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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