Date of Conviction: 19/07/1824

Age at Conviction: 22

Crime Convicted of: Theft From The Person

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

Sentence Length: 14 Years

Ship Transported on: Midas

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 22/07/1825

Arrival Date: 17/12/1825

Biography: Born at Poole, Dorset or on the Isle of Wight; Ann, a single woman had a sallow complexion, brown eyes, dark brown hair, a large scar in the left corner of her mouth, two scars on her forehead, pierced ears and had served two past terms of imprisonment at Salford. Ann had stolen a watch belonging to a Benjamin Barnett.

In 1827, Ann applied for permission to marry Samuel Taylor (ship- Mangles) but this was refused as she was noted as having a husband at Dublin. Between 1830 and 1834, Ann, now a dressmaker, spent numerous occasions in the 3rd class of the female factory for refusing to work with one such conversation in 1832 on the day of her release from the factory between her (described as a bouncing damsel by the newspaper) and her mistress going thus:

“Ann get the dinner ready”. “Oh no, indeed, not I. I’m going to get ready for a husband. I’ve lived long enough in single blessedness. It won’t do any longer. I’m off”. To which she left. The husband she was trying to marry that year was Jeremiah Rydon (ship- Shipley) but again permission was refused as Ann was supposedly already married.

In 1837, she was employed by J.Campbell at Parramatta and finally that year Ann (declared a widow) was given permission to marry free settler Charles Walmsley at All Saints Church, Sutton Forest. She signed her own name.