LIST 1 - BIRTHS - FATHERS SURNAME ORDER

 
 
There were 1,800 births recorded during this 'decade'. 
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 date of birth
 date of baptism 
 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 
 date of death
 reference identifier
 
The births are listed primarily in alphabetical order on the name of the father and then 
secondly in chronological order on the date of birth for family groups.
 
The date of death is an complimentary piece of information derived from my earlier 
publication "Born in the English Colony of New South Wales" further details of which can 
be found in that publication. In some instances the date of death is unknown but the year 
of departure is recorded, becoming 'dead' to the colony as it were.
 
With regard to the fathers, the identities of 86% have been found. The children whose 
fathers are unknown are not recorded on this list. There were 978 convicts or former convicts 
(55%), 391 were soldiers or former soldiers (22%) and 172 came free (10%).
 
With regard to the children 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female, 45.5% were legitimate, 
48.0% were illegitimate.
 
The majority of these births were found in the two church baptismal registers in 
existence at the time, St Phillips Sydney and St Johns Parramatta. The next major sources 
were records of birth for Norfolk Island and information derived from the Pioneer Register 
Project. Miscellaneous sources included 17 children baptised later in life in other 
churches in the colony, 47 children from burial records whose parents were not able to 
be identified and 58 children from the early colonial Musters and the 1828 Census of New 
South Wales.
 
 Table 1.1.
 
 SPS 700 39%
 SJP 338 19%
 NI 372 21%
 PR 275 14%
 M-C 58 3%
 D-B 47 3%

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