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Ann Willis was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 132 |
| 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 connetions for Ann (Willis) are: WILLIS Ann (Willis) was born about 1764. She was tried for stealing silver spoons etc of William (White) of Alton at Winchester Southampton Hampshire Quarter Sessions & sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MARY ANN. She married William (Reynolds) on 11 9 1791 at St Johns CofE Parramatta & produced 5children. She was Free by Servitude by 1798. She is recorded in 1805 with her family at Richmond. She is recorded in 1828 lodger with her husband at Phillip St Sydney. She was a midwife of Sydney when she died on 8 2 1839 age72; she was buried at St James CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] William (Reynolds) was born about 1757. He was tried w/2others at Hereford on 12 3 1787 & sentenced to 7years, He was ringleader of an attempt to escape Hereford county gaol about April 1787. He arrived in NSW as a convict on 9 7 1791 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship MATILDA; he was Protestant. He was Free by Servitude by 1801 & is recorded in 1801 with Ticket of Leave no.205 at Sydney. He is recorded in 1805 as Free by Servitude landholder with his family on 20acres at Richmond. He is recorded in 1814 as a labourer. He is recorded in 1825 as employed by Ed. (Riley) Esq. at Sydney with 2sons. He is recorded in 1828 as householder with his wife at Phillip St Sydney owning 40acres. He died on 7 1 1839 age82. [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.
At the quarter sessions for the county of Hants, held Winchester on Tuesday last, Ann Willis, for stealing two silver spoons, a gown, and other things from the dwelling-house of William White, Alton;.... were severally sentenced to be transported for seven years. Reading Mercury, 19 Jan 1789
Ann Reynolds died one month after the death of her husband. She died on 8 February 1839 and was buried on 10 February 1839, registered at St James Church of England, Sydney. The register recorded that she was aged 75 years, employed as a midwife, resident of Phillip Street
Ann does appear in several of the Population Musters 1800 - [AE032-p44] 18,11 - [6318-p136], 1814 - [6237-p140]. She is usually mentioned as wife of W Reynolds. In the 1828 Census of New South Wales, she is not Listed with William, he is listed as [R0545-p315] as a householder at Phillip St, Sydney. Ann is listed separately, [W2129-p400]; Willis, Ann, 72, FS, Mary Ann, 1791, 7, Lodger, at William Reynolds, Phillip St, Sydney. It seems a little strange that she still goes by her maiden name and calls herself a 'lodger' when there was a religious ceremony of marriage carried out 11th September 1791 by the chaplain, Richard Johnson. None of her children can be identified in the Census so it would appear they were all deceased.
Ann Willis was sentenced 13 Jan 1789 at Winchester, Southampton to 7 years transportation. She arrived in Sydney 9 July 1791 on "Mary Ann" (298 tons) commanded by Mark Munroe with 150 female convicts (less the nine who died en-route - a high mortality rate for the time) after a voyage of 143 days. Ann married another convict, William Reynolds, at St John's Parramatta in 1791. William was sentenced to 7 years transportation 22 March 1787 at Hereford. He was transported on the "Matilda" (460 tons) with 230 male convicts under the Master, Matthew Weatherhead. With no surgeon on the voyage, there were 25 deaths on the voyage and a further 20 required medical treatment on arrival in NSW. The 1828 muster shows that William (72) was protestant and householder of premises in Phillip Street, owning 40 acres (10 acres cleared and cultivated) and 40 head of cattle. Their daughter, Elizabeth was born in 1806, was married at Sydney St James CofE 9 Sept 1826 to the convict Thomas Eacot Edwards to whom she had already had twins, but she died in 1827 and it appears the twins did not survive either. Thomas Eacot Edwards (TEE) (b.1792 at Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire). Thos. the Younger was a cloth manufacturer by trade when he was charged 9 August 1817, tried and convicted at Somerset QS and transported to Australia for life for larceny of two ends of cloth from a warehouse after his parents wool cloth manufacturing business in Bradford on Avon, Wiltshire, went bankrupt. TEE England on Lady Castlereagh 22 December 1817 arriving in Port Jackson 30/4/1818 under Captain Weltden. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Craig RN. With 300 male prisoners all in excellent health under a military guard consisting of a detachment of 34th, 46th and 48 regts under orders of Lieut. Brotheridge of the 48th and Ensign Lax of 34th.