LIST 20 - BAPTISMS - ALL SAINTS SUTTON FOREST

 
 
All Saints Sutton Forrest was founded in 1827 along with St Pauls Cobbitty 
becoming the 19th Church of England parish established in the colony. There 
were 28 baptisms performed during the years 1827 to 1830, plus 17 performed 
after 1830 for children born between the years 1821 and 1830. On average 
there was about one baptism performed per month over the decade.
 
The information recorded for each child is exactly as described for the post 
1826 presentation of St Phillips Sydney in List 3.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
With regard to the fathers; the arrival details of a four remain unknown whilst 
in one case the ship of arrival remains unknown (2%).
 
Nineteen were convicts or former convicts (42%), five were soldiers or 
former soldiers (11%), 13 came free (29%) and four were colonial born (9%).
 
With regard to the mothers; the names of two were not recorded and the arrival 
details of four remain unknown (9%).
 
Fourteen were convicts or former convicts (31%), 16 came free (36%) and 
11 were colonial born (24%).
 
Two (4%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There was one duplicate entry.
 
The Rev Thomas Hassall was appointed as the first chaplain to the new parish 
of All Saints Sutton Forest on the 1st April 1827. At the same time he covered 
the districts of Cook, Mulgao, South Creek, Cabramatta, Camden, Goulburn 
Plains, Bong Bong and Inverary. He was replaced in 1832 by Rev John Vincent.
 
Archdeacon William Broughton performed two baptisms in January 1830 and John 
Layton, a catechist, performed a baptism in October and December 1830.
 
The first baptism was performed on the 27th June 1828 by the Rev Hassall.
 
When the new standardized registers were introduced in 1826 the information 
recorded for each baptism was; date of baptism, date of birth, Christian name 
of child, Christian and family name of father, Christian name of mother (family 
name only when the child was illegitimate), the place of residence of the 
family, quality or profession of the father and minister performing the 
ceremony.
 
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 relevant entry in the 
original source document.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "ASSF" 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. 

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