OZIGEN - Australian Genealogy - Hannah (Ann) Murphy

Hannah (Ann) Murphy¹

F, #13006, b. circa 1769, d. 20 December 1861

Birth*

Hannah (Ann) Murphy was born circa 1769 at Brussells, Belgium.¹

Name Variation

Hannah (Ann) Murphy was also known as Von Desshenberg.²

Name Variation

Hannah (Ann) Murphy was also known as Hannah (Ann) Von Depthenberg.¹

Criminal

She and Ann Turner committed a felony by stealing a quilted petticoat, a silk handkerchief, a checked shirt, two checked aprons, three white hanks, a white apron, a cotton half handkerchief, four caps and a yard ribbon the property of Mary Evans on 1 August 1790 at Parish of Battersea, England.¹

Criminal*

She was convicted and sentenced by William Hill to 7 years transportation. She was charged on oath of Elizabeth Taast, Mary Evans and George Walker. The Process Book notes that Ann Murphy is of Battersea, single woman otherwise Ann wife of John Murphy of same, labourer. She had pleaded not guilty on 5 October 1790 at Kingston Quarter Sessions, Surrey, England.¹

(Convict) Voyage

She was a convict aboard The Ship Mary Ann which sailed from England on Wednesday, 16 February 1791 and arrived in Port Jackson on 9 July 1791, the first ship in the Third Fleet to arrive in Sydney. The ships Master was Mark Munroe.^1,3

Marr-defac*

Hannah (Ann) Murphy and John Pawley were in a defacto marriage relationship.

Residence*

Hannah (Ann) Murphy and John Pawley lived between 1800 and 1805 at Norfolk Island. John is recorded as being free and working for himself as a tailor while Ann Murphy is shown as free and working as a tailor for John Thorley.¹

Census*

Hannah (Ann) Murphy appeared on the census of 1828 at New South Wales, Australia, and was listed as a publican in Harrington Street, Sydney.

Occupation*

She was a publican in Gloucester Street, Sydney in 1832.⁴

Death*

She died on Friday, 20 December 1861 at 607 Bourke Street, Surry Hills, NSW, Australia.⁴

Burial*

She was buried on 23 December 1861 at Randwick, NSW, Australia.⁴

Family

John Pawley b. c 1769, d. 16 Mar 1825

Children

Elizabeth Pawley+ b. 14 Mar 1794, d. 1836
John Pawley b. 1796, d. 23 Mar 1851
George Pawley b. 1 Apr 1798
William Pawley+ b. 2 Dec 1800, d. 4 Jul 1863
Mary Clement Pawley+ b. 7 Jun 1802, d. 1 Aug 1885
Susannah Pawley+ b. 7 Nov 1803, d. 10 Jun 1840
Thomas Pawley b. 7 Jun 1806, d. 1861
Rebecca Pawley b. 14 Dec 1808, d. 1 Jun 1834
Sarah Pawley+ b. 2 Oct 1810
Edward Pawley b. 16 May 1813, d. 31 Mar 1816

Citations:

[S139] Perry McIntyre & Adele Cathro, Thomas Dunn's Descendants, page: 36.
[S139] Perry McIntyre & Adele Cathro, Thomas Dunn's Descendants, page: 66.
[S529] Letter, unknown author to various, 1984, Issue No. 2.
[S139] Perry McIntyre & Adele Cathro, Thomas Dunn's Descendants, page: 37.

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