LIST 19 - BAPTISMS - ST PAULS COBBITTY

 
 
St Pauls Cobbitty was founded in 1827 along with All Saints Sutton Forest 
becoming the 18th Church of England parish established in the colony. 
There were 93 baptisms performed during the years 1827 to 1830, although 2 
refer to children born before 1821, plus 18 performed after 1830 for children 
born between the years 1821 and 1830. On average there were about two baptisms 
performed per month 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 six remain unknown whilst 
in three cases the ship of arrival remains unknown (8%).
 
Sixty were convicts or former convicts (54%), one was a soldier or former 
soldier (1%), 36 came free (32%) and 8 were colonial born (7%).
 
With regard to the mothers; the names of four were not recorded and the arrival 
details of five remain unknown whilst in one case the ship of arrival remains 
unknown (8%).
 
Thirty were convicts or former convicts (26%), 41 came free (36%) and 35 were 
colonial born (31%).
 
Fifteen (13%) of the births were illegitimate.
 
There was one duplicate entry.
 
The Rev Thomas Hassall was appointed as the first chaplain to the new parish 
of St Pauls Cobbitty, performing the first baptism on the 1st April 1827. At 
the same time he covered the districts of Cook, Mulgoa, South Creek, Cabramatta, 
Camden, Goulburn Plains, Bong Bong and Inverary. He was replaced in 1832 by 
the Rev John Vincent.
 
Rev Hassall preferred his father-in-law Rev Samuel Marsden to baptize his 
own children in 1827,1829,1831. Rev Marsden also performed two other baptisms 
in June 1829.
 
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 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.
 
Entries on this list have the reference identifier "SPCO" 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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