LIST 4 - BAPTISMS - ST JOHNS PARRAMATTA

 
 
There were 403 baptisms recorded at St Johns during this decade, meaning on 
average there were 40 baptisms a year. Of this number 30 baptisms refer to 
children born prior to 1801.
 
The information recorded for each child includes: 
 date of baptism 
 date of birth
 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, identities of 90% have been found. The names 
of four fathers were not recorded and the arrival details of a further 40 
remain unknown.
 
With regard to the mothers, identities of 93% have been found. The names 
of sixteen mothers were not recorded and the arrival details of a further 18 
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.
 
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. 
 
There were four duplicate entries on the register during the period under 
study reducing the total of individual baptisms to 399. Jane Jones & Charlotte 
Storer were both baptized at St Phillips before being baptized for a second 
time at St Johns.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original source 
document. The numbers 269 to 280 are missing and since the first baptism for 
1801 is not until June it suggests that twelve baptisms might be missing from 
the register. Numbers 307,536 & 537 are missing whilst 340 was used twice.
 
Unfortunately at one point in the register a number of entries had the year 
changed from 1800 to 1801 or possibly the other way round, 1801 to 1800, which 
being right on the cut off point for inclusion in the book has led to some 
problems.
 
In August 1805 Marsden visited the Hawkesbury and on the 11th of that month 
performed no less that 30 baptisms on one day !
 
During Marsden's absence in England from 1807 until 1810, his duties were 
performed firstly by Rev Henry Fulton who had returned from Norfolk Island, 
then by William Pascoe Crook in 1808 and finally from October 1809 until April 
1810 by Richard Jones.
 
The Rev Robert Cartwright did a stint in June 1810 after his arrival from 
England before moving onto St Matthews Windsor.
 
Eighty nine baptisms took place after 1810 when older children came to baptism, 
the latest being Martha Capon in 1825. Martha Capon's baptism records Isreal 
Rayner as her father, when in fact he was her stepfather, although this error 
may be explained that she was not baptized until she was sixteen years old.
 
Elizabeth Leith was baptised in 1810 as an adult.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SJP" 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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