The Tree - Person Sheet
The Tree - Person Sheet
NameAnn Sandel
Birthbef 6 Jun 1771, Wiltshire, England
Baptism6 Jun 1771, Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Death14 Jun 1821, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Burial15 Jun 1821, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
MotherBetty
Misc. Notes
Name from entry of daughter, Mary, from the Australia Baptism records, found in November 2023.
Name: Mary Tyrell
Date of Baptism: 6 September 1807
Baptism Place: St Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia
Residence Place: New South Wales, Australia
Father: William Tyrell
Mother: Ann Sutherland

Different maiden name, date and place of baptism, name of parents, from the Wiltshire Church of England Baptism records, found in November 2023:
Name: Ann Sandel
Baptism Date: 6 Jun. 1771
Baptism Place: Amesbury, Wiltshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Amesbury
Father: Thos [Thomas] Sandel
Mother: Betty Sandel

[NOTE: Brian of nzolivers wonders if Ann had a previous marriage, in England? Some online sources sight a Robert Sutherland, born 25 April 1749 in Godalming, Surrey, England, and who married Ann on 23 March 1787 in Godalming, and died on 10 August 1804 in Cranleigh, Surrey.
Brian of nzolivers had not found any documentation to verify this].

Birth year confirmed, date of court proceedings and verdict, from the Proceedings of the London England Old Bailey, found in November 2023:
Name: Ann Sandell
Gender: Female
Occupation: Servant
Birth Year: abt 1771
Court Date: 16 May 1804
Court Place: London, England
Role: defendant
Offense Category: Theft; Subcategory: grandLarceny
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment Category: Transport

Place of conviction, month/year of death, from the Australia Convict Records found in November 2023:
Name: Ann Sandall
Age: 50
Birth Date: 1771
Conviction Place: Surrey (Kingston upon Thames) Quarter Sessions
Departure Date: Jun. 1801
Arrival Date: 14 Dec. 1801
Arrival Place: New South Wales
Arrival Ship: Nile, Canada and Minorca
Death Date: Jun. 1821

Further immigration details from Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023:
https://australianroyalty.net.au/tree/purnellmccor...al/I6986/Ann-Sandell
Sentence details: Convicted at Surrey (Kingston upon Thames) Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 06 October 1800.
Immigration Date of Departure: June 1801.
Immigration Arrival: 14 December 1801 (aged 30 years), Sydney Cove, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Immigration Vessel: Nile, Canada and Minorca.
Immigration Text: Ann Sandall, one of 297 convicts transported on the ship Nile, Canada and Minorca, June 1801.


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Australian Royalty
Britain used transportation to distant lands as a way of getting rid of prisoners. After Britain lost its American colonies in 1783 the jails of England were full. So, Australia, which had recently been claimed for the British Crown by Lieutenant James Cook, was chosen as the new destination.

Only a generation or so ago, descendants of convicts were ashamed of their heritage. However, since the 1988 bicentenary, it has become increasingly fashionable to discover a convict ancestor. Early arrivals, especially on the first fleet, were particularly welcome finds with convict ancestry one of the most sought-after prizes of genealogical inquiry.

Then, in January 2008, the first episode of the first season of the Australian version of the television series, "Who do you think you are"?, featured Australian award-winning actor, Jack Thompson, who quipped that, "these day, unlike times gone by, having a convict ancestor gives you the status of Australian royalty".

The new penal colony and British settlement in Australia was planned for Botany Bay, today the location of Sydney airport. However, Botany Bay was not as hospitable as first thought. The bay was shallow, there was not a large supply of freshwater, and the land was not fertile.

A beautiful harbour in Port Jackson to the north was discovered and had all those qualities. They named it after the British Home Secretary, Lord Sydney. They made this the site, Sydney Cove, for the new colony. The first ships (First Fleet) landed there, at present day Circular Quay, on 26 January 1788. This date today is being celebrated as Australia’s national holiday, Australia Day.

When transportation ended in 1868, over 150,000 convicts had been transported to New South Wales and other Australian colonies. Most convicts stayed in Australia after serving their sentences, and some became well-known, important people within the Australian colonies.

Some references:
https://guides.sl.nsw.gov.au/convicts-bound-for-australia
https://www.visitsydneyaustralia.com.au/history-5-first.html
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBri...onvicts-to-Australia/
https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBri...onvicts-to-Australia/

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Marriages, newspaper article where scorched [burnt], date and place of death, date and place of Burial, from Australian Royalty website, found in November 2023:
Marriage: Thomas Mansfield, about 1805 (aged 34 years), New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Text: Common law relationship
Marriage: William Tyrrell, about 1806 (aged 35 years), New South Wales, Australia
Marriage Text: Common law relationship
Census: 1806 (aged 35 years), New South Wales, Australia
Census Text: Hannah Sandalls, Nile, free by servitude, living with William Tyrrell
Scorched: January 1810 at Kissing Point, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Scorched Citation details: Sydney Gazette Sunday 14 January 1810 p. 2
Scorched Text: By the lightning on the evening of yesterday se'nnight [a week ago yesterday] a barn belonging to William Turrell, at Kissing Point, was set fire to and totally consumed, together with about 15 bushels of wheat which he had reserved to seed his ground with for the next year's crop. In his little dwelling house his wife was unfortunately struck on the left side by the electric fluid, which has severely, scorched her face and neck, and much crippled her in her limbs. As this poor man has twice previously had his house and every thing he possessed destroyed by fire, he is now reduced to extreme distress, with the severe affliction of having a now helpless wife and three unfortunate children to participate in miseries proceeding not from own imprudence, but from causes against which it is not in the power of mankind to guard. This reduced family has nevertheless the consolation to reflect, that when real necessity prefers a claim to generosity, the hearts of New South Wales were never yet impervious to the touch of sensibility.
Death: June 1821 (aged 50 years)
Obituary Text: Ann Sandall, Died 14 Jun 1821 at [Sydney] [NSW AUS], aged 50. Buried 15 Jun 1821 at [Sydney] [NSW AUS]; Burial registered at St Philip's

[NOTE: Brian of nzolivers wonders if Ann and William were not actually married. No record of marriage could be found as at November 2023, and Ann was buried under her maiden name of "Sandall”.
Spouses
Birthca 1759, England
Death25 Jun 1827, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
BurialSydney, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationArrived in Australia 1788 in the “First Fleet”.
Marriageabt 1806, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
ChildrenMary (<1807-1883)
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