Anne Dillon (abt. 1805)

Born about 1805 in County Roscommon, Ireland [uncertain]

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Biography

Anne Dillon was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

Anne Dillon was a convict who came to Australia around September 1834 having been tried in July 1833 at Roscommon and being found guilty of stealing clothes. She was sentenced to seven years transportation. Anne came to Australia on board the Andromeda. She was placed in the Female Factory at Parramatta on arrival and then sent to "S Bates" in Sydney^[1].

According to the NSW Convict Indents^[2], Anne was not married and had no education. The records stated she was a kitchen maid and could be placed to "all work". Anne's physical description was given as "scar over right eyebrow, scar left hand side of upper lip, scar back of lower left arm, 5 black dots back of left hand". She was 4 feet 11 3/4 inches tall with a dark sallow complexion, dark brown hair and grey eyes.

In August 1840 Anne was admitted to the gaol in Sydney for trial and was sent to the female factory in Parramatta, it is not known why^[3]. The Convict Indents contain some further illegible writing indicating that something possibly happened in January 1842 as well.

In January 1843 Dillon ("alias Munroe") and Jane McCrea were found guilty of the crime of larceny. Both women pleaded guilty and received a sentence of hard labour at the Female Factory in Parramatta. Witnesses for the prosecution were John Henry, Edward Kearney, R Shackles and Bridget Fitzpatrick^[4]. Anne was admitted to the gaol in Parramatta in October 1843^[5]. The records stated she was due to be released in January 1844.

In 1860, an Ann Dillon (alias Horsfield) was admitted to gaol in East Maitland.^[6]. It is possible that these are the same person, but there are significant height differences between them, as well as different places of birth, which would suggest that they are not the same woman.

Sources

1. ↑ UK Home Office: Settlers and Convicts, New South Wales and Tasmania; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO10, Pieces 1-4, 6-18, 28-30); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
2. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011; State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4019]; Microfiche: 692; State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12189; Item: [X636]; Microfiche: 711; State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 1156; Item: [4/7076]
3. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, State Archives NSW; Roll: 853
4. ↑ NSW Criminal Court Records 1830-1945, Clerk of the Peace: Registers of Criminal cases tried at country Quarter Sessions: Parramatta: 1839-1876, Windsor 1839-1843; Series Number: 848; Reel: 2757
5. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, State Archives NSW; Roll: 175
6. ↑ New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930, State Archives NSW; Roll: 2371

See also:

• Irish Convicts to New South Wales 1788-1849 record for Anne Dillon.