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Transportation
Ann Wood was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 242 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 11/11/1823 Letter to Col Sec seeking permission to marry Ann Winfield (alias Wood) to marry John Higgins free. per henry fulton Chaplin Castlereagh New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 New South Wales General muster M-Z 1825 Assigned as a general servant to Mrs Broughton of Appin
Old Bailey Online (D o B from here) 699. ANN MUNDAY and ANN WOOD were indicted for stealing, on the 26th of February , nine yards of cotton, value 10 s. , the property of William James and Richard James . RICHARD JAMES . I am a linen-draper , and am in partnership with my brother William; we live in Middle-row, Holborn . On the 26th of March, about eleven o'clock in the morning, the prisoners came to the shop together, and looked at some printed cottons; Wood looked at those which I was showing them, while Munday was looking at some in the window. I observed Munday take a piece of print from the window, bring it to the side of the counter, and give it to Wood under the top of the counter - Wood put it under her pelisse. They said they did not like the prints, and asked to look at a common blue one - they bought a quarter of a yard, which came to 4 d. They were then going away, but my brother jumped over the counter, seized Wood, and took her to the other end of the shop. As she went she dropped the print; Munday attempted to get away, but was stopped at the door. We gave them both in charge. Cross-examined by MR. ANDREWS. Our counter is three feet high. WILLIAM READ . I am an officer. I took the prisoners in charge. (Property produced and sworn to.) MUNDAY'S Defence. We never saw it. MUNDAY - GUILTY . Aged 22. WOOD - GUILTY . Aged 20. Transported for Seven Years . Fourth Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.