LIST 8 - BIRTHS - THE PIONEER REGISTER
This fourth 'primary source' list contains the births of 274 children which
have been obtained from research done to compile the Pioneer Register, 123 males and 151 females.
The information recorded for each child includes:
date of birth 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 The list is arranged in date of birth order. The exact date of birth of most
of the entries is unknown so within each year the entries are arranged alphabetically on the father's surname.
These Pioneer Register births account for 14% of the First Generation.
The question needs to be asked for those entries where an exact date of birth
is known, where did the descendants who supplied the information obtain that
exact date ? On the other hand unfortunately not even the year of birth is
known in 41 cases.
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.
In 8 cases the father is unknown and in rather more cases (16) the mother
is unknown. In another 19 cases both the father and the mother are unknown,
these names are to be found in the 'Son & Daughter-in-Law Index' of the Pioneer
Register. James Dunn had a son who was unnamed, John Burke had a daughter who
was unnamed, and James Kelly had a son and two daughters who were also
unnamed.
In several cases, a name for the father or mother may be known but not the
details of that person's arrival in the colony. The parent may have been using
an alias or the name may have been transcribed incorrectly, in either case
their true identity awaits clarification.
Table 8.1. - Pioneer Register BirthsTotal Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
Father Mother
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1788 2 0 2 0 0 0 2
1789 4 2 2 3 3 2 2
1790 5 4 1 3 2 2 3
1791 6 6 2 2 3 1 4
1792 15 5 10 6 6 8 7
1793 13 6 7 6 8 7 6
1794 11 6 5 7 5 7 4
1795 13 3 10 7 7 2 11
1796 27 7 20 17 15 10 17
1797 28 12 16 18 23 10 18
1798 38 20 18 26 31 12 26
1799 30 20 10 18 24 10 20
1800 39 17 22 24 28 10 30
unknown 43 17 26 22 26 13 30
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Totals 274 123 151 159 181 94 180
Percentages 45.0% 55.0% 58.7% 66.8% 34.7% 65.3%
The percentage of convict mothers is higher for the simple reason that the great majority of women who were in the colony in the first twelve years arrived
as convicts. The percentage of male convicts was diluted to some extent
principally by the soldiery and to a lesser extent by the officials.Entries on this list have the reference identifier "PR-n" 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 birth would be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the birth would be located on this list and finally
an alphabetical search on the 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 birth year was known.
To locate the family tree in the Pioneer Register, the number "n" in the reference identifier "PR-n" refers to the Second Edition volume. Entries are alphabetical by Pioneer's name in each book.
The abbreviations used in this list are explained below:
d = defacto m = 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 -- = unknownEng = England
Ire = Ireland
Sct = Scotland
Wal = Wales
Cvy = Coventry
Dby = Derbyshire
Dvn = Devonshire
Ldn = London
Sst = Somersetshire
NI = Norfolk Island
SJP = St Johns Parramatta
SPS = St Phillips Sydney
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