LIST 5 - BAPTISMS - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR

 
 
There were 446 baptisms performed at St Matthews Windsor during the decade, 
although 93 refer to children born before 1821, plus 25 performed after 
1830 for children born between the years 1821 and 1830. On average there was 
about one baptism performed per week 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 names of four were not recorded and the arrival 
details of a further sixteen remain unknown whilst in seven cases the ship 
of arrival remains unknown (5%).
 
Two hundred and sixteen were convicts or former convicts (48%), 32 were soldiers 
or former soldiers (7%), 93 came free (21%) and 113 were colonial born (25%).
 
With regard to the mothers; the names of eight were not recorded and the arrival 
details of twenty remain unknown (4%).
 
Eighty nine were convicts or former convicts (20%), 108 came free (24%) and 
258 were colonial born (58%).
 
Seventy nine (18%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There were eight duplicate entries.
 
Rev John Cross continued his chaplaincy until January 1828 when he was replaced 
by the Rev Elijah Smith who was the incumbent from January 1828 until December 
1828 when the Rev Joseph Docker took over for the rest of the decade. The 
Rev Thomas Hassall performed twelve baptisms in February 1824 and four in 
September 1825. The Rev Matthew Meares performed nine baptisms in October 1825 
and the Rev George Erskine performed four in December 1827. Rev Ralph Mansfield 
performed two in 1828.
 
Unlike most of the other churches St Matthew's register contained a full suite 
of information from the start of the decade. 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), residence of family, occupation of father and minister 
performing the ceremony.
 
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. 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. St Matthews did not re-initialize the numbering 
system when the new registers were issued in 1826. 
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SMW" 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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