Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Ann Wood was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 31st Dec 1797 and arriving 18th Jul 1798 with 102 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 238 |
| 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 |
Claims
No one has claimed Ann Wood yet.
Convict Notes
Ann, who had a number of previous convictions had stolen a tea kettle at Manchester. Prior to sailing, a letter from government was sent to the Sheriff of Lancaster requesting these women be provided with two spare shifts, two dozen pairs of stockings, two dozen handkerchiefs and a pair of shoes for the voyage. Ann is noted on the 1806 muster as wife of William Kempton, a soldier (ship- Admiral Barrington) and already free by servitude. William was a Corporal of the 73rd and 102nd Regiment who had accompanied the Third Fleet of which Ann was part of. She received her certificate of freedom in March 1810 and immediately following this, the couple married at St Philips, having already been in a common-law relationship for many years. Successive musters in 1818 recorded Ann as a sailor's wife. By 1821 she was a housekeeper in Sydney. The 1825 muster records Ann as the wife of William Kempton at Sydney. William was landlord of the King George pub and also owned a number of properties on Clarence Street. Ann is recorded for the final time in 1828 as Ann Kempton, now aged 68, (should have been 58), living on Clarence Street, Sydney with her husband. The couple took in a boy called Thomas Blake, whose mother had died when he was around ten. When William remarried in 1831, Thomas shot his adoptive father in the face in retaliation for his loss of the anticipated property he had expected to inherit, severely injuring him. Blake was convicted and sentenced to death, respited to two years penal servitude. Ann passed away the following year in August 1829, recorded as aged 59. She was buried in the Devonshire Street Cemetery under a memorial stone and was joined four years later by husband William. They were both later re-interred to Bunnerong Cemetery when Devonshire St was redeveloped into the new railway station. An image of their gravestone can be seen on the Australian Cemeteries Index website.
1810 - 9 June 1810. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers. Granted certificate of freedom
1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (TNA Copy) for Charles Beales New South Wales Census A-B 1828 Charles Beale 48 FS Pitt 7 years Bricklayer Airds Mary A 50 Britannia 1797 7 years Airds Charles 23 BC James 12 BC Richard BC 7 Penny-Lyn Beale on 2nd September, 2021 wrote: 1817 - Possible Death Record of Child Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, Liverpool St Luke. No; 48 Name; Mary Ann Beal ** Spelling as per Register ** Daughter of Charles & Mary Ann Beal Of the District of Airds. Died Nov, 9. 1817. Aged 4 years 3 months was buried on the 11th Instant