Anne Clerk

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iain Frazier on 14th December 2025

Family cnnections for Ann/e (Clerk) are: Amendment made Feb 2026. CLERK/CLARK Ann/e (Clark/Murphy) was born about 1764. She was tried at Queens co. Ireland in 1790 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 9 1791 after a voyage of 6months on QUEEN. She married James (Woodham his first marriage) on 12 8 1792 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She died on 22 9 1795 age31 & was buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this Website] James (Woodham) was born about 1763 at Marshfield Gloucetershire. He was tried w/his brother Edward for Highway robbery of gold coins etc, on 11 5 1796 at Sudbury, of Robert (Weaver) & also William (Fowler) at Gloucester Assizes on 16 8 1786, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held on hulk CERES from 2 4 1787 at Woolwich Thames & Langstone Harbour Portsmouth & arrived in NSW as a convict on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 5months on Fleet ship SURPRIZE; he was described as an incorrigible villain. He was Free by Servitude by 1799 & had a second relationship with Ann (Ryan her second relationship [Smee shows her name as (Regan)]). He died on 6 12 1808 age45 father of 2known children & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Noted a James (Woodham) convict is recorded as dying on 25 10 1802 & buried at St Johns CofE Parramatta] [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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Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th February 2025

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Name Anne Clerk [Anne Murphy] Age 27 Date of Conviction 1790 Place of Conviction Queens County Estimated Birth Year abt 1763 Vessel Queen Port of Arrival New South Wales Date of Arrival 26 Sep. 1791 © 2006-2025 Ancestry