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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