Date of Conviction: 27/04/1803

Age at Conviction: 27

Crime Convicted of: Theft

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

Sentence Length: Life

Ship Transported on: Experiment

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 02/01/1804

Arrival Date: 12/06/1804

Biography: Ann was a single woman of Manchester; she had stolen calico and clothing. The year Ann arrived, she married Thomas Lisson (now free) at St Johns, Parramatta, the marriage was witnessed by Thomas’ mother Hannah who had been transported the year before her son and they farmed at Cornwallis. They would go on to have seven children together.They suffered a devastating flood on their farm in 1806, losing their property, much of their livestock and crops. In 1808, Thomas was convicted of receiving stolen goods and received a 14 year transportation sentence. Ann gave up on her marriage and eventually in 1815 formed a relationship with free man Isaac Garrick/Gorrick (Isaac had been deserted by his wife so neither party could remarry), who farmed and ran an inn at Wilberforce, going on to have a further three children with him. Ann, Isaac and five sons and four daughters can be seen on the 1825 muster. Her ex-husband Thomas, once freed, lived and had children with Ann Thornley, a fellow Mancunian convict. Ann bought up large amounts of land around the Hawkesbury River in 1839/1840, witnessed by her son Jacob for farming. Ann died in 1860 at Wilberforce and unlike many of the female convicts, has a grave stone in the cemetery there (under the name Ann Gorrick).