LIST 11 - CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS
This is a list of all the known childhood arrivals in the colony between 1788 and 1800. There are 260 names on the list, 143 males and 117 females.
These Childhood Arrivals account for 13% of the First Generation.
The list is divided into two parts.
The First Shipping list is ordered by year of arrival then within each
year alphabetically by ships name. This list includes
the full name of the ship whereas elsewhere in this work all ship's names
are abbreviated to nine characters.
The children are grouped by ship. This list has been developed so that the social and family groupings and other connections for each particular ship can be
seen which may or may not have led to life long friendships or other associations. It also serves the function of giving the exact date of arrival for each ship
which is not done elsewhere in this book. This list also includes children
who were known to have died on the voyage out and so never actually reached
the new colony and as such do not appear in the main body of the book. It
is only for the First Fleet (1788) that these particulars are known to any
great extent and reasonably well documented, due to the fact that this fleet
has been so well researched. They are included because readers of this early
colonial period may well come across their names. It is certain there were
other such deaths but their names and details await a future researcher.
Children arrived in every year during the period except 1789 when no ships at
all actually visited the colony.
The Second Shipping list is ordered by each child's date of birth then date of
arrival. The information recorded for each childhood arrival includes:
date of birth place of birth year of arrival ship of arrival Christian name father's Christian name father's family name father's year of arrival in the colony father's ship of arrival in the colony father's status upon arrival in the colony mother's Christian name mother's maiden name mother's year of arrival in the colony mother's ship of arrival in the colony mother's status upon arrival in the colony parent's civil status at the time of the child's birth parent's marital status at the time of the child's birth parent's year & country/church of marriage where applicable For no specific reason the age of sixteen has been selected as the cut off
point for inclusion in this list. Thus this list includes Joseph Harrison
who was sixteen when he arrived with his mother as part of the First Fleet
(actually unfortunately his mother did not survive the voyage but died
tragically at sea), and John Arndell who followed his surgeon father and family
to the colony in 1796 aged 15. Excluded are Elizabeth Buckner and Eliza Kennedy,
both aged 17 and Elizabeth Bean aged 18 who all had younger siblings who are
included.
Of the 260 arrivals 51 were subsequently baptized in the colony and can be
found in the list of St Phillip's Sydney baptisms although to be exact thirteen
were baptized at sea on the First Fleet during the voyage to the new colony (one William Tilley was baptized even before the fleet left England).
These are identified on the list with an asterix '*'.Five children are known to have died on the voyage of the First Fleet and
to have never arrived in the colony - they are not found on any other list
is this work. These are identified on the list with a double asterix '**'. One child at least is known to have arrived twice during the period under
study. Joseph Theakston-Yates arrived with his mother on the 'Lady Penrhyn'
in 1788, went back to England with her on the 'Britannia' in 1796 then returned
to the colony on board the 'Albion' in 1799 accompanied by his two colonial
born siblings. Likewise two of Captain Kings colonial born children returned
to England with him in 1797 then came back to the colony in 1800 on board the
'Speedy'.
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.
Thus the list contributes 205 new names to the total of 'the first generation'.
This is one of the few lists in this book where males outnumber females.
Table 11.1. - Childhood Arrival NumbersYear Total Males Females Baptisms Deaths
------------------------------------------1788 54 31 23 23 5
1790 30 18 12 4
1791 23 11 12 2
1792 21 12 9 5
1793 12 9 3 3
1794 3 1 2 1
1795 7 2 5 0
1796 12 5 7 5
1797 13 7 6 0
1798 25 16 9 3
1799 13 7 6 1
1800 47 24 23 4
--- --- --- -- -
Totals 260 143 117 51 5
Percentages 55% 45%
Six childhood arrivals mentioned in the early musters and 1828 Census have
not been identified with any adult connections:
Alexander Books/Brooks - 1791 Active
Mary Dowling - 1792 Pitt
Humphrey Humphreys - 1793 Boddingtons
Mary Smith - 1800 Royal Admiral
Ann Stoolorn - 1791 Britannia
Robert Thompson - 1790 Neptune
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "Ship" on List 1.
To locate an entry on the first part of this list; firstly an alphabetical
search on the name would be made on List 1 from which the date and name
of the ship of arrival would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate
date and vessel the arrival would be located on this list and finally an
alphabetical search on the name would be made on the ship of arrival.
To locate an entry on the second part of this list; firstly an alphabetical
search on the name would be made on List 1 from which the date of birth
and date & name of the ship of arrival would be retrieved, secondly using
the appropriate date, the birth would be located on this list, thirdly
an alphabetical search on the vessel name would be made on the birth date
if there should be more than one entry for that date which would certainly
be the case if only the year of birth were known and finally an alphabetic
search of the name would be made on the vessel.
The abbreviations used in this list are explained below:
d = defactom = married
CF = came free GS = government servant (convict) FS = free by servitude (emancipist) AP = free by absolute pardon CP = free by conditional pardon EX = exile NE = never emigrated -- = unknown Eng = England Ire = Ireland Sct = ScotlandWls = Wales
Hmp = Hampshire Dst = Dorset Knt = Kent Hrd = Herefordshire Man = Manchester Ldn = London Som = Somerset sea = born at sea
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