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Transportation
John Russell was transported on the Ann Or Anne, departing 31st Jul 1809 and arriving 27th Feb 1810 with 200 passengers.
1800/1810 Journey Ship Anne, Captain James Stewart. Left Cork 26 June 1800 with 147 men and 24 women. There was a mutiny on board on the 29th July 1800, but the ship’s company overcame the insurgents. The ringleader, Marcus Sheehy, confessed his guilt, and was immediately executed on board in the presence of all the convicts. Another convict, the leader on deck, Christopher Grogan, was sentenced to 250 lashes. The ship arrived at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 21 February 1801. (Source - https://www.jenwilletts.com/convict_ship_anne_1801.htm 1809/1810 voyage carried supplies, a detachments of the 73rd Regiment and 197 male prisoners. Also Rev. Samuel Marsden and his wife, Rev. Robert Cartwright & family, William Hall, John King and Duaterra (a New Zealand native).
Ann Or Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 429 (214). Tasmanian Archives - convict records. |
| 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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"John Russell is my 4th Great Grandfather"
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Convict Notes
Winchester. Six other prisoners were capitally convicted, viz. John Russell, for horse-stealing; Elizabeth King, John Hobbs, John Kick, and E. Gaulton, for burglaries; Edmund Catchlove, for extorting money by dreadful threats; and Jean Francois Dutard, a prisoner of war, for uttering forged one pound note. Salisbury Journal, 14 Mar 1808.
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849.Headed Perseus>Register>1801-1836: Image 11 Reveals: Report of convicts under sentence of transportation removed from sundry gaols by command of his majesty on board the Portland Ruth Langston Harbour... Image 22 then reveals "Received Eleven Prisoners from Winchester Castle 8th Mar 1808" of which John Russell is listed age given as 21 tried Winchester 8th March 1808 to NSW Life Sentence. Ship listed as Ann.
John Russell was originally given a sentence of death. On 16th April 1808 at Whitehall he received a Royal Mercy and his sentence reduced to life and trannsportation to NSW. SOURCE: England & Wales,Crime, Prisons & Punishment, 1770-1935. Series HO13 SOURCE Correspondence And Warrants Piece number 19 Page number 55-56 Category Institutions & Organisations
John RUSSELL was convicted at Southampton, England on 8 March 1808. Life Sentence. Transported to New South Wales, Australia per the ship 'Ann" 1809. Transferred to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) per the ship 'Ruby'. 2 Aug 1813: Marriage to Lydia CHAFEY, single woman, John Russell, single man, both of this settlement - Hobart Town, River Derwent, Van Diemen's Land. By Banns. Witnesses - James Lord & William Thomas Stockey. Rev'd Robert Knopwood. (ref. 36/1/1 no. 131 & wife's name notated in Conduct Record) VDL Conduct Record: Bound over to keep the peace to his wife Lydia (1828 & 1829).