Ann Yates

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Jean Cameron on 8th February 2025

Ann died in Calao, Lima, Peru. She had been rescued from the ship 'Boyd' that was captured by Maori people at Whangaroa in November 1809. Ann & her daughter were two of four survivors while the rest of the crew were massacred

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D Wong on 4th April 2015

Tried 13 Jan 1796. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years: Ann Yates, one of 97 convicts transported on the Britannia, January 1798. Details: Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. ANN YATES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 3d of December, a cotton petticoat, value 4d. a cotton gown, value 4d. two linen shifts, value 3s. a linen sheet, value 2s. two linen caps, value 18d. two linen aprons, value 18d. two flat irons, value 18d. one cotton frock, value 6d. a cotton handkerchief, value 18d. a linen table-cloth, value 1s. a linen frock, value 8d. and two cotton petticoats, value 6d. the property of Joseph Butler. GUILTY. (Aged 35.) Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT. Court. You have aggravated your crime exceedingly: in the first place, you were taken into the house of a poor man to nurse his wife and child; to take advantage of that, is such an offence, as calls loudly for punishment; and, therefore, be assured, that the highest punishment that the law can inflict upon you, I shall think it my duty to inflict. Details: Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Vessel: Britannia. Date of Departure: January 1798. 9/9/1798 Married Joseph Parker Morley at St. Phillip’s, Sydney, N.S.W. – they had the following children: Jane born 1801 and died July 1801 in Sydney. Elizabeth born c1802 and died 20/5/1808, Sydney. Eleanor born c1805 Female child born c1806 and died pre 1822 Ann born c1808, Sydney. Ann was 35 years old when sentenced. Ann and Joseph separated after their 4 daughters were born because of Joseph’s liaison with Hannah Railton. Ann took her youngest daughter, Ann , intending to return to England in 1809. Their ship, the Boyd called in at Whangaroea, New Zealand where it was captured by the Maoris, they massacred and ate the crew and passengers. Only 4 people survived, Ann and her daughter being amongst them. Ann then caught a ship to England but the ship was forced to divert to Lima, Peru because of storm damage, and Ann died at Caloa, Lima, Peru c 1810. Her daughter was eventually returned to her father in Sydney. Tried 13 Jan 1796. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years: Ann Yates, one of 97 convicts transported on the Britannia, January 1798. Details: Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. ANN YATES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 3d of December, a cotton petticoat, value 4d. a cotton gown, value 4d. two linen shifts, value 3s. a linen sheet, value 2s. two linen caps, value 18d. two linen aprons, value 18d. two flat irons, value 18d. one cotton frock, value 6d. a cotton handkerchief, value 18d. a linen table-cloth, value 1s. a linen frock, value 8d. and two cotton petticoats, value 6d. the property of Joseph Butler. JOSEPH BUTLER sworn. GUILTY. (Aged 35.) Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT. Court. You have aggravated your crime exceedingly: in the first place, you were taken into the house of a poor man to nurse his wife and child; to take advantage of that, is such an offence, as calls loudly for punishment; and, therefore, be assured, that the highest punishment that the law can inflict upon you, I shall think it my duty to inflict. Details: Sentence details: Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years. Vessel: Britannia. Date of Departure: January 1798. 9/9/1798 Married Joseph Parker Morley at St. Phillip’s, Sydney, N.S.W. – they had the following children: Jane born 1801 and died July 1801 in Sydney. Elizabeth born c1802 and died 20/5/1808, Sydney. Eleanor born c1805 Female child born c1806 and died pre 1822 Ann born c1808, Sydney. Ann was 35 years old when sentenced. Ann and Joseph separated after their 4 daughters were born because of Joseph’s liaison with Hannah Railton. Ann took her youngest daughter, Ann , intending to return to England in 1809. Their ship, the Boyd called in at Whangaroea, New Zealand where it was captured by the Maoris, they massacred and ate the crew and passengers. Only 4 people survived, Ann and her daughter being among them. Ann then caught a ship to England but the ship was forced to divert to Lima, Peru because of storm damage, and Ann died at Caloa, Lima, Peru c 1810. Her daughter was eventually returned to her father in Sydney.