LIST 2 - BIRTHS - MOTHERS NAME ORDER
This second reference list, titled "Births of the First
Generation - Mothers' Name Order" lists births for children born in the colony from 1788 until 1800 as well as childhood arrivals for the same period of time.
For a full description of the information presented for each child
refer to List 1, although in this list the mother's name and details
have been placed ahead of the father's.
The list is ordered firstly on the name of the mother, meaning both
family name and Christian name, as distinct from just the surname,
then secondly on the date of birth of the child. This has the effect
of collecting the entries into family groups in birth order, mini
family trees as it were. This list is particularly useful for
women who bore children to more than one man in that it groups all
of her children together, something that does not happen in most
other lists of this work where the children are invariably listed under their father's surname.
The Christian names of the mothers of all but 160 of the First
Generation are known. The maiden names of 644 (33%) of the mothers
are unknown, this relatively large figure includes the 465 married
women who arrived in the colony using their husbands' surnames.
This being an English colony, there are no surnames beginning with
the letters 'X' nor 'Z'.
The mother's marital status indicates whether, at the time of the
child's birth, she was either married 'm' or defacto 'd'. It turns
out that about half the First Generation were illegitimate. The status
is unknown in 128 cases.
Table 2.1. - Marital Status of MotherStatus Number Percentage
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Married 900 45.5%
Defacto 1,078 48.0%
unknown 128 6.5%
The mother's civil status at the time of the child's birth
indicates whether she was either:
CF - came free GS - government servant (convict) FS - free by servitude AP - free by absolute pardon NE - never emigrated-- - unknown
As can bee seen from the table below, about three quartres of the
mothers had arrived in the colony as convicts. The arrival status of
224 of the mothers is unknown.
In the early years of the colony there were very few free women in
the colony, those that did arrival were almost all 'wives' of the military.
Table 2.2. - Civil Status of MotherStatus Number Percentage
------------------------------CF 404 20.4%
GS 1050 53.1%
FS 290 14.7%
AP 1 0.1%
NE 9 0.5%
-- 224 13.2%
This list contains 1,334 names. It does NOT contain the births of 644
children whose mothers' surnames are unknown (These may be found in the
Father List).
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