LIST 47 - MARRIAGES - ST PETERS EAST MAITLAND

 
 
The first marriage was performed at St Peters on the 23rd February 1828 
by the Rev Frederick Wilkinson. Up until the end of 1830 only seven marriages 
were performed at St Peters, all officiated by the Rev Wilkinson.
 
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
 consent given by
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
In the original register the standard information recorded was; date, family 
name and Christian name of both bride and groom, by whom consent given and 
the officiating minister. Information in the register but not included here 
includes; names of the witnesses to the marriage.
 
No additional information was recorded in the church register but from the 
"consent given" field one can make an educated guess at the civil status of 
the parties; convicts when it was the "governor", free persons when it was 
"friends" and colonial born when it was "parents". 
 
As explained above the age at marriage is a derived figure.
 
This parish was split off from Christ Church Newcastle in 1828 and covered 
the areas of Maitland, Black Creek, Bulwarra, Clifden, Hinton, Morpeth 
and the Hunter region generally. The Reverend Frederick Wilkinson continued 
to cover both parishes. 
 
The reference number would direct the reader to the entry in the original parish 
register. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 27 or 28 using code "SPEM" 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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