Baptisms

“I know a very great public Sensation will be excited, should a Child die unbaptized, and Christian Burial refused to it on that Account.”
— Reverend Samuel Marsden

Browse a list of Female Factory baptisms registered in the parish of St. John’s, Parramatta.

Transcribed and compiled by Michaela Ann Cameron as a part of the St. John’s Online project.

Please note: In the 1820s, the St. John’s parish register did not explicitly identify most Factory-related baptisms. While other details that typically featured in verified Factory baptisms are present in these ambiguous entries and therefore strongly indicate that the child was residing at the Factory at the time of their baptism, such details in isolation are not automatic proof of a Factory baptism. Further research is required. Until then, these ambiguous baptisms are marked with an asterisk (*) to indicate they are “tentative inclusions.” This list is therefore a work in progress and is likely to be revised multiple times as further research prompts outright revision of some identities and clarification of those not yet identified. These revisions will be reflected in the “Version” number stated in the citation at the bottom of this page, beginning with “Version 1.0.”

A

ARDEN, Charles Joseph

B

BUTCHER, Elizabeth Ann*

BUTLER, Catherine

C

CAFFIN, Mary Ann Eliza*

CHAPMAN, Harriet Rosina

D

DAVIES, William Henry

DIXON, William Anthony

E

F

FITZPATRICK, Mary Ann

FORD, Elizabeth

FORRESTER, Elizabeth*

G

GALE, Ann Jane

GALE, Charles

GALVIN, William Joseph

GOLDSMITH, Eleanor Wood

H

HARRISON, Alexander William

HOLTON, Charles (aka George HOUGHTON)

HOPWOOD, Catherine

HOUGHTON, George (aka Charles HOLTON)

I

IRONS, James

ISAACS, Mary

J

K

KELLY, David

KERR, Eliza (aka Elizabeth MEARS)

L

LOVELL, Nathaniel (aka Louis LOVELL / Lewis LOVELL)

LOVELL, Louis (aka Nathaniel LOVELL / Lewis LOVELL)

LOWE, James

LUCAS, Alice

LUCAS, Susanna

LUCAS, William (aka John LUCAS)

LYONS, Charles (aka Charles TEMPLER)

LYONS, Eliza

LYONS, Mary Anne

M

McALISTER, Mary Anne

McALVINE, William

McCARTHY, William Andrew

McINTOSH, Eliza Sophia (aka MacINTOSH)

McINTOSH, Rebecca (aka MacINTOSH)

MAIDMENT, John (aka George MAIDMENT)

MANNING, Jane

MARSH, Harriet Louisa

MARTIN, Henry

MARTIN, William Charles

MASH, David

MATTHEWS, Ann

MATTHEWS, James*

MATTHEWS, Thomas Stephen

MEARS, Elizabeth (aka Eliza KERR)

N

O

P

PLAYER, John (or John PRATER)

POTTER, Thomas William

POWERS, Mary Ann

PRATER, John (or John PLAYER)

PRICE, Sarah Gannon

PRICE, Thomas

PYE, Ann

Q

QUIGGAN, John

R

ROBINSON, Elizabeth June

ROBINSON, Frances

ROBINSON, Isabella Ann

RUSSELL, Mary Anne Yeats

S

SHERVINGTON, Isabella

SMITH, Frances Elizabeth

T

TAYLOR, John

TAYLOR, Mary Ann

TAYLOR, William Charles

TEMPLER, Charles (aka Charles LYONS)

THOREZA, Alfred de la

U

UPTON, Elizabeth

V

[none recorded]

W

WATSON, Charles Isaac

WILLIAMS, John William

WOODFORD, William George

WREN, Mary Ann

WRIGHT, Lovine

X

[NO SURNAME], Ann Elizabeth (b. 1838)

[NO SURNAME], Catherine (b. 1838)

[NO SURNAME], Richard (b. 1840)

Y

YOUNG, Jane

YOUNG, Joseph

Z

ZEALEY, Anne

Citation

Michaela Ann Cameron, “Baptisms” (Version 1.0), Female Factory Online (2018), https://femalefactoryonline.org/baptisms/, accessed [insert current date]

Notes

Baptisms marked with a single asterisk (*) are tentative inclusions, because in the 1820s the parish register did not specifically record baptisms as “Factory” baptisms. While other details strongly indicate a probable Factory baptism, further research is required to confirm.

Baptisms marked with a double asterisk (**) were the children of Factory personnel. It is not always clear in such cases whether the children themselves resided at the Factory, or whether their only connection to the Factory was through a parent or both parents.

Sources

Michaela Ann Cameron (ed.), St. John’s Online (stjohnsonline.org, 2022)

Parish Baptism Register, Textual Records, St. John’s Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.