LIST 17 - MARRIAGES - ST PHILLIPS SYDNEY

 
 
There were 515 marriages performed at St Phillips during this decade. 
On average about one marriage every week.
 
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
 comments
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
It should be pointed out that in the original register the only 
information recorded was; date, family name and Christian name of both 
bride and groom. Information in the register but not included 
here includes; the officiating minister, names of the witnesses to 
the marriage and who gave consent to the marriage (the father to 
colonial born brides and the governor for convicts). Interested 
readers are urged to consult the originals.
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
The Rev Cowper arrived in September 1809 to commence his long 
service at St Phillips (until his death in 1851). He continued to 
record the occupation of the grooms in the Comments column. This 
column has also been used to record when the officiating minister was 
someone other than Rev William Cowper.
 
The Reference Number would direct the reader to the entry in the 
original parish register. In this decade the numbers start from B194 
and run to B249. The Rev Cowper started a new numbering system 
in 1812 starting with the letter "C", this series runs from C001 
until C341. In 1819 he started yet another numbering system starting 
with the letter "D", this series runs from  D001 to D118 at the end 
of 1820. 
 
For some reason the Rev Samuel Marsden married John Eyre & Susannah 
Wilshire on 25th August 1812. Unlike Cowper he did not record the 
occupation of the groom.
 
With the arrival of the 46th Regiment, the regimental chaplain 
Benjamin Vale started performing occasional marriages: in 1815; 12th 
June, 20th June & 15th September, in 1816; 23rd January. Like Marsden 
he did not record the occupation of the groom.
 
In November of 1819 the Rev Richard Hill began performing 
marriages almost on an alternate basis with the Rev Cowper.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on 
the name would be made on Lists 15 or 16 using code "SPS" 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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