LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - ST JOHNS PARRAMTTA
The second parish to be established in the colony was St Johns at Parramatta. This second 'primary source' list contains the details of 328 baptisms
recorded in St John's church register for children born between 1789 and 1800,
166 males and 162 females.
The information recorded for each child includes:
reference number date of baptism 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 presented in chronological order by date of baptism then
alphabetically by father's surname.
It should be noted that this is considerably more information than will
be found in the original church register, being the result of decades of
research, principally associated with the Pioneer Register Project. Many
entries in the church register list just the date of baptism and parents names,
sometimes only the mother's name if the birth was illegitimate.These St Johns baptisms account for 17% of the First Generation.
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.
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original source document.
The first baptism was that of Charles Parish, the son of two convicts in
September 1789, the place of baptism was actually recorded as Rose Hill as
this was the name given to the area by Governor Phillip before Parramatta came into general use.
The Reverend Johnson obviously on occasions wrote up his entries some time
after the actual baptism ceremony. This has lead to a couple of 'errors'; John
Colethread was entered in both the St Phillips and St Johns registers; John
Hodges, George Turner and John Kelly were entered out of chronological order. Upon the arrival of the Reverend Samuel Marsden in the colony in 1794, St John's
would appear to have been handed to his responsibility leaving the Reverend
Johnson to handle St Phillips.
Unfortunately at one point in the register a number of entries had the year
changed from 1800 to 1801 or possibly the other way round, 1801 to 1800, which
being right on the cut off point for inclusion in the book has led to some problems.
Table 5.1 - Baptisms St Johns Parramatta
Total Males Females Convict Convict Legitimate Illegitimate
Father Mother
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1789 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1790 4 2 2 1 3 1 3
1791 21 11 10 13 13 17 4
1792 24 12 12 18 20 16 8
1793 24 15 9 17 20 12 12
1794 24 13 11 20 21 7 17
1795 27 14 13 20 24 15 12
1796 29 16 13 24 25 14 15
1797 40 20 20 29 33 13 27
1798 46 19 27 31 35 23 23
1799 26 11 15 18 23 9 17
1800 39 20 19 30 33 17 22
>1800 23 12 11 13 17 11 12
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Totals 328 166 162 235 268 156 170
Percentages 50.6% 49.4% 71.6% 81.7% 47.6% 52.4%
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJP" 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 baptism would be retrieved, secondly using
the appropriate date, the baptism would be located on this list and finally
an alphabetical search on the name would be made on the baptismal date if
there should be more than one entry for that date.
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 -- = unknownEng = England
Ire = Ireland
Sct = Scotland
Wal = Wales
Dvn = Devonshire
Ldn = London
Mdx = Middlesex
Yrk = Yorkshire
NI = Norfolk Island
SJP = St Johns Parramatta
SPS = St Phillips Sydney
* = duplicate entry
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