Date of Conviction: 22/01/1813

Age at Conviction: 26

Crime Convicted of: Theft of Clothing

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Emu and then Broxbornebury

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 11/11/1812

Arrival Date: 28/07/1814

Biography: Like all the women onboard the Emu, she was repatriated back to Woolwich after the ship had been captured at Cape Verde. The women were later put onboard the Broxbornebury which transported them to Australia, collectively resulting in the longest duration voyage for a convict.

Ann was a cotton spinner of Manchester and had already served a 12 month jail sentence in 1808. Before setting sail, she (and the other women about to leave Lancaster Castle, was provided with shoes, shifts, stockings, a petticoat, handkerchiefs and a jacket or gown. After initially being held at the Parramatta female factory upon arrival she was employed as a housekeeper. In 1819, Ann and Patrick Flynn had a child who died of convulsions at just two months old. By 1822, Ann was now free by servitude. In 1823 she had another child with free man, Edward Holt and they lived together as a family for several years. She died at the Parramatta female factory hospital in 1829 after a long illness and treatment in the infirmary for heart failure (listed as ‘hydrops’ (dropsy)). She is buried in St Johns Cemetery, Parramatta.