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Thomas Weedon 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 427 (213) |
| 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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Anthea Booth You can reach Peter (my husband) at rpweedon@gmail.com Reta
Very late responding( July 2014-July 2015) to "Peter". I have not looked at this site for a long time so was unaware that any contributions have been made relating to Thomas Weedon. I am not on any social networks and have no idea how to respond to "Peter" via this site to information re. Thomas Weedon and family. Would be interested in communicating. All help appreciated! Anthea
I have information on Thomas Weedon, his parents and his siblings. I would like to contact Anthea Booth who is descended from Thomas.
Thomas Weedon was a Londoner, convicted at the Old Bailey of stealing half a side of veal from a butcher's cart. He was 21 at the time. He was put on board the hulk Retribution, moored at Woolwich and remained there 3 years before being transported to NSW (via Portsmouth) on the Ann2. On arrival in NSW he was indentured to Gregory Blaxland and served out his sentence at Blaxland's farm at St Marys, west of Sydney. After getting his ticket of leave he became a publican and ran The Dog and Duck on Brickfield Hill( late 1820s), Sydney, then established The Spread Eagle in Harrington St ( named after the London pub outside which he committed the crime that got him transported. He had a sense of humour !! ) and then finally, The Cherry Tree Inn on Parramatta Road, Petersham. He owned this establishment for many years and it was renown across Sydney as a 'sporting venue' apparently. Thomas became a respected citizen of Sydney. Thomas married Mary Field( born 1802, in the colony) in 1820 and had 2 surviving children. His son, Thomas Elijah Weedon became a solicitor and his daughter, Jane married into the Oatley family. Thomas's convict origins were "brushed-out" of our family history for 150 years until my mother's research "uncovered his terrible past". Thomas died at Petersham, at his home "Maryfield Cottage" in 1869, having outlived his wife and both children. I am a direct descendant through his son's second marriage( to Marian Hollinshed).