Mary Ann Aiken (abt. 1811 - 1817)

Born about 1811 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died Dec 1817 at about age 6 in Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Mary Aiken has African ancestry.

Descendant of John Randall, who was a First Fleet convict of African descent.

Descendant of John AIken, who was a Second Fleet convict of African descent.

Mary Aiken has Irish ancestors.

Mary Aiken was born in the Colony of New South Wales (1788-1900)

Mary Aiken died young.

Mary was born in 1811 to John Aiken and Frances Randall. She was baptised on 25 August 1811 at St Philips Church in Sydney, New South Wales. In the baptism register, her date of birth was recorded as 9 August 1811. However this date appears to be incorrect (see Research Notes below).^[1][2][3]

She passed away in December 1817 at the age of six. Her burial on 9 Dec 1817 was recorded in the register of St John's Church of England, Parramatta. Neither the name of her mother or father appear on her death certificate and there is no insight into the events leading to her death. ^[4][5]

Research Note

There is some conjecture about Mary Ann's date of birth 9 Aug 1811 because her sister Maria Aiken was born on 4 Dec 1811 to the same mother and father, according to her baptismal record at St Philips Church in Sydney on 10 May 1812.^{[6] [7]} Obviously it is impossible that the birthdays of the two sisters could be 9 Aug 1811 and 4 Dec 1811. The baptism dates are probably correct, from their placement in the register. There are 14 days between Mary Ann's birth and baptism, while for Maria it would appear to be 157 days. Logically it is reasonable to assume that Mary Ann's birth was incorrectly entered into the register by the minister, and was well before 9 Aug 1811.

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages - Birth Certificate 228/1811 V1811228 5 Name: AIKIN, MARY A Father: JOHN Mother: FRANCES District: not listed
2. ↑ Family Search, 2013. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981; cited on Ancestry.com. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 [database on-line]. Name: Mary Ann Aikin Gender: Female Baptism Age: 0 Birth Date: 9 Aug 1811 Birth Place: St. Philip, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Baptism Date: 25 Aug 1811 Residence Date: 1811 Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia Father: John Aikin Mother: Frances FHL Film Number: 993949
3. ↑ Register of St Philips Church of England, Sydney, Baptism of Mary Ann Aiken 25 August 1811, State Library of NSW ref: SAG Reel 90 (frame 194) checked 30 July 2023
4. ↑ New South Wales Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages - Death Certificate 1075/1817 V18171075 148 & 3890/1817 V18173890 2B Name: AIKIN, MARY (INFANT) Mother: not listed Father: not listed District: not listed.
5. ↑ Mary Aikin, aged 4(sic). Buried 9 Dec 1817 registered at St John's. Parramatta St. John's Anglican Church Parramatta Burial Register, Ancestry.com sharing link
6. ↑ Family Search, 2013 Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981. cited in Ancestry.com. Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 [database on-line]. Name: Maria Aikin Gender: Female Baptism Age: 0 Birth Date: 4 Dec 1811 Baptism Date: 10 May 1812 Baptism Place: St. Philip, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Residence Date: 1811 Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia Father: John Aikin Mother: Frances FHL Film Number: 993949
7. ↑ Register of St Philips Church of England, Sydney, Baptism of Maria Aiken 10 May 1812, State Library of NSW ref: SAG Reel 90 (frame 341) checked 30 July 2023

• Birth and Baptism - "Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTD3-GVY : 28 January 2020), Mary Ann Aikin, 1811.
• Link - https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/LZVG-FB5