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Transportation
Ann Adams was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 28th Mar 1840 and arriving 13th Jul 1840 with 214 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 177 (90) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
This could possibly be her? Name is recorded as Jane, not Ann. West Kent Quarter Sessions Jane Adams, for stealing a watch of John Grainger, on board a brig lying in the Medway.—Transported ten years. West Kent Guardian, 11 Jan 1840.
PARRAMATTA. INQUEST.-An inquest was held at Hunter's Hill, at the Clothier's Arms, kept by Mr Stephen Face, on Tuesday last, before Mr. C. B. Lyons, coroner for the district, on view of the body of Ann Cutts, then and there lying dead. The subject of this enquiry added another victim to the awful crime of intemperance. From the evidence of Mr. Patrick Neville, landholder, who resided next door to the late residence of deceased, it appears that on Sunday evening about eight o'clock, Charles Cutts, the deceased husband went to the house of Mr. Neville and said his wife was dead ; witness had heard of deceased, having a fit a little time before, and knowing she was subject to fits, did not think much of it, but went with Cutts to see deceased, and did not think she was dead ; witness's wife followed and remained ; deceased never spoke ; witness knew she had been drinking to excess for many days before her death ; he had seen her walking up the road an hour and a-half before she died. Her husband was always very kind to her, and to his (witness's) own knowledge there had been no fighting or quarrelling. The wife of the last witness confirmed the statement made by Mr. Neville, and stated that some time ago there had been a difference betwixt Cutts and his wife about drink, but finding he could not restrain her, he had let her have pretty well her own way, and was very kind to her, pitying her being afflicted with fits,—but for some months passed there had been no disagreement. Dr. Rutter, stated that he had examined the body of deceased, and had heard the foregoing evidence ; had also heard certain facts from the deceased's neighbours, and found that about ten months since, the deceased had an attack of apoplexy, which terminated in effusion upon the brain, and paralysis ; and that she had indulged in habits of intemperance from that time up to the day previous to her decease ; and from the evidence of the previous witnesses, he was induced to believe that another attack of apoplexy took place on the day of her death, and that she died in consequence. There was no doubt that intemperance was the cause of the attack of apoplexy which resulted in death. The jury returned a verdict that Ann Cutts came to her death by apoplexy produced by intemperance. Sydney Morning Herald, 25 Dec 1852.
NSW BDMs Marriages 140/1843 V1843140 83 CUTTS CHARLE SADAMS ANN IB (Wesleyan Methodist Field of Mars, Parramatta)
New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 1810-1814, 1827-1867 (NRS 12210) Butts of Certificates of Freedom 1850 April 25. No 50/192. Tried 2/1/1840. 4' 11 1/2" ruddy and freckled complexion, sandy to red hair and hazel eyes New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 1843/10/2 Ann Adams 27 Bond (10yrs) per ship Surrey to marry Charles Cutts 54 Free (5yrs) per ship Mariner. Rev E Sweetman Parramatta