New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839

Source Information

Ancestry.com. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013.
Original data:
  • New South Wales Government. Colonial Secretary. Returns of applications for the publication of banns, 1828–41. Main series of letters received, NRS 905. The State Records Authority of New South Wales, Kingswood, New South Wales, Australia.

    • © the Crown in right of the State of New South Wales and is used under licence with the permission of the State Records Authority. The State of New South Wales gives no warranty regarding the data's accuracy, completeness, currency or suitability for any particular purpose.

    About New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839

    During these early years of New South Wales history, convicts wishing to marry needed to seek official permission. This collection includes returns listing details from applications to publish banns from the Church of England for parts of New South Wales for the years 1829–1830 and 1838–1839.

    The return forms vary but can provide the following details:

    • name
    • age
    • status (widower, widow, bachelor, or spinster)
    • ship and year of arrival
    • sentence
    • free or bond
    • present service
    • character
    • result of the application

    This collection includes documents from the following Church of England districts or clergymen:

    • Narellan & Kirkham, Liverpool, St. James Sydney, Campbelltown, Windsor & Richmond, Bathurst, Castlereagh, Wilberforce, Parramatta, St. Philips Sydney, Newcastle, 1828
    • Liverpool, Pitt Town, Sackville Reach & Wilberforce, Lower Hawkesbury, St. Philips Sydney, Parramatta, Newcastle, Castlereagh, St. James Sydney, Port Macquarie, 1829
    • St. James Sydney, Brisbane Water, Parramatta, Field of Mars, 1829
    • Windsor & Richmond, Lower Hawkesbury, Narellan, Newcastle, Sutton Forest, Bathurst, 1829
    • Campbelltown, St. Philips Sydney, 1829
    • Bathurst, 1830
    • Campbelltown, 1830
    • Castlereagh, 1830
    • Field of Mars, 1830
    • Liverpool, 1830
    • Lower Hawkesbury, 1830
    • Maitland, 1830
    • Narellan, 1830
    • Newcastle, 1830
    • Parramatta, 1830
    • Port Macquarie, 1830
    • Sutton Forest, 1830
    • St. James, Sydney, 1830
    • St. Philips, Sydney, 1830
    • Wilberforce, 1830
    • Bathurst, 1838
    • Brisbane Water, 1838
    • Campbelltown, 1838
    • Castlereagh, 1838
    • Field of Mars, 1838
    • Goulburn, 1838
    • Hinton, 1838
    • Liverpool, 1838
    • Maitland (includes return for Patricks Plains), 1838
    • Mulgoa, 1838
    • Narellan, 1838
    • Newcastle, 1838
    • Parramatta, 1838
    • Pitt Town & Sackville Reach, 1838
    • Port Macquarie, 1838
    • Sutton Forest, 1838
    • Sydney, St. James, 1838
    • Sydney, St. Laurence, 1838
    • Sydney, St. Philips, 1838
    • West Maitland and district, 1838
    • Windsor & Richmond, 1838
    • Wollongong, 1838
    • Rev. Anderson (Invermein), 1839
    • Rev. Bobart (Parramatta), 1839
    • Rev. Bolton (Patricks Plains), 1839
    • Rev. Brigstocke (Yass), 1839
    • Rev. Cowper (St. Philips Sydney, Port Stephens), 1839
    • Rev. Cross (Port Macquarie), 1839
    • Rev. Dicken (St. Laurence, Sydney), 1839
    • Rev. Duffus (Liverpool), 1839
    • Rev. Forrest (Campbelltown), 1839
    • Rev. Keane (Pitt Town), 1839
    • Rev. Makinson (Mulgoa), 1839
    • Rev. Middleton (Hinton & Butterwick), 1839
    • Rev. Rusden (East Maitland), 1839
    • Rev. E Smith (Queanbeyan, Campbelltown), 1839
    • Rev. Stack (West Maitland), 1839
    • Rev. Steele (Cooks River), 1839
    • Rev. Troughton (Parramatta), 1839
    • Rev. Vincent (Sutton Forest), 1839
    • Rev. Walsh (St. Laurence, Sydney), 1839
    • Rev. Wilkinson (Stonequarry), 1839
    • Rev. Woodd (St. James, Sydney), 1839