Date of Conviction: 21/03/1807

Age at Conviction: 21

Crime Convicted of: Uttering Forged Notes

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Assizes (held at Lancaster Castle)

Sentence Length: Life

Ship Transported on: Aeolus

Where Arrived: Port Jackson, New South Wales

Departure Date: 02/07/1808

Arrival Date: 26/01/1809

Biography: Ann had 32 forged £1 notes in her possession at Ardwick, Manchester and uttered one of these there. She received a death sentence which was commuted to life transportation.

Ann received a full pardon in May 1810.

It isn’t easy to see what happened to Ann after this time though there is a record for an Ann Neale/Neil on Aeolus who was in a common law relationship with Edward Neal/Neil (Atlas) at Parramatta, no marriage record but marked as widowed by 1821; this same Ann is marked as a free woman on the 1811 muster.