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Voyage
Transportation
Ann Williams was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 25th Dec 1821 and arriving 20th May 1822 with 109 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 134 |
| 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
Name: Williams, Ann Record Type: Convicts Departure date: 15 Dec 1821 Departure port: Portsmouth Ship: Mary Ann Place of origin: Deptford, Kent Origin location: Latitude and Longitude Voyage number: 21a Index number: 76178 Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:1446325 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Record/NamesIndex/1446325
COLONIAL SECRETARY’S OFFICE, Feb. 25, 1835. THE Period for which the undermentioned persons were transported expiring at the date placed after their respective names, certificates of their freedom may be obtained then, or at any subsequent period, upon application at the Muster Master’s Office, Hobart Town, or that of a Police Magistrate in the interior: — Per ship Mary Ann.— Sarah Stanley, 16th March, 1835; Isabella Hammill, 24th March 1835; Catherine Hilton, 24th March 1835; Hannah Whitely, 24th March 1835; Prudence Davis, 29th March 1835; Maria Stevenson, 29th March 1835; Ann Williams, 29th March 1835; Launceston Advertiser, 5 March 1835.
ux. Wm . Eldridge. Married to William Eldridge.
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-9P243 No 42. Ann Williams. See record for details.
List of 45 Female convicts disembarked at Hobart Town from ship Mary Anne. Ann Williams, tried Surrey Ass. 29 Mar 1821, 14 years. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- SURREY LENT ASSIZES.-Kingston, April 5. BANK OF ENGLAND PROSECUTIONS. Ann Williams was convicted of having forged notes knowingly in her possession, and received sentence of transportation for 14 years. Morning Post, 7 April 1821.
Colonial Secretary Index. WILLIAMS, Ann. Per "Mary Anne", 1822. 1822 Jun 5 On list of convicts disembarked at Hobart from the "Mary Anne" (Reel 6009; 4/3505 p.386)
SURGEON’S JOURNAL OF HIS MAJESTY’S FEMALE CONVICT SHIP MARY ANN 1822 MR JAMES HALL(2) SURGEON SUPERINTENDENT BETWEEN 27th OCTOBER 1821 and 23rd MAY 1822 108 convicts departed Portsmouth England on 25 December 1821 via Rio De Janeiro & arriving at Hobart Town VDL on 2nd May 1822 (45 women disembarked) and arriving at Port Jackson, New South Wales on 20th May 1822 (62 women disembarked) (1 woman died at sea) ADM 101/52/1 https://www.femaleconvicts.org.au/docs/ships/SurgeonsJournal_MaryAnn_1822.pdf Log gives information about Mary Williams, age 26. The surgeon saw her several times. (For full details, follow link.) 24 Jan. Severe pain in the head from exposure to the sun’s rays. 30 March. She has been impregnated puivily by one of the sailors on board; and last week she quickened: she now is threatened with miscarriage & gives, as the cause of the origin of a sudden show, & uterine pains, a slight fall she had an hour ago. She may have been attempting by mechanical means to excite a miscarriage, as she is a wicked woman, & has borne children. 31 March. Pains suspended. 1 Apr. A slight haemorrhage has commenced, & the pains have returned. 4 Apr. The pains now & then recur, the discharge has ceased; the motions of the foetis are sensible to her, a recumbent posture is enjoined.