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Transportation
Ann Shorter was transported on the Admiral Gambier And Friends, departing 31st Mar 1811 and arriving 29th Sep 1811 with 300 passengers.
Admiral Gambier And Friends (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 36 |
| 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 (Shorter) are: SHORTER Ann (Shorter) was born about 1774/80. She had a first relationship with someone & produced 1child:>>> [Some details taken from this Website] 1.Elizabeth (Shorter) was born about 1804. She arrived in NSW free looking for her mother on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She married William (Barker boot & shoe maker his first marriage) on 13 9 1824 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. ..William (Barker) arrived in Australia free in 1822 on HERIONE. He was a boot & shoe maker in 1824. He married secondly Ann (Poole) on 27 2 1826 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. CCONVICTdone ..Ann (Poole) was born about 1798. She was tried possibly with 1other for highway robbery at Somerset Assizes in September 1821, sentenced to death reprieved to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5months on LORD SIDMOUTH.] ..[Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Ann (Shorter) was tried for fraud at Middlesex Sessions of the Peace on 8 12 1809, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 29 9 1811 after a voyage of 5months on FRIENDS, She was assigned to Ellis (Bent) at Newcastle. She was returned to Sydney on 12 11 1812. She married secondly with permission Edward (Robinson his second relationship) on 1 3 1813 at St Matthews CofE Windsor-Hawkesbury chapel. She died on 25 8 1835 age61 mother of 1child & was buried at St Matthews CofE Windsor. CCONVICTdone Edward (Robinson) son of Edward (Robinson) & Ann (Lowcock) was born about 1755 probably in Fewston Yorkshire & became servant to Theatre Royal Manager Tate (Wilkinson). He was tried for petty larceny of silverware etc at York city Assizes on 25 7 1789, sentenced to be hanged commuted to Life, held probably at York Castle & hulk LION at Portsmouth & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship ADMIRAL BARRINGTON. He had a first relationship with Mary Ann (Harrison). On 9 12 1794 he was granted 30acres at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury River & on 12 12 1794 he was issued his Conditional Pardon. He was Free by Servitude by 1798. On 15 9 1802 he was granted 100acres at Robinsons Lagoon-later named 'Bushells Lagoon' on which he reared sheep. In March 1806 he was made Special Constable for flood relief after severe floods in his area. On 28 9 1809 he leased 1.75acres in Sydney Town. On 18 10 1809 he & maybe daughter Elizabeth were granted 80acres at Upper Nelson. He managed the 'Sign of the York Roses' tavern from 1809 until 1815. In 1820 he was issued a licence for Halfway House hotel at Parramatta, where he died on 6/10 6 1820 age65/7 father of 7children & was buried at Devonshire St Cemetery St Phillips CofE Sydney where his wife & 2sons in law are also interred; he had an Absolute Pardon. [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.
Tried and convicted at the Middlesex Session of Peace on 8th December 1809 for fraud, sentenced to 7 years transportation. Left England on 1811. Ship:- the 'Friends' sailed with 100 female convicts on board, there were no recorded deaths during the voyage. Arrived on 10th October 1811. Ann had been assigned as a servant to Ellis Bent in Newcastle. On 12th November 1812, she was returned to Sydney, her sentence having expired early. She was granted permission to marry widowed convict Edward Robinson ('Admiral Barrington' 1791) on 18th February 1813, and they married two weeks later on 1st March, at the Parish of Hawksbury Chapel, Edward & Ann had no children during their marriage. Fourteen years after Ann was transported on the Friends, her daughter, Elizabeth Shorter sailed into Sydney Cove on the 'Lord Sidmouth' on 27th February 1823 to rejoin her. The rarity of the reunion of an exiled convict and a child - by then a grown woman of 19 - who had travelled from the other side of the world was significant enough to rate a mention in the Sydney Gazette a month later, in 1823. The Lord Sidmouth left England on 11th September 1822 carrying 97 female convicts and their 23 children and 21 free women (passengers and 49 of their children) Ann died on 25 August, 1835, and was buried at St.Matthews Church of England, Windsor.
Assigned to Ellis Bent, Newcastle. 1/3/1813: Married Edward Robinson (Admiral Barrington 1791) they had no children but Edward had 7 children with Mary/Mary Ann Harrison (Mary Ann 1791). Mary died 24/2/1810 aged 36. 25/8/1835: Ann Shorter died at Windsor, NSW.