MARRIAGES - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR

 
 
During this decade there were 169 marriages performed at St Matthews, 33 
less than the previous decade, the decline perhaps reflecting the hiving off 
of new parishes in the region. On average just under seventeen marriages per 
year.
 
The information recorded for each marriage is as follows:
 date
 groom 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 parish
 bride 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 parish
 consent given by
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
Post 1826 all parishes were required to record all marriages on a standardized 
printed form, which contained the following information: register entry 
number, family name and Christian name of both bride and groom, residant parish 
of the bride and groom, date of marriage, who gave consent to the marriage 
and the officiating minister. Information recorded on the register but not 
included here includes the names of the witnesses to  the marriage (Interested 
readers are urged to consult the original register for this information).
 
It should be pointed out that 'year and ship of arrival', 'civil status at time 
of marriage' and 'age at marriage' for both bride and groom are all "value added" 
additons researched by this work to complement the church register.
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
The Lake Macquarie Family History Group's "St Matthews Church of England, 
Windsor NSW, Parish Registers 1810 to 1856" was also most helpful in 
providing information.
 
With regard to the grooms 133 (79%) have been identified and the brides 133 
(70%) have been identified. The consent of the Governor was required in 
80 cases (47%).
 
The Rev Joseph Docker continued to administer the parish until 1833 when 
the Rev Henry Stiles took over the ministry. The following chaplains also 
officiated at marriages during the decade; Rev.Robert Forrest, Rev.John 
Espy Keane, Rev.Samuel Marsden, Rev.Robert Maunsell, Rev.Matthew Devenish 
Meares.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. In this decade the numbers run from 510 to 679. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 3 or 4 using code "SMW" from which the date of marriage 
would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the marriage would 
then be located on this list.

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