Convict Ann Harper - Convict Records

Summary

Born

Jan 1772

Conviction

Unknown

Departure

May 1789

Arrival

Jun 1790

Death

Sep 1842

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Personal Information

Name: Ann Harper

Gender: Female

Born: 1st Jan 1772

Death: 10th Sep 1842

Age at death: 70

Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Crime: Unknown

Convicted at: Somerset, Bristol Assizes

Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 31st May 1789

Ship: Lady Juliana

Arrival: 3rd Jun 1790

Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Ann Harper was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.

Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.

Lady Juliana

References

Primary Source

http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/confem4.html

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Convict Notes

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on 27th May 2019

Ann Harper arrived in NSW on 3 June 1790 per 'Lady Juliana'. Ann had been convicted in 1788. She had been selling grapes on Bristol Bridge with Alice Fidoe and Elizabeth Seine on 24 Sep 1787 when Margaret Williams (age 13) told them she knew where they could steal some silver in a house across the draw-bridge. Ann and the others waited outside while Williams stole a silver cream jug and 11 silver spoons from the home of Mrs Clutson at 11 Denmark St

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on 6th January 2013

Ann Harper was sentenced to 7 years transportation at Bristol Somerset on 18 Feb 1788 for stealing a silver jug and spoons. She married Jacob Bellet (Scarborough 1788) Nov 1791 on Norfolk Island. Ann died 10 Sep 1842 in Port Sorrell, Tasmania.