LIST 9 - MARRIAGES - ST JOHNS PARRAMATTA

 
 
There were 216 marriages performed at St Johns during this 'decade'. The first being 
on the 5th September 1790 between convicts John Randall and Mary Butler. There were 
on average almost two marriages per month.
 
The information recorded for each marriage is as follows:
 date
 groom 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
  civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 bride 
 family name
 Christian name
 year and ship of arrival
 civil status at time of marriage
 age at marriage
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
It should be pointed out that in the original register the only information recorded was; 
date, family name and Christian name of both bride and groom. Information in the register 
but not included here includes; the officiating minister, names of the witnesses to 
the marriage and who gave consent to the marriage (the father to colonial born brides 
and the governor to convicts). Interested readers are urged to consult the originals.
 
With regard to the grooms; the arrival details of a 24 remain unknown. There were 174 
convicts or former convicts, 8 were Marines or former Marines, 5 were New South Wales 
Corpsmen of former New South Wales Corpsmen, 4 came free.
 
Antoine L'Andre arrived as a French prisoner of war to help establish viticulture in 
the colony.
 
With regard to the brides; the arrival details of 18 remain unknown whilst Ann Knowland 
was a convict but her ship of arrival is unknown. There were 194 convicts or former convicts 
and 4 came free.
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish register. 
The sequencing of the reference numbers is not totally in order, making one wonder just how 
the register was compiled. 
 
The descendants of William Whiting claim he married Mary Smith in 1795 at Parramatta but 
there is no record of this marriage. Mary Smith is reputed to arrived on board the 'Pitt' 
in 1792 but in what capacity is unknown.
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name would be 
made on List 6 from which the date of marriage would be retrieved, secondly using the 
appropriate date, the marriage would then be located on this list.

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