LIST 13 - DEATHS - NAME ORDER

 
 
There were 1,820 deaths recorded during this 'decade'. 
 
The information recorded for each death is as follows:
 date
 church
 family name
 Christian name
  age
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 
The deaths are listed in alphabetical order on the name of the deceased. 
 
The arrival status of 84% of the deceased have been found. 
 
There were 1,327(73%) convicts or former convicts, 117(6%) were soldiers or former soldiers, 
41(2%) were seamen, 36(2%) came free, 292(16%) were infants or children and 9 were of 
unknown status.
 
Of the deaths, 1,501 come from burials recorded at St Phillips Sydney and St Johns 
Parramatta. These burials are divided into the two parishes and are listed separately 
in chronological order.
 
There were 156 deaths recorded by Reginald Wright at Norfolk Island. There being no 
resident clergyman on the island none of these are recorded in church burials registers.
 
There were 49 hangings, with only 6 of these being recorded in church burial records.
 
Finally there were 119 deaths collected from various other sources, principally the 
Pioneer Register project, although 8 of these claimed to have been burial at St Johns.
 
Four deaths also came from the 1802 Muster where Governor King listed several deaths 
which are not otherwise recorded in the church registers.
 
 Table 13.1.
 
 SPS 939 52%
 SJP 562 31%
 NI 156 9%
 PR 119 6%
 EX 49 2%
 MO2 4 0%

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