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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