| Description | Rough entries which were later entered into the final parish register.
Entries include the following identified during research in 2024 for the project 'Communities of Liberation. African peoples in London's East End 1567-1802':
Baptisms:
19 May 1782: John Julius Cesar, 'a Black Man son of King [and] Mary of Bonney on the Coast of Africa', aged 21 years
2 August 1782: John Thompson, 'a Black Man from New York' [United States of America], aged 30 years
16 August 1782: Amelia Raven, 'Black Woman from Virginia' [United States of America], aged 25 years
16 August 1782: Joseph Raven, 'a Black Boy from Virginia' [United States of America], aged 8 years
26 September 1782: Elizabeth Clark, 'a Black Woman', aged 21 years
2 October 1782: Moses Handley, 'a Black Man', aged 40 years
29 December 1782: Jane Elizabeth daughter of Paul Clark, mariner, and Elizabeth 'both Blacks' of Green Bank, aged 37 days
8 November 1782: William Thompson, 'a Black Man', aged 21 years
27 November 1782: Joseph Raven, 'a Black Man', aged 36 years
25 April 1787: John Davis, 'a Seaman and an African Black Man', aged about 23 years
21 August 1789: Margaret Walkaden, 'an adult from America', aged 27 'poor no dues'
Marriage:
9 January 1785 (Paid W. Young): George Adams, batchelor and Mary Susannah Pink, spinster, 23. Both of this Parish. 'A Black man'. Married 25 January 1785. 'Duty No. 4'
The book is not a complete record of all baptisms and marriages. Missing entries can be found in the final parish register at London Metropolitan Archives (reference code: P92/JN2). |