Ann Beer

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iain Frazier on 14th June 2024

Family connections for Ann (Beer) are: Some amendments added Jun 2025. BEER ??? (Beer) & ??? (???) produced perhaps 2children: 1.Ann (Beer/Beard) was born on 1 9 1782 & baptised in Denton Kent & became a house servant. She was tried for larceny at Kent Assizes on 15 3 1797, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her sister Elizabeth on 18 7 1798 after a voyage of 6months on BRITANNIA. She is recorded in 1806 with her first (1of4) relationship - John (Coker).>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..John (Coker) was with the army corps. He returned to UK in 1810. ..Ann (Beer) & John (Coker) produced 1child: ..1.??? (Coker) .. >>>Ann (Beer) had a second (2of4) relationship with Edward (Ewing his first relationship) & produced 1child. She was Free by Servitude by 1809.>>> ..Edward (Ewing) arrived in Australia as a seaman in 1806 on AURORA. He left Sydney to go whaling. He as Edward (Ewens/Eans) had a second relationship with Sarah (Davis perhaps her first relationship); he is recorded as her husband in 1825. He produced 1known child in his lifetime.] ..Details of Edward (Ewens/Eans) family are given in entry for Sarah (Davis MINSTREL 1812) on this Website. .. >>>Ann (Beer/Beard), emancipist, married thirdly (3of4) John (O'Donnell/O'Donald) labourer on 26 3 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She is recorded in 1814 with her family.>>> ..John (O'Donnell/O'Donald) was born about 1784 & became a bootmaker. He was tried w/2others for breaking entering, on 29 8 1806, & stealing money of Jonathan (Kendall) & Walter (Shepherd) at Old Bailey, sentenced to death commuted to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 20 12 1808 after a voyage of 5months on ADMIRAL GAMBIER. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom 5/1264 in November 1813; he was 5'6.5" good looking dark complexion black hair dark brown eyes. He is recorded in 1814 with his family as shoemaker. He died on 12 2 1815 age31. ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..Details of John (O'Donnell/O'Donald)s family are given in entry for John (O'Donnell ADMIRAL GAMBIER 1808) on this Website. .. >>>Ann (Beer) had a fourth relationship with Thomas (Johnston). She is recorded in 1828 housekeeper for Thomas (Johnstone) with 1child at Portland Head. After her spouse died she lived with daughter Hannah. She died on 1 6 1875 age92 mother of 5known children. ..Thomas (Johnstone) arrived in NSW as a convict on 16 7 1820 after a voyage of 4months on NEPTUNE; he was Protestant. He was recorded as a settler in 1822. He is recorded in 1828 Free by Servitude farmer 43acres at Portland Head with Ann (Beer) & 1child. ..Thomas (Johnston) does not have an entry on this Website as yet-added by me. ..Ann (Beard) & Thomas (Johnston) produced 1child: ..1.Thomas (Johnston) was born on 25 6 1821 & baptised on 11 3 1822 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He is recorded in 1828 with his parents at Portland Head; he was Protestant ..[Noted a Sarah (Johnston) is recorded as born to Thomas (Johnston) & Mary Ann (???) on 2 12 1829 & baptised on 3 1 1830 at St James CofE Sydney] .. 2.Elizabeth (Beer) was born about 1779 or on 28 6 1788. She was tried for larceny at Kent Assizes on 15 3 1797 (only this date potentially links her to the same crime as her sister) at Kent Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict with her sister Ann on 18 7 1798 after a voyage of 6months on BRITANNIA. She, as Elizabeth (Bear) is recorded as dying on on 16/18 1 1799 age20 & buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..[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.

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jennifer burgess on 1st December 2021

Ann was baptised in Denton Kent. The 1806 Muster shows Ann living with Coker at Parramatta. She had one female child, never baptised and no known death. John Coker was in the Army Corps and left the colony in 1810. Ann had Elizabeth Ewing with partner Edward Ewing in 1809. He left to go whaling. Husband John O'Donald died 4 days before daughter Hannah's baptism. Ann lived with her daughter Hannah after Thomas Johnston died. There is no marriage for Ann and Thomas and family would have presumed she had married hence the name Johnston on her headstone.

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Ellen Spiro on 15th April 2021

This is Ann BEER not Ann Beard. SHe has been CONFUSED with two (2) Ann Beards (1) transported "HARMONY" departing 9th Sep 1828 & arriving 14 January 1829 for Breaking, entering & stealing = 14 yrs. Isle of Man Gaol delivery. AND (2) Ann Beard, born Edinburgh, transported on "HINDOSTAN" for 10 years. Old Bailey Court Date: 4 March 1839 Transported = 10 yrs. Date of Arrival: 14 January 1839 aged 33yrs. Crime: stealing money. Married James Humphries 1843 Tasmania..

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Denis Pember on 28th March 2016

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 46... [Ref B0779] Beard, Ann age 47 free by servitude, Britannia 1797 7 years, housekeeper to Thomas Johnstone of Portland Head. and Page 211... [Ref J0560] Johnstone, Thomas, 58, free by servitude, Neptune, 1790, 7 years, Protestant, Farmer, Lower Portland Head. 43 acres, 25 cleared, 20 cultivated, 4 horses, 1 cow. [Ref J0561] Johnstone, Thomas (Jun), 7, born in the colony, Protestant.

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Denis Pember on 28th March 2016

Muster Records: 1802... [Ref 6186] Ann Beer, Britannia, Off Stores, 2 children Off Stores. Wife to John O'Donnell. [Ref 4619] John O'Donnell, Admiral Gambier, Off Stores. Shoemaker.

ref;norfolk island and its first settlement.by raymond nobbs. ann beer. ship=britannia.arrived N.I ? departed before jan 1799. convict. --chez

Ann Beer was Ann Beard, she married John O'Donnell/O'Donald in 1810in NSW.V181091 5/1810 . They had 2 daughters, Mary Ann & Hannah. Ann Beard then lived with Thomas Johnson. Ann had a son Thomas to Thomas Johnson. Ann died @ Mcdonald River NSW in 1875. She was known as Ann Johnson when she died.

Ann was convicted at Kent Assizes on 15th March, 1797.