Ann Jennings

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Beth Taylor on 4th February 2026

TIMELINE NOTES: BC: 1792 Sentenced: 14/07/1813 Middlesex GD [see trial record below] to transportation for 7 years Crime: Stealing to the value of 39 shillings 1813 - ANN JENNINGS, Theft > theft from a specified place, 14th July 1813. 707. ANN JENNINGS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 21st of June, in the dwelling-house of John Taylor, a shirt, value 2 s. the property of Charles Taylor ; and a 2 l. bank note the property of George Taylor. JANE TAYLOR . I am the wife of Charles Taylor ; I live in St. Martin's Church-yard, in my father-in-law's house, Charles Taylor ; my husband also lives there; it is in the parish of St. Martin's in the fields. The prisoner lived servant in the house. Q. Did you at any time miss any property - A. Yes, a shirt on the 20th of June. Q. Was any thing else missed - A. Yes, George Taylor, my brother-in-law, missed two one pound notes; in consequence of that the servant 's box was searched, on the Saturday following, and the shift was found in it. I searched her. I found a one-pound note on her, and eighteen shillings in her pocket; I delivered all the property to Lavender. The shirt was my own. JOHN WILSON LAVENDER. I produce a shift; I received it of Mrs. Taylor. MR. TAYLOR. It is my shift, the mark she had taken out; I am sure it is mine. Lavender. I produce a one-pound note, and six three-shilling pieces, which the prisoner confessed to me was the produce of the other note; she had bought a pair of stockings. When Mrs. Taylor, gave me the money I asked the prisoner if the silver was the produce of the other note; she said yes; and went with me to a stocking shop in the Strand, where she had bought a pair of stockings; the linen draper remembered taking the note, but he had paid it away. This note George Taylor can speak to; he said it was one of the two notes that he had lost. Q. Did she tell you how she came by it - A. Yes. she said, she was going up stairs on Sunday, she saw a man came in at the window; he hove a jug of water over her; she saw this bundle laying on the stairs; she was tempted to take it, and convert it to her own use. GEORGE TAYLOR . I had two one-pound bank notes; I remember the mark upon the back of them, Daniel Baker, Cambridge; I wrote upon the back of this. They were in a pocket-book in a small portmanteau in the dwelling-house of my father, John Taylor. I lost them on the night of the 20th of June. I am sure that is one of them, and there was a one-pound bank note. I do not recollect the number of either of them. Prisoner's Defence. I beg for mercy. GUILTY, aged 21. Of stealing to the value of 39 s. only. Transported for Seven Years. Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Gills. (Source: Old Bailey on-line http://www.oldbaileyonline.org ) Previous Occupation: Servant Age on Convict Indent: 22 Certificate of Freedom 2517 (indent) 1814 Muster: Mary Ann (?) JENNINGS, con, Brox, on stores, FF Parra (3364) 1820, 30 June – WILSON, Charles. Per "Coromandel", 1802. Of Richmond. Memorial for land. Charles wrote that he had a wife and one child and been a free man for 13 years. 40 acres written. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers, Fiche 3034; 4/1825B No.798 pp.1003-4) [Note: Was this the child? In 1823 Muster - Charles Wilson, Age: 6 (bc1819), Arrival status: BC (Born in Colony); Occupation/Residence &c, Parramatta, Son of Ann Wilson] 1822 Muster: Ann JENNINGS, FBS, Brox, 7 years, wife of C Wilson, Windsor (A22947) & spouse – Charles WILSON, FBS, Coromandel. 7 years, landholder, Windsor (A22947) (Lease Resident; Total: 14 acres, Cleared: 14 acres, Cultivated, 20 bushels wheat, 100 bushels maize held, 1 horse, 40 hogs) 1823, 30 June – Charles Wilson received a land grant at Kurrajong of 40 acres, “order dated 31/03/1821”. (Source: SRNSW, Registers of Land Grants and Leases; Series: NRS 13836; Item: 7/459; Reel: 2549) 1823-1825 Muster: Ann JENNINGS, FS, Brox, 7 years, wife of Charles Wilson, Richmond (26921) & spouse – Charles WILSON, FS, Coromandel 1804 (?), 7 years, landholder, Richmond (45896) 1828 Census: Charles WILSON, aged 50, per ship Coromandel 1800, farmer, FBS, prot., Colo, Lower Portland Head, with 40 acres, 12 acres cleared , 4 acres cultivated & 4 cattle. Also 27 year-old labourer James Keens. (#W1925) No record found for Ann NSW BDM: 1) Mary Ann (?) Jennings married Charles Wilson on 7 July 1815 at Parramatta. Charles Wilson, aged 34, Free, Abode: Richmond, Signed; & Mary Ann Jennings, aged 23, Prisoner, arrived per Broxbornebury, Abode: St Johns [Parramatta], Signed X; married 07 Jul 1815, registered St Johns Church of England Parramatta by Banns by Samuel Marsden; Witness: Charles Ivory, Signed X; Witness: Ann Row [Rowe], Signed X (V1815-1794-3A & St John's Church of England, Parramatta NSW: Church Register - Marriages; ML ref: Reel SAG 55-56) 2) No record found for children born to the couple. 3) Charles Wilson, pauper, died on 16/08/1849 at Windsor “H. B. Asylum”, aged 78 & was buried at St Matthews on 17/08/1849. (V1849-959-34B). “WINDSOR. SUDDEEN DEATH. - An old man named Charles Wilson, an inmate of the Benevolent Asylum and Hospital, died suddenly on Thursday evening last on the seat in the water closet. Dr. Bell, who happened to be in the hospital at the time, had the body immediately brought to the room adjoining the surgery, and found the vital spark had fled. As it was believed the old man was possessed of some money, Dr. Bell made the wardsman search the clothes and pockets of deceased, and found wrapped up in a few old rags two notes of the Commercial Bank, one for five pounds, and the other one, which he handed to the over-seer for transmission to the Treasurer. (Source: SMH, 21/08/1849, p3) [Note: In 1836 the Hawkesbury Benevolent Society built an asylum located in Brabyn Street, Windsor to house the local infirm and paupers.] 4) No death record found for Ann Wilson (nee Jennings) Was she Mary Wilson, Pauper; Abode: Windsor Benevolent Asylum; Died 25 Apr 1847 [Windsor], Aged: 76; Buried 26 Apr 1847 [Windsor] by [Reverend] Henry T Stiles; Registered at St Matthews Church of England Windsor. (Source: St Matthew's Church of England Windsor NSW: Church Register - Burials; ML ref: Reel SAG 53, published in St Matthews Church of England Windsor NSW: Parish Registers 1810 to 1856 'A Complete Transcription', by Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc, 2003; Vol Entry# 1847-7) Jess’ Girls – SAG:  1814 – Muster  4/1227 – 1819 – con, off stores, 1 child with C Wilson  1822 – Muster  1825 – FS, wife of Charles Wilson, Richmond  Mutch – as Mary Ann m Charles Wilson at Parra in 1815. Convict Indent & Trial Record for Charles Wilson: Charles Wilson reached Sydney on the ship Coromandel/Perseus in 1802. He had been tried at London GD on 12 Sep 1798 & received a 7 year term. Also listed in Criminal Register as aged 27 (bc1771) born in Kent, “delivered at Woolwich” 25/01/1799. (Source: www.ancestry.com England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892, HO 26; Piece: 6; Page: 116) 1798 - CHARLES WILSON, Theft > grand larceny, 12th September 1798. 514. CHARLES WILSON was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 14th of August, a trunk, value 10s. six cotton gowns, value 3l. a silk petticoat, value 21s. two muslin petticoats, value 21s. six dimity petticoats, value 21s. three flannel petticoats, value 10s. fourteen muslin handkerchiefs, value 21s. ten pair of cotton stockings, value 21s. six linen aprons, value 10s. eight linen shirts, value 21s. a silk cloak trimmed with lace, value 21s. a gauze cloak trimmed with lace, value 10s. a muslin cloak, value 10s. three pair of leather shoes, value 12s. six muslin caps, value 6s. a profile painting in a wooden frame, value 20s. and six printed books, value 6s. the property of Edward Wisdom. Mrs. WISDOM sworn. - I am the wife of Edward Wisdom : On the 14th of August, I lost the things mentioned in the indictment; I was going with the Bromley stage from Charing-cross to Beckenham; they were in a trunk fastened on the stage. Q. What time was it? - A. Between four and five o'clock; I do not know how they were taken, nor by whom. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley. Q. Did you go over Blackfriars-bridge, or Westminster? - A.Blackfriars-bridge, I believe. CHARLES LUNN sworn. - I am a porter, in Bell-yard: I had occasion to go through Temple-bar, on the 14th of August last, about half past four o'clock, for some tobacco; I saw a stage-coach, I did not observe what stage it was; when the stage got under Temple-bar, I saw the prisoner place both his hands upon the box fastened behind the coach, and remove it from the coach; I saw some ropes dragging upon the ground as he took the box away; and the coach still kept going on; after he had taken the box off, he went up Great shire-lane, I followed him to the steps that go down to New Boswell-court; I then left him, and went to Fleet-street, to hear, if I could, any thing about it; I went back, and found the man and the box where I had left them. Q. It was pretty heavy, I suppose? - A. I cannot say. Q. Are you sure that is the same man that you saw take the box? - A. I am positive of it. Q. Are you positive that the box you saw afterwards was the box you saw him take from the stage? - A. I am positive; I secured him and the box too. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley. Q. It was on the other side of Temple-bar that you first saw him? - A. Yes. Q. That is in the County of Middlesex? - A. Yes, where I first saw him. Q. You did not see his face? - A. Yes, I did. Q. You do not mean to say, that you saw him take the box off, but that you saw it in his hand? - A. I saw him lift it from the coach. Q. Why did you not stop him at that time? - A. I had no suspicion that he had stolen it till after I saw the strings dragging on the ground. Q. He had a very good opportunity of getting away while you were gone to Fleet-street again? - A. Yes, he certainly had. JOHN CASTLEMAN sworn. - I drove the Bromley coach; I tied the box behind the coach, opposite the Mews-gate, at four o'clock, on the 14th of August; I went on to the Boar's-head, in Fleet-street, next the Bolt-in-tun, and there I missed the trunk, when I got down; I found the cords had been cut; I went back as far as Catherine-street in the Strand, to learn, if I could, any thing about it; I returned again, and found the trunk at the Boar's-head; I am sure it was the same trunk. Q. Whose trunk was it? - A. A lady's, in Court; I had received it from her. JOHN-YOUNG HUSBAND sworn. - I am a constable:(Produces the box and the cords); they appear to have been cut with a very sharp instrument. Mrs. Wisdom. This is my trunk; all the things in the indictment were contained in this trunk. Prisoner's defence. I was going along, and this man took me, and said, I had taken the trunk; I know nothing at all about it. GUILTY (Aged 24.) Transported for seven years. Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT. (Source: Old Bailey on-line http://www.oldbaileyonline.org ) Further info on Charles Wilson: In 1806 Muster he was - Charles Wilson; Occupation/Residence &c: Sealing, [Employed by] Kable (Henry Cable, arrived per Friendship, Status: FBS (Free by Servitude); Occupation/Residence &c: Settler, Grant & purchase 215 acres, employer of about 100 persons) Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 4th September 2021

1815 - St Johns Parramatta Marriages No; 472. Charles Wilson. Free. age 34 of the Parish of Richmond and Mary Ann Jennings *** Prisoner. Broxbournebury of this Parish, married by banns on 7 July 1815 Charles signed his name, Mary Ann signed with a X Witness; Charles Ivory & Ann Row 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year - 1825 Name; Ann Jennings Age; No details Class; F. S. Ship; Broxbournebury - 1814 - 7 years Remarks\Assigned; WIFE; Charles Wilson. Richmond