LIST 39 - MARRIAGES - ST THOMAS PORT MACQUARIE

 
 
The first marriage was performed at St Thomas on the 17th May 1824 by the 
Reverend Thomas Hassall. There were only twelve marriages performed at St 
Thomas up until the end of 1830.
 
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
 officiating minister
 reference number
 
The marriages are listed in chronological order.
 
The settlement at Port Macquarie was founded in 1824. The Rev Hassall 
performed only nine marriages up to 1826 which suggests that he may only have 
been a visiting chaplain.
 
There was then a gap until 1829 when the Rev John Cross performed two marriages 
in 1829 and one in 1830.
 
In the original register the standard information recorded was; date, family 
name and Christian name of both bride and groom, civil status and the 
officiating minister. Information in the register but not included here 
includes; names of the witnesses to the marriage.
 
For the entries in 1824 the Rev Hassall interestingly recorded for the convicts 
at least, the ship and date that brought them to Port Macquarie, thereafter, 
the ship that brought them to the colony.
 
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. 
 
To locate an entry on this list; firstly an alphabetical search on the name 
would be made on Lists 27 or 28 using code "STPM" 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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