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Ann Hutchinson was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 114 |
| 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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Family connections for Ann (Hutchinson) are: HUTCHINSON Ann (Hutchinson) was born about 1737. She had a child:>>> [Some details taken from this Website] 1.Mary (Hutchinson) was born about 1765. She perhaps married & produced perhaps 2children:>>> ..[Some details taken from this Website] ..1.??? (???) ..2.??? (???) .. >>>Ann (Hutchinson) was tried w/her daughter Mary for stealing cotton gown etc of Ann (Brody) whom she had lured into her home in Cross Lane St Giles, on 6 12 1789, at Old Bailey on 9 12 1789-quick justice, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict with her mother (see just below) on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MARY ANN. She married secondly Richard (Porter his first marriage) on 8 10 1797 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She lived at Kissing Point. She died about 3 4 1805 age about67, maybe killed by some aborigines (as was her soninlaw), mother of 1known child & was buried on 3 4 1805 at St Phillips CofE Sydney 1day before her son in law James (Weavers). Richard (Porter) was born about 1765. He was tried for burglary, in October 1788, of silver watch etc of Henry (Stubley) of Mullin Hill at Nottingham Assizes in March 1789, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with James (Weavers) on 26 6 1790 after a voyage of 7months on Fleet ship SURPRISE; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate; he was Protestant. He was recorded in 1800-02 successfully farming a 30acre grant. He was Free by Servitude by 1806. He was a farmer when he married secondly Mary (Hutchinson her third marriage-the daughter of his first wife) on 8 6 1811 at St Phillips CofE Sydney & produced 6children. In 1817 he was witness to stepdaughter Sarah Mary (Weaver)s wedding at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He was recorded in 1828 with Absolute Pardon as settler with his family on 100acres at Kissing Point. He died on 20 9 1849 age84 father of 6children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. .. >>>Mary (Hutchinson) was tried w/her mother Ann for stealing cotton gown etc of Ann (Brody) who had been lured into her house in Cross Lane St Giles, on 6 12 1789, at Old Bailey on 9 12 1789-quick justice, sentenced to 7years, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict with her mother on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MARY ANN. She started her second (2of3) relationship with James (Weavers) & produced 4children. She was Free by Servitude by 1800. In 1802 she was recorded with her family off stores.>>> ..James (Weavers) was born in 1752 & worked on a farm. He was tried for burglary, on 1 11 1786, of Charlotte (Hunt) at Bury St Edmonds Assizes Suffolk on 18 3 1787, sentenced to death repreived to Life & transported on GUARDIAN (which struck an iceberg & drifted for 9weeks off Cape of Good Hope) & arrived in NSW as a convict-the same ship as Richard (Porter)-on 26 6 1790 after a total voyage of 12months on Fleet ship SURPRIZE; he was granted Conditional Pardon on arrival for efforts in saving the sinking ship. He was farming 30acres in the Hawkesbury area on 1 1 1792. He was granted his 30acres in February 1792. He was Free by Servitude by 1800 when he was recorded with 12acres crops & livestock. In 1802 he was recorded with his family off stores with 51sheep & purchasing more land. He died on 3 4 1805 age53, maybe killed by some aborigines (as was his motherinlaw), & was buried at St Phillips CofE Sydney 1day after his mother in law. ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Mary (Hutchinson) moved in with her stepfather Richard (Porter) after her husbands death in 1805, commenced a third relationship, produced 6children & later married him. She was recorded in 1828 with her family at Kissing Point. She died on 20 1 1850 age84 mother of perhaps 12children: mostly boys. 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.
Ann's daughter, Mary, now a widow with three or four children aged between 10 and 3 now moved to live with her step-father, Richard Porter. They commenced a de-facto relationship, had several children and subsequently married 8th June 1811.
Ann's burial was registered at St Philips, Sydney on 3rd April 1805. Her son-in-Law, James Weavers, was buried the day after, 4th April 1805. There are no substantiated records as to the rumour that each of these was killed by Aboriginal incursion onto their properties. There is no record located in the Sydney press regarding the matter. However, there were numerous such attcks taking place in the Hawkesbury during this period. In 1820, her grandson, Enoch Weavers, the son of James and Mary, submitted a petition for a land grant on the basis that the land grant to his father had been lost. A referee, Mr John Piper, made the following statement.... "This lad, being a native of this place and his father having been killed by the Natives, I beg you to support his petition" [Ref Flynn, Michael; The Second Fleet: page 600]
Ann and Mary were both transported on the "Mary Ann" arriving in the colony on 9th July 1791 as part of the third fleet. Quite soon after arrival, Ann was with Richard Porter (Second Fleet Convict, 1790, "Surprize"). Richard was quite a bit younger than Ann, they married 8th October 1797 at Sydney. Her daughter Mary had already married James Weavers (Second Fleet Convict, 1790, "Surprize") in 1792. The two men, had been companions on the same voyage. They settled quite close to each other.
Ann and her daughter Mary were tried and convicted at the Old Bailey: Old Bailey Transcript: (t17891209-31) 9th December 1789 (www.oldbaileyonline.org) ANN HUTCHINSON and MARY HUTCHINSON were indicted for feloniously stealing on the 6th of December one cotton gown, value 1 s. a silk cloak, value 5 s. two handkerchiefs, value 4 s. a pair of ruffles, value 12 d. two aprons, value 10 s. two ditto, value 3 s. a night cap, value 6 d. two pair of cotton stockings, value 3 s. a linen pocket, value 12 d. and 11 s. in monies numbered, the property of Ann Body , in the dwelling-house of Ann Hutchinson . ANN BODY sworn. I lived last at Chelsea. I am a housekeeper. I was at Ann Hutchinson 's house in Cross-lane, Saint Giles's , at nine in the evening, to lodge there; I do not know how I came there; I met the prisoner in Holborn, and she took me to her house. I lost a cotton gown, value twelve shillings, a black silk cloak, value five shillings, four neck handkerchiefs, value three shillings, a pair of worked muslin ruffles, value two shillings, two muslin aprons, one value twelve shillings, the other, value nine shillings, two linen aprons, value four shillings, two pocket handkerchiefs, value sixteen-pence, a night cap, value four-pence, two pair of cotton stockings, value four shillings, a linen pocket, value ten-pence, and the money I am positive to is eleven shillings; I lost them at the place where Ann Hutchinson lived: I saw the daughter. I was going to my lodgings in Henrietta-street, in Oxford-street: I met Ann Hutchinson in Holborn, and she accosted me; why you are frightened? No, says I, I am not frightened, but I wish I could get a lodging nearer than where I am; she said, I should be welcome to her house; and sent her young child to Scotch Court, Cross-lane, Saint Giles's; when I got there I undressed myself and went to bed, and placed my things in a chair by the bed side; about nine, after I had been asleep two or three hours, I heard a great noise; I saw both the prisoners come into the room; her daughter came to the bed side and asked her mother what business she had to take in any body to lodge there; the mother desired her to make no noise for she should pay well for sleeping here: the daughter came to the bed side, and said, I should not lay any longer, and said it was the custom of that house, that whoever lay there should pay two shillings for gin, and she took my pockets from me, and insisted on having the contents, and she took from my pocket eleven shillings and some halfpence; she then brought the glass and the gin, and insisted I should drink; I would not, but she made me drink it because I was afraid of her; then she forced me by holding my shoulder and made me drink a second glass, which intoxicated me; then she took my bundle away and returned again in a few minutes without the bundle, and then told me to go about my business; the old prisoner was much in liquor; she was present. I asked her for my bundle; she swore I never brought any bundle there; she then gave the candle to her younger sister to light me down; she would not; then the prisoner took the candle and lighted me down: I said I would not go without my money and bundle; then she said, if I would not by fair means I should by foul means; she took me by the two shoulders and shoved me out of the room, and from thence out of the house; I asked the daughter to shew me into Holborn; she would not. I met two watchmen, and told them I had been robbed; they told me I was a woman of the town, and said I was a dirty hussey, and if I did not go about my business he would take me to the watch-house; I then met another watchman, I told him; he went with me to the house, but we could not find anything of mine; then I saw Mr. Treadway, who searched the room, and found a cap, a black cloak, two handkerchiefs, and a cotton stocking. EDWARD TREADWAY sworn. I am a constable. On Saturday night last between two and three o'clock the watchman brought in the two prisoners; I went and searched with a candle, and broke open the door, and under a fish basket I found a black cloak in the ashes, this handkerchief under the bed, this cap and apron, this handkerchief in another corner of the room; I found nothing else. The prosecutrix was in liquor: she said the prisoners forced her to drink gin. (The things produced and deposed to, the handkerchief marked A. G. the stockings marked with an A.) How came the handkerchief to be marked A. G.? - Because I changed a handkerchief I had with a fellow servant at Chelsea, whose name was Ann Green. Prisoners. We are innocent; we have no witnesses. ANN HUTCHINSON , MARY HUTCHINSON , GUILTY. Transported for seven years. The Court ordered Treadway a liberal allowance for his expences. Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron PERRYN.