LIST 17 - BAPTISMS - ST ANNES KISSING POINT

 
 
St Annes Kissing Point was separated from St Johns Parramatta in 1826, becoming 
the 16th Church of England parish established in the colony. There were 35 
baptisms performed during the years 1826 to  1830, although 1 refers to a 
child born before 1821, plus 8 performed after 1830 for children born between 
the years 1821 and 1830. On average there was about one baptism performed 
every ten weeks over the decade.
 
The information recorded for each child is exactly as described for the post 
1826 presentation of St Phillips Sydney in List 3.
 
The list is presented in chronological order by date of baptism then 
alphabetically by father's surname. 
 
With regard to the fathers; the arrival details of one remains unknown whilst 
in three cases the ship of arrival remains unknown (7%).
 
Twenty were convicts or former convicts (47%), five came free (12%) and 
15 were colonial born (35%).
 
With regard to the mothers; the names of five were not recorded and the arrival 
details of five remain unknown whilst in one case the ship of arrival remains 
unknown (17%).
 
Four were convicts or former convicts (7%), six came free (14%) and 28 were 
colonial born (65%).
 
Six (14%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There was one duplicate entry.
 
The Rev John Espie Keane was the first chaplain appointed to the parish but 
was replaced in 1827 by Rev Charles Pleydell Neale Wilton who in turn was 
replaced by Rev Charles Dickinson in 1832. The Rev Frederick Wilkinson performed 
one baptism in March 1827.
 
The first baptism was performed on the 21st May 1826 by the Rev Keane.
 
When the new standardized registers were introduced in 1826 the information 
recorded for each baptism was; date of baptism, date of birth, Christian name 
of child, Christian and family name of father, Christian name of mother (family 
name only when the child was illegitimate), the place of residence of the 
family, quality or profession of the father and minister performing the 
ceremony.
 
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. 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. The entry number 7 is missing from the microfilm 
as are entry numbers 12 through 18.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SAKP" 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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