Ann (Unknown) Dillon (abt. 1757)

Born about 1757 in Bristol, Somerset, England

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Biography

Ann (Unknown) Dillon was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

Ann Dillon was a convict who came to Australia in July 1798 sentenced for seven years having been convicted in July 1797 of stealing a silver ladle at Middlesex Gaol Delivery^[1]. The ship Anne travelled on was the Britannia.

The English criminal records stated that Ann was married, came from Bristol and about forty years of age. She was said to be about five feet six inches tall with a fair complexion, brown hair and hazel eyes^[1]. After conviction she was transferred to the "New Prison" in September 1787 before being put on board the Britannia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Home Office: Criminal Registers, Middlesex and Home Office: Criminal Registers, England and Wales; Records created or inherited by the Home Office, Ministry of Home Security, and related bodies, Series HO 26 and HO 27; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England

See also:

• Convict Records.com entry for Ann Dillon

• Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868: Home Office: Convict Transportation Registers; (The National Archives Microfilm Publication HO11); The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.

• 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: [4/4003]; Microfiche: 615.