LIST 2 - BIRTHS - MOTHERS SURNAME ORDER

 
 
This list contains the same information as in List 1 with the exception that 
it is ordered on the mothers name rather than the fathers. There are 2,351 
births listed because the 605 cases where the mother's surname is unknown 
and the 186 cases where the mother arrived as a married women without her maiden 
name being known have not been included.
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 date of birth
  date of baptism 
 Christian name
 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
 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 
 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 mother 
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 mothers, the identities of 77% have been found. There 
were 1,652 convicts or former convicts (53%) and 659 came free (21%). The 
native born mothers make their first appearance with 122 of their number 
recorded. Of interest are the three women designated "1 of 5" which indicates 
they one of the five women allowed to accompany a British regiment abroad.
 
With regard to the children 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female, 40.7% 
were legitimate, 46.0% were illegitimate.
 
 Table 2.1.
 
 SPS 853 27%
 PR 738 23%
 SJP 449 14%
 M-C 330 11%
 NI 218 7%
  SDH 135 4%
 SMW 130 4%
 D-B 111 4%
 Other 74 2%
 VDL 57 2%
 SJL 45 1%

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