LIST 8 - BAPTISMS - CHRIST CHURCH CASTLEREAGH
There were 191 baptisms performed at Christ Church Castlereagh during the
decade, although 16 refer to children born before 1821, plus 16 performed
after 1830 for children born between the years 1821 and 1830. On average
there was about one baptism performed per fortnight over the decade.
The information recorded for each child is exactly as described for both the
pre and post 1826 presentations 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 two remain unknown whilst
in two cases the ship of arrival remains unknown (3%).One hundred and forty were convicts or former convicts (73%), 10 were soldiers or former soldiers (5%), 23 came free (12%) and 32 were colonial born (17%).With regard to the mothers; the names of two were not recorded and the arrival
details of one remains unknown whilst in one case the ship of arrival remains
unknown (2%).
Thirty seven were convicts or former convicts (19%), 50 came free (26%) and 117 were colonial born (61%).
Thirty seven (20%) of the births were illegitimate.
There were three duplicate entries.
The Rev Henry Fulton continued his chaplaincy throughout the decade as he
did indeed for the next decade as well.
Sadly the register pages are missing from the microficheheld at the National
Library from May 1822 until July 1824 but fortunately a reasonable
approximation of the entries can be recreated from the Kerrison James Index.
The only information in this period which would not be certain is the chaplain
but most certainly was Rev Fulton in all cases.Up until 1826 the only information recorded in the original church register
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) and minister performing the ceremony.
After 1826 the place of residence of the family and occupation of the father
were also recorded.
Unlike most other chaplains Rev Fulton identified several fathers as 'soldiers'
but did not record their regiments.
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 relevant entry in the
original source document. The numbering system was re-initialized in 1826 with
the introduction of the new printed registers.
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "CCC" 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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