LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - NORFOLK ISLAND

 
 
The convict parson Rev Henry Fulton was assigned to Norfolk Island as 
acting chaplain for the period from August 1801 until March 1806. There were 
168 baptisms recorded on the island over this time. Of this number 66 baptisms 
refer to children born prior to 1801.
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 date of birth
 date of baptism
 church 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 
 reference number
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
With regard to the fathers, in seven cases the arrival details remain unknown.
 
With regard to the mothers, in one case the arrival details remain unknown.
 
It should be noted that considerably more information is presented than 
will be found in the original church register, being the result of decades 
of research, principally associated with the Pioneer Register Project. Arrival 
data for the parents were rarely recorded in the original documents nor was 
their marital status.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original source 
document. When multiple children were baptised on the same day the reference 
number has been duplicated.
 
The Rev Henry Fulton performed his first baptism on the 2nd August 1801 
although there were four recorded in June and three in July, before he arrived 
on the island, which probably indicates a transcription error for the month. 
He performed his last baptisms (twelve) on the 27th March 1806. 
 
Emily Wilson is recorded in the Norfolk Island baptismal records on the 6th 
November 1806, after Fulton had left the island, but her entry states that she 
was baptized at Sydney Port Jackson. To make matters even more complicated the 
Norfolk Island records are to be found in the St Phillips registers.
 
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. 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "NI" 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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