LIST 47 - MARRIAGES - ST PETERS EAST MAITLAND

 
 
The  first  marriage  was  performed at St  Peters  on  the  23rd February 1828 
by the Rev Frederick Wilkinson. Up until the end of 1830  only  seven  marriages 
were performed  at  St  Peters,  all officiated by the Rev Wilkinson.
 
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
               bride 
                    family name
                    Christian name
                    year and ship of arrival
                    civil status at time of marriage
                    age at marriage
               consent given by
               reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
In  the original register the standard information recorded  was; date, family 
name and Christian name of both bride and groom,  by whom consent given  and 
the officiating minister. Information  in the  register  but  not  included here  
includes;  names  of  the witnesses to the marriage.
 
No additional information was recorded in the church register but from the 
"consent given" field one can make an educated guess  at the  civil  status  of  
the parties; convicts  when  it  was  the "governor", free persons when it was 
"friends" and colonial  born when it was "parents". 
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
This  parish was split off from Christ Church Newcastle  in  1828 and  covered  
the  areas  of  Maitland,  Black  Creek,  Bulwarra, Clifden,  Hinton,  Morpeth 
and the Hunter region  generally.  The Reverend Frederick Wilkinson continued 
to cover both parishes. 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in  the original parish 
register. 
 
To  locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical  search on  the  name 
would be made on Lists 27 or 28 using  code  "SPEM" 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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