LIST 55 - BURIALS - ST MATTHEWS WINDSOR

 
 
There were 408 burials performed at St Matthews during this decade. There 
was on average almost one burial each week. 
 
The information recorded for each burial is as follows:
 burial date
  death date
 Christian name
 family name
 age
 abode
 civil status at time of death
 year and ship of arrival
 comments
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
Various miscellaneous remarks in the register have been recorded as 'end-notes' 
at the bottom of the list. Happily for the historian these notes are quite 
extensive in many cases.
 
The burials are listed in chronological order.
 
The Rev John Cross continued his chaplaincy until January 1828 when he was 
replaced by the Rev Elijah Smith who was the incumbent until December 
1828 when the Rev Joseph Docker took over for the rest of the decade. The Rev 
Matthew Meares performed three burials in 1825, the Rev Charles Wilton performed 
one in 1829 and the Roman Catholics performed two in 1830.
 
The information recorded in the register included; name, date of death, age, 
abode, status (free, convict, came free & free - came to the colony a convict) 
and ship of arrival with the occasional cause of death. In January 1826 with 
the introduction of the new pre-printed forms the date of death and status upon 
arrival were no longer recorded but the deceased's occupation was recorded and 
in the case of minors often the occupation of the father. Women had recorded 
whether; single, married or widowed. 
 
For the colonial born their year of birth and parents names are recorded in 
the ship of arrival column.
 
The burial of Sarah Kirk in January 1826 is a duplicate of that in St James 
Pitt Town.
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the relevant entry in the 
original source document. The numbering system  was re-initialized in 1826 with 
the introduction of the new printed registers. 
 
The reference numbers for St Matthews Windsor continued from the previous 
decade starting at 343 and run until 548 at the end of 1825. Re-initialized 
in 1826 the numbers run from B001 to B202 at the end of the decade. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on List 52 using code "SMW" from which the date of burial would 
be retrieved, secondly using the appropriate date, the burial would then 
be located on this list.

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