Ann (Archer) Bailey (1759 - 1846)

Born 10 Sep 1759 in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England

Wife of William Bailey — married 3 Jan 1797 (to 22 Dec 1826) in Parramatta New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 28 Feb 1846 at age 86 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Ann (Archer) Bailey was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

Ann Archer was born on 11 Aug 1759^[1] in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England as the first child of John Archer and Elizabeth Shepherd. She died on 28 Feb 1846^[2] in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. When she was 37, she married William Bailey on 03 Jan 1797 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

Baptism: Ann Archer was baptized on 10 Sep 1759^[1] in Godmanchester, Huntingdonshire, England. Transported: Oct 1795 (On the convict ship "Indispensible") She arrived in Botany, New South Wales, Australia on 30 Apr 1796 (On the convict ship "Indispensible"). She lived in England.

Burial: Find A Grave: in Bailey's Farm on "The Glen" (155487085) ACI ID: (7686682) She was buried^[2][3] in Upper MacDonald River, New South Wales, Australia (Bailey's Family Cemetery on "Clyde Farm").

Burial: Hawkesbury on the Net^[4]

William Bailey and Ann Archer had the following children:

1. John Bailey was born in 1797 in Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 16 May 1878 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Elizabeth Smith in 1823 in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia. He married Eleanor Perkins in 1848 in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia.
2. William Bailey was born on 17 Mar 1798 in Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 12 Dec 1865 in St Albans, New South Wales, Australia. He married Margaret Bradley on 08 Mar 1820 in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia. He married Jane Knight on 19 Sep 1842 in Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia (Church of England, Camden, St John&aposs, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry).

George Cox and Ann Archer had the following children:

1. George COX was born on 01 May 1805 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. He died on 24 Nov 1820 in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

• Convicts After the Third Fleet

• Ann Archer arrived in Australia on the ship "Indispensible" on the 30th of April 1796 as a Convict.

Ann was convicted for feloniously stealing 9 Handkerchiefs and was transported to the Colony for 7 Years. She was 37 Years of age at arrival.

Ann Archer was one of 133 female convicts transported to NSW on "Indispensible" departing in October 1795 and arriving NSW 30 April 1796.

Tried at Middley 17 April 1795 for a charge of Breaking and Entering the home of Peter Exton, Lydia (his wife) and Mary Perry (Spinster) and stealing nine silk handkerchiefs worth 20s. Convicted of the theft of the handkerchiefs only, she was sentenced at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years.

"Prisoner. I had been to Windfield-street, to an acquaintance of mine, and as I was coming home crossing Brick-lane I see these handkerchiefs, lay and I picked them up, and I carried them along open in my hand, to see if anybody would own them.

GUILTY, Of stealing but not of breaking and entering the dwelling house. (Aged 37) "

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Sources

• Australian Cemetery Index
• Find a Grave

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Birth: and Baptism: England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Ann Archer
   Gender: Female
   Birth Date: 11 Aug 1759
   Baptism Date: 10 Sep 1759
   Baptism Place: St. Sepulchre, London, England
   Father: John Archer
   Mother: Elizabeth
   FHL Film Number: 375000
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Death: & Burial: Find A Grave ID: 155487085 for Ann Archer Born: 10 Sep 1759, Died: 28 Feb 1846
3. ↑ Burial: Australian Cemeteries Index ID: 7686682 for Ann Archer Born: 10 Sep 1759, Died: 28 Feb 1846
4. ↑ Burial: http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/cemetery/baileys_farm/bfpc009.html Hawkesbury on the Net
   • Nancy Archy
   • Grave Details
   • Name: Archy, Nancy
   • Died: 28th February 1846
   • Age: 87 years
   • Cemetery: Bailey's Family Cemetery on "The Glen",
   • St Albans
   • Location: row 2 plot 3]

• The events of Ann's life were either witnessed by Kev Thompson or Kev plans to add sources here later.

Acknowledgments

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