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Ann Bennett was transported on the Harmony, departing 12th May 1827 and arriving 27th Sep 1827 with 80 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Old Bailey - online. Ancestry. England & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/33, page 14. State Records NSW (Butts of COF, NRS 12210, Archive Roll 993). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 178 |
| 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
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ann Bennett Theft: Grand Larceny 15th February 1827 720. ANN BENNETT was indicted for stealing, on the 10th of February , 1 pelisse, value 1l. , the goods of Hannah Simpkin , spinster . HANNAH SIMPKIN. I am single, and live at No. 37, Cromer-street . This pelisse hung in my room, which is on the first floor. On the 10th of February the prisoner, who was a stranger, came to the room, and asked for a lodging for her sister; I agreed to take her sister at 2s. a week; I saw the pelisse when she came in; she had told me to go to a house in Euston-square, to clean it; when I got there, I found it was all a trick; when I returned she was gone, and I missed the pelisse - I went out, and saw her crossing Skinner-street, and took it from her. SARAH SIMPKIN . I am the prosecutrix's mother - the prisoner came and inquired for a lodging for her sister; when my daughter had gone some time, she went away; I left her in the room. WILLIAM COLLIER . I took her in charge.(Property produced and sworn to.) GUILTY . Aged 17. Transported for Seven Years. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18270215-227 Certificate of Freedom https://records-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1e5kcq1/INDEX303888
Criminal Register: Offence Larceny Convict Index 1788-1868: Year of Birth 1809, Single Certificate of Freedom No. 34/716 dated 3 June 1834, Prisoner No. 27/2221, Year of Birth 1809, Trade Servant, Native Place London, Offence Stealing Cloak, Trial 15 Feb. 1827, Remarks: Wife of John Glover of Parramatta
After her sentence she boarded a fishing boat to Melbourne as a primary settler and one of only two women to explore the new Victorian cove. She was believed to have unofficially wed a man last name, Condon in Melbourne. Believed to be the first union in the new settlement.