LIST 6 - BAPTISMS - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR

 
 
There were 462 baptisms recorded at St Matthews during is decade, 
meaning on average there was almost one baptism each week. Of this 
number 97 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. However an additional field 
for St Matthews is the place of birth.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
With regard to the fathers, identities of 98% have been found. The 
names of two fathers were not recorded and the arrival details 
of a further eight remain unknown.
 
With regard to the mothers, identities of 97% have been found. The 
names of five mothers were not recorded and the arrival details 
of a further nine remain unknown.
 
There were two duplicate entries on the register during the period 
under study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 460. Mary 
Singleton had previously been baptized at St Matthews and Charles 
Gaudry at St Phillips. 
 
Eighty four baptisms took place after 1820 when older children came 
to baptism, the latest being Matilda Palmer in 1827 at the age of 
thirteen.
 
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.
 
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. 
 
The Rev Cartwright continued as the rector of St Matthews for much 
of the remainder of the decade before leaving for St Lukes Liverpool 
in December 1819 when the recently arrived Rev John Cross took over.
 
So some reason the baptismal entry for Enoch Cobcroft in 1817 
records that he was sponsored by Henry Baldwin, the only entry to 
record such information.
 
Jane Neale was actually baptised under the surname of her 
stepfather Francis De Silvre.
 
Uriah Monk was a convict who arrived on board the "Admiral Gambier" 
in 1808 and was an adult baptism.
 
From 1814 onwards the Rev Cartwright regularly recorded the childs 
place of birth as well. In order to accommodate this important 
information the ship of arrival data of the parents has been removed 
to make room (this information is available in List 1 in anycase).
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SMW" 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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