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Voyage
Transportation
Ann Archer was transported on the Indispensible, departing 30th Sep 1795 and arriving 30th Apr 1796 with 134 passengers.
Indispensible (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 206 --Convict Indents & Ship Musters 1788-1812 & 1813-1828 -- Census &c: NSW Settlers' Muster Book 1801 - List 3 -- Census &c: NSW Female Muster 1806 -- Census &c: NSW General Muster 1806 -- Census &c: NSW General Muster 1822 - Church Register: NSW Parramatta St John CE Marriage - NSW BDM |
| 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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"Ann Archer is my 6th Great Grandmother"
"My 5th Great Grandmother"
"5x great grandmother"
"Ann is my 5th great grandmother"
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Convict Notes
Ann Archer had child George Cox b 1 May 1805 d 26 Nov 1820, father George Cox (Royal Admiral). Ann obtained her ticket of leave (1814 Muster) and returned to live with her son John Bailey at The Glen' St Albans. She is buried at the family cemetery with a headstone for Nancy Archy.
Marriage 156/1797 V1797156 147A BAILEYWILLIAM ARCHER ANN - 1797 Jan William Bailey, Residence: Parramatta signed: Signed X Ann Archer, Signed X; Married: 3 Jan 1797 Registered at St Johns Church of England, Parramatta by Banns Samuel Marsden, Witness: Joseph Ordary, Signed X; Witness: Sarah Williamson, Signed X
1822 Sep Ann Archer Free by Servitude; Employment: Servant to Mr Cox Windsor
Ann Archer Arrived 1796 per Ship Indispensable; Born: 1765c, Died: 1846 Died at Macdonald River NSW
1806 Aug Ann Archer Employment: Housekeeper; Lives with John Cox.
1806 Aug Anne Archer, Arrived per ship Indispensable Marriage Status: Concubine; Original Remarks: 3 male natural children
1801 Jul Ann Archer, Arrived per ship Indispensable Residence: Parramatta With W Bailey, Stores: Off Stores
Tried: 15 Apr 1795, at Justice Hall, Old Bailey, London, Middlesex Sentence: 7 years, Arrived per Indispensable 30 Apr 1796, at Sydney Delivery of Kings Gaol of Newgate
ANN ARCHER. Theft: housebreaking. 16th April 1795- Ref Number-t17950416-44 203. ANN ARCHER was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling house of Peter Exton , Lydia his wife, and Mary Perry , spinster, being therein, on the 21st of February , and feloniously stealing therein nine silk handkerchiefs, value 20s. the goods of the said Peter Exton . PETER EXTON sworn.Q. Where do you live? - In Brick-lane, Spitalfields . Q. Have you a house there? - Yes. Q. Have you a house all to yourself? - I have got two lodgers. I pay the rent of the house. Q. Do you know of any thing being lost? - Not one rush; I know nothing but the property. MARY PERRY sworn.Q. Where do you live? - No. 10, Brick-lane, Mr. Exton's is No. 7. I was at Mr. Exton's on the 21st of February, about five o'clock in the afternoon. Q. Who did you find at the house when you was there? - Mr. Exton's wife. I was in Mr. Exton's shop. Q. What shop does Mr. Exton keep? - A haberdasher 's. Q. Was Mrs. Exton there at the same time? - She was in the back parlour, joining the shop; the prisoner came to the window; she did not come in; she looked at it for some time; she struck at the window, but did not break the first time; she struck it with her fist. Q. How near were you to the window at the time? - Behind the counter, being near the window. Q. She could see you through? - She did see me. She then went away; I then went to the door and looked at her; she got about three door off as I got to the door; she looked at me very earnestly indeed. Q. You said nothing to her? - No. In about ten minutes afterwards I heard the break of the glass. Q. You returned to the shop again? - Yes. Q. Had you seen any body again before you heard the glass break? - No, I had not. Q. You heard the window break? - Yes, and I looked, and I missed a piece of silk handkerchiefs from it. Q. Did you see them taken out of the window? - No, I did not. Q. Whereabouts where these laying, how near to the window? - On a board that lay slanting at the window. Q. Were they within the reach of a person's arm from the window? - Yes. Q. Was the pane entirely broke, or only a small part of it? - Entirely broke. Q. Did you miss any thing? - No. I went to the door, and I see the woman running; I cried out, stop thief, and she was taken with the handkerchiefs on her.Q. Did you see her stopped? - Yes. Q. How far from the door? - I look upon it to be about one hundred yards. Q. You did not lose sight of her till she was stopped? - No. Q. Was she brought back to the shop? - Yes. The handkerchiefs were found on her; we had not dropped them. Q. You see them found? - Yes, they are here.Q. What did she say? - I did not hear her say any thing. Q. Now you are very sure that she is the woman that first struck the window? - Yes, she is. Q. Had you ever seen her before that you know of? - Not before that evening. Q. What was done with the handkerchiefs? - They were taken to the Police Office; from there they were delivered to Mr. Yorke the person who took her. THOMAS YORKE sworn.On the 21st of February last, about five o'clock in the evening, I was standing in my own shop, and I heard the cry of stop thief. Q. How near is your shop to Mr. Exton's-Mine is No. 11 and his is No. 7. I went to the door, and I saw the prisoner at the bar running about the space of ten yards past my house; I ran and I overtook her, and I found this piece of handkerchiefs. Q. Which way was she running? - From Mr. Exton's shop towards Spitalfields church. I suppose she might run about seventy or eighty yards before I took her. I asked her where she got these handkerchiefs from? Q. Were had she them when you stopped her? - Right open in her hand as I have got them now. I took them from her. She gave me no answer. I brought her back to the house; Mr. Exton was not within. I took her down to the office and she seemed to think very slight of it. She told me she knew who did it but she would never tell; but she told the magistrate afterwards that a woman persuaded her to break the glass. Q. I suppose her examination was taken in writing, in course before the magistrate? - Yes, it was. Q. What did you do with the handkerchiefs? - Kept them in my possession.(The handkerchiefs produced.) Prosecutor. They are mine, I know them by the shop mark on them, marked to sell for five shillings and sixpence a piece. Q. To Perry. Though you heard the window break you did not see any hand put in? - No, I did not. Prisoner. I had been to Windfield-street, to an acquaintance of mine, and as I was coming home crossing Bricklane I see these handkerchiefs, lay and I picked them up, and I carried them along open in my hand, to see if any body would own them. GUILTY, Of stealing but not of breaking and entering the dwelling house . (Aged 30.) Transported for seven years .Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron THOMPSON.