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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