  = free by servitude (emancipist)     
                    AP  = free by absolute pardon            
                    CP  = free by conditional pardon         
                    TL  = ticket of leave
                    --  = unknown                            
 
                    BfD = births from deaths
                    CFA = Convict Families of Australia Series
                    MPFA= Mowle's Pioneer Families of Australia
                    PR  = Pioneer Register Series
                                                            
                    NI  = Norfolk Island                  
                    VDL = Van Diemens Land                
                                                          
                    Eng = England                          
                    Brs = Bussels
                    Gib = Gibralta                         
                    Ire = Ireland                          
                    Mal = Malta                            
                    Sct = Scotland                         
                    Wal = Wales                            
                                                           
                    Cam = Cambridgeshire                                                                                                                                             
                    Crn = Cornwall                         
                    Dub = Dublin                           
                    Dvn = Devonshire                       
                    Esx = Essex                            
                    Ham = Hampshire                                                                                                                    
                    IoW = Isle of White
                    Knt = Kent                             
                    Ldn = London                           
                    Mdx = Middlesex                        
                    Sfk = Suffolk                          
                    Sry = Surrey                           
                    Ssx = Sussex                           
                    Stf = Staffordshire                                                                                                                                             
                    Wwk = Warwickshire                     
 
                    AACo= Australian Agricultural Company
                    HEIC= Honorable East India Company
 
                    *   = duplicate entry                       
                    **  = triplicate entry
                    #   = pre 1831 birth
                    %   = born at sea or overseas
 
 
The church and parish codes used in this book are explained below:
 
     AAC  : Anglican Parish of Australian Agricultural Company           
     ABM  : Anglican Parish of Arkstone; Burroowa; Merringo              
     ALBU : Scots Kirk Albury                                                                                       
     ALBU : Catholic Parish of Albury
     ALEX : Scots Kirk Alexandria, Paddington                                                                       
     ALEX : Wesleyan Chapel Alexandria
     ALTH : Anglican Parish of Althorpe; Brougham; Invermein; Rowan 
     ARAL : Anglican Parish of Araluen; Braidwood 
     ARAL : Catholic Parish of Aruluen, Braidwood
     ARMI : Scots Kirk Armidale, New England                                                                    
     ASHF : Anglican Parish of Ashfield
     ASL  : All Saints Liverpool - Roman Catholic                                                                                    
     ASSF : All Saints Sutton Forrest      
     B-G  : Scots Kirk Bungonia, Goulburn                                                                           
     BALM : Wesleyan Chapel Balmain                                                                                                 
     BAPT : St Andrews Baptist Chapel Bathurst Street Sydney                                                        
     BATH : Wesleyan Chapel Bathurst, Hill End                                                                                      
     BATW : Wesleyan Chapel Bathurst, Hill End                                                                                                                    
     BEGA : Anglican Parish of Bega; Bombala; Eden 
     BEGA : Wesleyan Chapel Bega, Moruya                                                                                            
     BERR : Catholic Parish of Berrima                                                                                                                                                                           
     BG-H : Hebrew Temple Bungonia, Goulburn
     BHMS : Scots Kirk Butterwick; Hinton; Middlehope; Seaham    
     BOWE : Scots Kirk Bowenfels; Vale of Clwydd                 
     BR-W : Anglican Parish of Brisbane Water                            
     BRAI : Scots Kirk Braidwood, Bungendore                                                                        
     BRIS : Scots Kirk Brisbane, Moreton Bay 
     BROU : Scots Kirk Broulee                                    
     BRWR : Catholic Parish of Brisbane Water                                                                       
     BUNG : Anglican Parish of Bungonia                                  
     BUTT : Scots Kirk Butterwick, Hinton, Middlehope, Seaham                                                       
     BWD  : Anglican Parish of Burwood                                   
     C-H  : Anglican Parish of Castle Hill
     CABR : Anglican Parish of Cabramatta
     CAMB : Anglican Parish Camberwell; Falbrook; Jerry's Plains; Warkworth; Wombo 
     CAMB : Scots Kirk: Cambellfield; Melbourne; Port Phillip District
     CAMD : Wesleyan Chapel Camden                                                                                                  
     CAMP : Anglican Parish of Camperdown; Newtown 
     CANB : Anglican Parish of Canbury; Lake George; Queanbeyan          
     CARC : Anglican Parish of Carcoar 
     CARC : Catholic Parish of Carcoar, Cowra, Erroll, Orange
     CCC  : Christ Church Castlereagh      
     CCN  : Christ Church Newcastle        
     CLAR : Anglican Parish of Clarence River District
     CONG : Congregational St Philips Mariners Church Sydney                                                        
     CONG-I: Independent Congregational Pitt Street Sydney 
     COOK : Scots Kirk County of Cook                                                                               
     COOK : Catholic Parish of County of Cook
     COOM : Catholic Parish of Cooma, Monaro/Manaroo District, Queabeyan, Twofold Bay                               
     DENB : Scots Kirk: Denbie; Hunter District; Maitland Morpeth; Paterson; Singleton 
     EKPH : Ebenezer Kirk Portland Head          
     ELDN : Anglican Parish of Dungog; Eldon; Raymond Terrace; Stroud; Uffington  
     ELDO : Catholic Parish of Eldon
     ENFI : Anglican Parish of Enfield 
     FIEL : Wesleyan Chapel Field of Mars, Parramatta                                                                               
     FSC  : Catholic Parish of Far South Coast
     GEEL : Scots Kirk Geelong Port Phillip District                         
     GEEW : Wesleyan Chapel Geelong, Port Phillip District                                                                          
     GOSF : Anglican Parish of Gosford; Kincumber 
     GOUL : Catholic Parish of Goulburn                                                                                                                                   
     GULG : St John the Baptist: Gulgong; Mudgee 
     HART : Catholic Parish of Hartley                                                                              
     HAWK : Scots Kirk Hawkesbury District
     HOUG : Anglican Parish of Houghton                                  
     HTK  : Holy Trinity Kelso             
     HTS  : Holy Trinity (Garrison Church) Sydney 
     HUNT : Wesleyan Chapel Hunter River District, Newcastle                                                                        
     I-C  : Anglican Parish of Illawarra  Camden
     ILLA : Scots Kirk Illawarra District, Kiama                                                                    
     ILLA : Catholic Parish of: Illawarra; Wollongong                                                                                                       
     ILLH : Hebrew Temple Illawarra                                                                                                                                  
     ISRA : Israelite Temple New South Wales                                                                         
     JAMB : Anglican Parish of Jamberoo; Kiama; Shoalhaven 
     JBS  : Scots Kirk: Jervis Bay; Shoalhaven
     JERV : Scots Kirk Jervis Bay, Shoalhaven 
     KANG : Scots Kirk Kangaroo Point, Moreton Bay, Tambool 
     KEMP : Wesleyan Chapel Kempsey, Port Macquarie                                                                                 
     KIAM : Scots Kirk: Kiama; Illawarra District                 
     KIAM : Catholic Parish of Kiama
     L-H  : Anglican Parish of Lower Hawkesbury
     LH-W : Wesleyan Chapel Lower Hawkesbury                                                                                        
     LIVI : Israelite Temple Liverpool                                                                               
     LP-T : Anglican Parish of Liverpool Plains; Tamworth                                             
     MACD : Wesleyan Chapel Macdonald River                                                                                         
     MACD : Anglican Parish of MacDonald; Colo River                     
     MAIT : Wesleyan Chapel East Maitland, Maitland, West Maitland                                                                  
     MAIT : Maitland Hebrew Temple                                                                                                                                   
     MANG : Anglican Parish of Mangrove Creek; Upper Mangrove                                         
     MBR  : Catholic Parish of Moreton Bay                                                                          
     MBWM : Wesleyan Chapel Moreton Bay                                                                                                          
     MELB : Scots Kirk Melbourne Port Phillip District
     MELW : Wesleyan Chapel: Melborune, Port Phillip District                                                                        
     MONA : Anglican Parish of Monaro/Maneroo/Menaroo 
     MONT : Anglican Parish of Montefiores; Wellington District
     MURR : Scots Kirk Murrurundi, Scone                                                                            
     N-RT : Catholic Parish of: Newcastle; Raymond Terrace                                                                                             
     NBUE : United Evangelical: North Brisbane, Moreton Bay District 
     NEWC : Scots Kirk Newcastle                                                                                    
     NK-I : Anglican Parish at Norfolk Island                             
     NKIR : Catholic Parish at Norfolk Island                  
     NSWI : Israelite Temple New South Wales                                                                         
     P-HW : Wesleyan Chapel Portland Head                                                                                                          
     PARR : Hebrew Temple Parramatta                                                                                 
     PARW : Wesleyan Chapel Parramatta                                                                                                                
     PENI : Israelite Temple Penrith                                                                                
     PENN : Anglican Parish of Pennent Hills 
     PENR : Anglican Parish of Penrith                                   
     PENR : Catholic Parish of Penrith                                                                              
     PITT : Scots Kirk Pitt Town, Wilberforce                                                                       
     PITT : Independent Congretational Pitt Street Sydeny 
     PM-H : Hebrew Temple Port Macquarie      
     PORT : Catholic Parish of Port Macquarie, New England
     PORT : Wesleyan Chapel Portland Head                                                                                           
     PORT : Hebrew Temple Port Macquarie                                                                            
     PORT : St Andrews Kirk Port Macquarie                                                                          
     PRIM : Primitive Methodist Chapel: Camden, Liverpool, Penrith, Narellan, Picton 
     PT-S : Holy Trinity Port Stephens 
     RAND : Wesleyan Chapel Randwick                                                                                                
     RAYT : Anglican Parish of Alnwick; Butterwick; Clarence Town; Middlehope; Raymond Terrace; Seaham
     SAKP : St Annes Kissing Point         
     SAKS : St Andrews Kirk Sydney
     SAPM : St Andrews Kirk Port Macquarie
     SAS  : St Andrews Sydney 
     SASR : St Augustines Singleton - Roman Catholic  
     SBA  : St Bedes Appin - Roman Catholic                                                                
     SBPR : St Bartholomews Prospect 
     SBPY : St Bartholomews Pyrmont 
     SCY  : St Clements Yass
     SDH  : St Davids Hobart, Van Diemens Land
     SF-M : St Francis Melbourne, Port Phillip District - Roman Catholic                                                                                                                                
     SING : Hebrew Temple Singleton                                                                                                                                  
     SJ-M : St James Melbourne, Port Phillip District
     SJ-S : Scots Kirk: Jervis Bay; Shoalhaven                    
     SJB  : St Johns: Brisbane; Morton Bay
     SJC  : St Johns: Camden; The Oaks; Picton; Stone Quarry             
     SJCR : St Johns Campbelltown - Roman Catholic                     
     SJL  : St Johns Launceston, Van Diemens Land
     SJM  : St James Melbourne, Port Phillip District
     SJMB : St Johns: Brisbane; Moreton Bay                              
     SJMc : St Josephs MacDonald River - Roman Catholic                                                                                                                                                     
     SJMR : St Josephs Maitland - Roman Catholic 
     SJP  : St Johns Parramatta            
     SJPT : St James Pitt Town             
     SJS  : St James Sydney                
     SJSR : St James Sydney - Roman Catholic                                                                                                                                 
     SJW  : St Johns Wilberforce           
     SJWO : St Johns: Oakville; Whittingham; Wollombi                    
     SKB  : Scots Kirk Bathurst
     SKBG : Scots Kirk: Bungonia; Goulburn                        
     SKDG : Scots Kirk Durham & Gloucester
     SKHO : Scots Kirk Houghton                                                                                     
     SKHV : Scots Kirk Hunter Valley
     SKP  : St Andrews Kirk Parramatta                            
     SKPP : Scots Kirk Port Phillip District
     SKPS : Scots Kirk Pitt Street                                
     SKS  : Scots Kirk Sydney
     SKSI : St Andrews Kirk Singleton
     SKSV : Scots Kirk: St Vincent; Murray & Auckland
     SKW  : Scots Kirk: Illawarra; Kiama; Wollongong                                 
     SLKS : St Lawrences Kirk Sydney                                                                                
     SLL  : St Lukes Liverpool             
     SLS  : Christ Church St Laurence Sydney
     SLSC : St Lukes Scone                                               
     SMA  : St Marks Appin                                               
     SMB  : St Michaels: Bathurst; Kelso - Roman Catholic
     SMKW : St Matthews Kirk Windsor                                                                                
     SMMC : St Mary Magdalenes: Clydesdale; South Creek                  
     SMS  : St Marys Sydney - Roman Catholic                 
     SMW  : St Matthews Windsor            
     SMWM : St Marys West Maitland
     SMWR : St Matthews Windsor - Roman Catholic 
     SMWO : St Michaels Wollongong
     SNP  : St Nicholas Penrith - Roman Catholic                                 
     SoF  : Society of Friends Sydney                                                                               
     SOFA : Anglican Parish of Sofala                                                                             
     SOUT : Scots Kirk Liverpool Plains, South Counties (Itinerant)                                                  
     SPA  : St Peters: Armidale; New England                                                 
     SPC  : St Peters Campbelltown         
     SPCO : St Pauls Cobbitty              
     SPCR : St Peters: Cooks River; Petersham                            
     SPEM : St Peters East Maitland
     SPKC : St Peters Kirk Campbelltown                                                                             
     SPP  : St Patricks Parramatta - Roman Catholic
     SPR  : St Peters Richmond             
     SPRE : St Pauls Redfern 
     SPS  : St Phillips Sydney             
     SPSR : St Patricks Sydney - Roman Catholic
     SSKS : St Stephens Kirk Sydney                                                                                 
     SSG  : St Saviours Goulburn
     STPM : St Thomas Port Macquarie       
     STSR : St Thomas Sackville Reach      
     STM  : St Thomas Mulgoa                                           
     SVMA : Scots Kirk Counties of St Vincent, Murray & Auckland (Itinerant)                                        
     SYDH : Hebrew Temple Sydney              
     SYDW : Wesleyan Chapel Sydney                                                                                                                        
     TERR : Scots Kirk Terrys Meadows                                                                               
     UPPE : Scots Kirk Upper Hunter                                                                                 
     WELL : Catholic Parish of Wellington
     WHIT : Scots Kirk Whittingham                                
     WHIT : Catholic Parish of Whittingham
     WILL : Anglican Parish of Willoughby 
     WIND : Wesleyan Chapel Windsor                                                                                                 
     WIND : Hebrew Temple Windsor                                                                                                                                     
     WINW : Wesleyan Chapel Windsor                                                                                                                      
     WISE : Scots Kirk Wisemans Ferry                                                                               
     WOLL : Anglican Parish of Dapto; Wollongong
     WOLL : Scots Kirk Wollongong                                                                                   
     WOLL : Wesleyan Chapel Wollongong                                                                                              
     YASR : St Augustines Yass - Roman Catholic                                 
     YASS : Anglican Parish of Gundaroo; Gunning; Yass                   
     YASS : Wesleyan Chapel Goulburn, Gunning, Yass 


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