Summary
Transportation
Ann Williams was transported on the Pyramus, departing 8th Oct 1831 and arriving 5th Mar 1832 with 149 passengers.
Pyramus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 202 |
| 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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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Online ANN WILLIAMS. ELLEN HOLLAND. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 17th February 1831 Text type Trial account Defendants ANN WILLIAMS, ELLEN HOLLAND Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 17th February 1831 Reference Number t18310217-176 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 602. ANN WILLIAMS and ELLEN HOLLAND were indicted for stealing, on the 7th of February , 2 sheets, value 1s. 3d., and 1 quilt, value 1s. 6d. , the goods of Philip Ward . KEZIAH WARD . I am the wife of William Ward ; we live at No. 9, New-way, Westminster . On the 4th of February Williams came to my house alone, and wanted a room for herself and another young woman; she said they got their bread by needle-work - I took her up stairs, and showed her the second floor front-room which was furnished; she took it and gave me a shilling earnest - they were to give 4s. a week for it; they took the room immediately, but I did not see Holland till I went up stairs at night to give them a pair of sheets and a counterpane - they were then in the room; they continued to live there till the 9th of February; when I went up and knocked at the door they asked who was there - I said the landlady, and I wanted to come in for something particular; they said they were cleaning themselves, but if I would go down stairs they would call me when they were ready - I stood on the landing-place; when the door was opened I looked in and missed the bed, and saw the room was stripped of nearly every thing but the table and a tea-kettle - they got down stairs; I called out, but nobody could get out of their rooms in time to prevent them - they got into the street; we called the Policeman - they were pursued and taken; I missed the saucepain, pail, fire-shovel, and a variety of other things. THOMAS COX . I am in the service of Mr. Ravenhill, a pawnbroker. I have two sheets; one pawned on the 5th, and the other on the 7th of February, by one of the prisoners, but I cannot call to recollection which, though I know their faces - the articles are both in the name of Mary Williams , but with two different directions. WILLIAM MUGGERIDGE . I am in the service of Mr. Harris, a pawnbroker. I have a quilt, pawned by Williams, in the name of Ann Holland, on the 7th of February. Williams. It was not me; I sent it - I had not a gown to go out in. Witness. I am quite certain it was her. JOHN BENTON . I am a Police-constable. I was at the apprehension of both these girls; when they were in the watch-house I went to the room they had lived in, and found in a box these two duplicates of the sheets - when they were before the Magistrate they voluntarily said they had pawned them to get bread. THOMAS COX . These are the duplicates I gave them.(Property produced and sworn to.) The prisoners put in a paper, stating that they were in a very destitute condition, and that the prosecutrix kept a house of ill fame. WILLIAM - GUILTY . Aged 19. HOLLAND - GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Seven Years .
New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 6/6/1832 Ann Williams 23 Bond (7yrs) per ship Pyramus to marry John Byrne 46 free (7yrs) per ship Recovery (2) Rev R Cowper Sydney
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Indent No; 65 Age; 22 years, reads, Protestant, Widow - 1 male and 1 female child Native Place; Middlesex Trade or calling; Housemaid Offence; Robbing Lodgings Trial; 17 Feb 1831 Height; 5 ft. 4 1/4 in
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Pyramus 4th March 1832. No; 63 - 32. 65. Ann Williams. Family in the Colony; Cousin, William Buckley, per Lord Melville 1830 ---------------------------------------