Ann Baker

Level 75

iain Frazier on 24th April 2024

Family connections for Ann (Baker) are: BAKER Ann (Baker) was born about 1775. She was living at Cosford House of Industry Suffolk when she ran away at age about8 & embezzled goods of the Directors; she was sentenced to 3years at Cosford. She ran away again & was tried at age10 at Bury St Edmonds General Quarter Sessions Suffolk on 10 10 1785, sentenced to 7years, held at Lavenham Bridewell & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship NEPTUNE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. She married John (Boxley perhaps his first marriage) on 24 4 1792 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She died on 23/24 10 1804 age29 at Brickfields after severe stomach pain & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] John (Boxley) was born on 16/30 9 1759 & became a basketmaker. He was tried on his own for highway robbery w/3others, on 12 9 1786, of basket of clothes from Elizabeth (Monk)at Old Bailey in October 1786, sentenced to death reprieved to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & Newgate Gaol & arrived in NSW as a cobvict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate; he was short thickset long nose smallpox pitted skin. His Conditional Pardon was issued by 1800 & he purchased 30acres near Sydney on which he prodruced grains. He was living at Brickfields with his family in 1804. By 1806 he had sold his farm & was working as basketmaker. He is recorded in 1814 as basketmaker at Sydney with his daughter.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

Level 221

D Wong on 25th January 2016

Ann was one of the earliest inmates of the Cosford Union Workhouse which started in 1780. 1783: Ann was tried for running away from the Cosford Workhouse and embezzling the goods of the directors – sentenced to 3 years hard labour and sent back to Cosford. Ann was estimated to be about 8 years old. After running away again she was sentenced to 7 years transportation and confined to Lavenham Bridewell until 1789. Ann arrived per ‘Neptune’ and would have been about 15 years old, with about 2 years to serve on her sentence. 24/4/1792: Married John Boxley (Scarborough) and had 3 children – Francis 1795-1876, Mary Ann 1799-1856 and John 1802-1802. 23/10/1804: Ann's death was registered at St. Phillip's, leaving her husband John BOXLEY to care for 8 year old Francis and 5 year old Mary Ann. By 1806, Boxley had sold the farm to a Mr. LAYCOCK and was working as a basket maker. 28/10/1804 Sydney Gazette: On Sunday the wife of Thomas Boxley, of the Brickfields, was suddenly seized with a violent pain in the stomach, and observing to her husband that she thought she was struck with death, requested his endeavouring to procure medical assistance; but expired in a few minutes after. (The report states Thomas but it was definitely John). John Boxley died 20/11/18916.

Level 4

Kay Tyler on 25th January 2016

The Ipswich journal,Saturday, October 11 1785: at the General Quarter Sessions held at Bury St Edmund's on Monday last ANN BAKER was committed for running away from the Gosford House of industry, being Judged as an incorrigible rouge, was ordered to be transported for 7.Ann Baker was tried an convicted on 10 Oct 1785. She would have been about 10 years old