Ann (Livingstone) Johnson, Convict "Henry" 1825

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Ann Johnson formerly Livingstone Born 1809 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotlandmap Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Wife of Adam Johnson — married 1841 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australiamap Descendants descendants Mother of Mary Ann (Johnson) O'Keefe, Louisa (Johnson) Hay, Susannah (Johnson) O'Keefe, Margaret Anne Fordyce (Johnson) Duffy, Robert Johnson and Sarah Elizabeth (Johnson) Young Died [date unknown] [location unknown] Profile managers: Irene Dillon private message [send private message] and Melissa Johnson private message [send private message] Profile last modified 5 May 2018 | Created 22 Sep 2013 This page has been accessed 531 times.

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1 Biography 1.1 The Scotland Years 1.1.1 Birth 1.1.2 Crime 1.2 The Journey 1.2.1 Glasgow to London hulks 1.2.2 London to Hobart Town 1.3 Serving her Term 1.4 The Teen Years 1.4.1 As An Adult aged 20 onwards 1.5 Marriage 1.6 Life as a Free Woman 1.6.1 The First Ten Years 1.6.2 The Years of Feud 1.6.3 The Grand Finale 1.7 The New Norfolk Years 1.8 Death 2 Sources 2.1 Acknowledgments

Biography The Scotland Years Birth

Ann was born in about 1809 or possibly a year later. Very little is known about her early life, but it might be deduced that it was tough and lonely. She lived on the offensive, was belligerent and perhaps uncontrollable. Crime

Her first recorded sentence, according to her own statement [1] was a fortnight in Paisley Gaol, possibly at about the age of twelve. Her next was eight months in the same place for housebreaking. By the time of her final Glasgow arrest atthe age of about 14, she was quite experienced in the ways of the justice system.

At this time, Ann was in company with Alexander Stevenson, a 'habitual thief since birth' according to his convict record. He was 18 when Ann was about four years younger. They were arrested together for "housebreaking and theft".

There is a brief reference in the Caledonian Mercury 17 April 1824:

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE

... Lord Meadowbank arrived in town from Rosehall, the seat of General Pye. His Lordship was preceded by the Sheriff and the city Magistrates in their dragoons, with their mounted band ...

Tuesday April 13

The court met this day at nine o'clock ...Alexander Stevenson, and Ann Livingstone, accused of theft by opening lock-fast places, were found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. On receiving sentence, Livingstone exclaimed "I hope your Lordship will be in hell before that period."

Ann displayed the same spirit throughout her whole life.

She spent five months in gaol in Glasgow. [2]

The Journey Glasgow to London hulks

11 September 1824: Thursday the following female convicts arrived at our jail (Edinburgh?) from Glasgow, on their way to the hulks, preparatory to transportation, viz. - Ann Hunter or Dunsmore, Margaret McAslan or Paisley, Janet Gardner orBuchanan, Mary Little, Margaret Gordon, Margaret McTeague, and Ann Livingstone. They were the same afternoon conveyed to Leith, and embarked on board the smack Hawk, for the Thames.

London to Hobart Town

Ann was transported to Van Diemen's Land in the Henry in a season of heavy rain and storms which brought at least a hundred vessels onto the shore.

14 October 1825: [3] The Grenada and the Henry, two transports, sailed on Thursday for New South Wales, with 160 female convicts on board, for Hobart Town and Sydney.

23 October 1824: [4] In the late gale ....the Ann, of Whitby; Dwarf, of Hull; Rigby, of Ipswich; Vie Erndte, Kraft, from Stralsund for Newcastle; Henry, of Portsmouth; and Mary, of Yarmouth, were driven ashore near Blyth on the 11th instant... The sea broke with frightful violence on the pier at Newhaven, and the light-house at its extremity was battered down by the waves.

Reports of the storm were in the newspapers for days, and the death toll was very high. The harbours were filled with damaged ships, but fortunately the Henry had come to shore on a low sandbank and was 'got off' to resume its journey within just a few days. For 79 female convicts, stuck below deck, the time must have been very frightening and exhausting.

No more is heard of the Henry, it seems, until arrival in Australia.

11 February 1825:[5]

SHIP NEWS

Arrived on Wednesday from England, the ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, with 79 female prisoners, who have 10 children, and 25 free women, with 23 children, the latter having been sent out at the expense of Government to join their husbands andrelatives in these Colonies. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr Carlisle, R N -The Henry left the Downs the 12th of October, and on her passage touched at St Jago's. She brings no mail, but newspapers to the 6th of October. Serving her Term The Teen Years

Ann's gaol report states: 'A prostitute and thief. Connexions of the worst kind.' Ann was fourteen years old, possibly heading towards her fifteenth birthday, by this time. Ann's conduct record [6] is as follows:

8th April 1825: Hammond/ Absconding from her Master's service on the 29th March and remaining absent till apprehended - Factory C Class - to wear an Iron Collar 14 days and Bread and Water 7 days.

26th Oct 1825: Disobedient conduct in the Factory yesterday and abusing and being insolent to the Reverend W Bedford. At the same time was also charged with breaking away from the Factory by means of a Hole in the Wall and remaining absenttill apprehended - cell on Bread and Water one week and C Class Factory and Iron Collars 14 days.

30th November 1825: Factory/Disobedient of orders in getting on the Roof of the Factory twice on Saturday last - Confinement and fed on bread and water a week.

5th February 1826: Absconding from the Factory - to be placed in a cell one calendar month - one fortnight of which period to be kept on Bread and Water only.

February 1827: [7]

A woman named Ann Livingstone attempting to escape from the Female Factory, on Monday morning, jumped or fell from the wall, and broke her leg with a compound fracture.

Ann was in hospital for many months while her leg healed. In a time when compound fractures could result in death, she must have been strong to survive. At this point she was aged about 18.

13th November 1827: Absconding from His Majesty's Colonial Hospital on Sunday (yesterday) and remaining absent till this morning - to be confined in a cell on Bread and Water 14 days, in Factory.

4th July 1827: Factory/Dreadful abusive Language in the Factory and threatening violence to Charlotte Turner. Swearing she would do her some bodily harm and also with extreme insolence to Mrs Drabble(?). Reported and warned to behave betterin future or she would be removed to George Town.

5th July 1827: Threatening Mrs Drabble saying 'I will give you something for yourself for telling the P.S. and with using most dreadful and abusive language - to be confined in a Cell in Gaol 14 days on Bread and Water, to have her head shaved and recommended to be removed to George Town and kept to Hard Labour for 12 months.

24th September 1827: Absent yesterday without leave. Returned home intoxicated and conducts herself with great insolence - confined in a cell one week and ... in the Country.

12 April 1828: Absconded from the Factory on the 30th March and was brought back on the 31st March. Was confined in a Cell from whence she broke out on the night of the 1st or morning of the 2nd instant and remained absent until the 12th when she was brough back having been apprehended by one of the constabulary - to be confined in a Cell one Calendar month 14 days of which to be kept on Bread and Water, to have her hair cut short and 3 months added to her sentence of Confinement in Factory before passed upon her.

7th July 1828: Absconding from the Female Factory on the night of the 17th May and not returning until brought back by Constable Booth on the evening of the 3rd instant - Solitary Confinement one Calendar month, 14 days of which on Bread and Water to have her hair cut short and 6 Calendar months added to the period for which she is at present under sentence in the factory.

16th April 1829: Neglect of Duty and insolence - 3 months C Class House of Correction.

As An Adult aged 20 onwards

15th March 1830: Absent from her service the whole of Saturday night last without leave - Cell on Bread and Water 7 days in House of Correction.

24th September 1830: Absconding on or about the 1st day of the present month being illegally at large till apprehended by Constable Green on Friday 17th inst - to have 3 years added to her original sentence.

3rd June 1831: Disobedience of orders and Insolence to her Mistress the day previous - 2 months second class House of Correction and not assigned again in the District of Hobart.

12th November 1831: Neglect of duty and disobedience. 14 days solitary Confinement on Bread and water and restricted to the service of Government.

18th January 1832: Absent from her Master's house at night - 7 days solitary confinement on Bread and Water.

8th February 1832 Drunk and Disorderly 10 days solitary Confinement on Bread and Water

19th March 1832: Stephenson/Absconding - Transferred to George Town.

29th December 1832: Walker/Gross Insolence and absent from her service. C Class ...

18th April 1835 Richards/ Absent from her Service for 4 Days - Wash tub one month

3rd Nov 1835: Drunk and disorderly and out after hours. Wash tub for one month.

Marriage

Ann's daughter, Mary Ann, was born in about 1838. There is no certainty that Mary Ann was the daughter of Adam (James) Johnson, but he called her his child. There is no birth registration till the child was much older, so perhaps she was adopted into the family.

An application for marriage exists for Adam Johnson and Ann Livingstone for September 1840, refused. Another application, in October 1840, is followed by a scribble which could mean anything.

Free Certificate 1841

Ann and Adam were married on 15 November 1841 at St Luke's Church of England in Richmond, once Ann had received her certificate of freedom. The witnesses were Thomas Smith and Ann Martin, who appear to be unconnected to either Adam or Ann.Ann gave her age as '32' which would have given her a birth year of 1811, so presumably she was actually about 35.

Life as a Free Woman The First Ten Years

James and Ann disappeared from records for the next several years, and given Ann's personality, it is likely that records are still out there, waiting to be found.

It was towards the end of this time that Adam Johnson became James Johnson in official records. He was a baker, able to read and write and a quiet, law-abiding man with a temper which seems to have resulted in his original sentence. UnlikeAnn, he committed very few misdemeanors as a convict and received an early release from his sentence. It is still a puzzle that they ended up together. Perhaps Ann became pregnant and he felt a responsibility? There is no evidence that theyfelt poorly matched, so perhaps the temperament differences worked well.

What can be deduced from this decade:

9th August 1841: Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann surname not provided.

29th December 1842: Louisa was born in Hobart to Adam Johnston and Ann nee Levingston.

30th June 1844: Sarah Elizabeth (Hereafter known as Susannah Ann) was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone

30th August 1845: Margaret was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone. Same day is recorded the baptism of Margaret Ewing Johnson child of Adam Johnson and Ann nee Liviston

25th September 1847: Robert was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingston.

11th December 1849: Sarah Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann Levingston. Is this the same as the earlier child or a second child of the same name?

The Years of Feud

Pregnancy and parenting toddlers seems to have kept Ann busy and quiet, but by 1849 she was forty years old and she had no more children. As the family grew up they began to be noticed around town.

Friday 4 May 1855: Local Intelligence [8]

ASSAULT - Davis v Dean -This was an information laid by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Davis, residing in Campbell-street, charging Thomas Dean, a man residing In Brisbane-street, with assaulting and beating her on the 25th April, Defendant pleaded not guilty. Plaintiff deposed that on the 25th, as she and her husband wore going down Brisbane-street, defendant came out of his house and commenced quarrelling with her husband, she interfered, and defendant hit her between her shoulders with his fist, and knocked her down. Defendant afterwards brought a gun out of his house, presented it at her, and said he would have her life and her husband's.

By defendant, I did not call your wife an Irish coward, and a mare in foal. I did not want to go into your house to drink. Anne Johnson, deposed that on last Monday night week, in consequence of hearing a row in Campbell-street, she went tothe spot where she saw defendant knock the plaintiff down. By defendant-I did not see the plaintiff break your windows. Ann Courtenay corroborated the last witness' statement. This being the case for the prosecution no defense was offered,and the bench, Messrs Burgess and Forster, fined the defendant £2 with costs.

9th January 1856: POLICE OFFICE.- TUESDAY [9]

Assault.-Mrs Elizabeth Davis, of Campbell-street, charged Mrs Ann Johnson of the same locality with assaulting her, without any provocation.

From the complainant's statement, as well as that of three witnesses, it appeared that she had been very roughly treated, having been pulled into the defendant's yard by the hair of the head, and then, having a broom handle thrust into hereye; the complainant produced a portion of hair, which, «he said, was torn off by the roots.

The defendant said, all she had to say was, that it was Boxing Morning, and the witnesses, called by Mrs. Johnson were all groggy (A laugh.) She called two of her daughters, who both stated, that Mrs. Davis was drunk, and that she had called one of them " most horrible names" : they saw nothing of a broom stick, nor any violence used.

The defendant was fined 50s and costs and allowed a week to pay the amount.

17th October 1856: [10] Applications for Sureties.- Elizabeth Priest, another inhabitant of Elizabeth Lane, complained of Ann Johnson, a near neighbor, with threatening to kill her child, by ripping it open with a knife, on the 9th instant,and she feared that the defendant would do the child an injury, she prayed that the said Ann Johnson be bound over to keep the peace The defendant denied the charge, and stated, that she had six children of her own, (two of whom she produced) and was, moreover, a Grandmother, but, as for the complainant, she was a bad woman. Here, the defendant shed some copious tears, but dried them soon." Other evidence was adduced, which disclosed a series of quarrels and squabbles between the parents and their children which ought never to be brought before a Court of Justice. The defendant, however, was bound over to keep the peace for three months, her husband in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

17 October 1856: POLICE OFFICE- WEDNESDAY. [11] Another Cat and Fiddle Squabble.-Elizabeth Priest, who appeared the previous day, as a complainant against the defendant's wife, for threatening the life of her child, now complained of Adam Johnson, the husband, and a tailor by trade, withthreatening to take her own life, and prayed for sureties of the peace. As the defendant showed no cause against the application, he was bound over for six months, himself in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

Note that James has ceased to be a baker and become a tailor.

The Grand Finale

24th October 1856: [12] Symons v. Johnson.-This was an information laid by the Chief Constable against a Mrs. Ann Johnson for disturbing the peace. In consideration of the woman's husband being in jail, of her having six children, and of her promising to quit the neighborhood where she [unreadable] ...

There are discrepancies here. Seven children have been discovered. Elizabeth is not evident later so she perhaps she was Mary Ann, which would make Mary Ann a few years younger than was later stated. This is possible, as details about MaryAnn are very sketchy. The New Norfolk Years

The previous article gave us just enough information to note that Ann had promised to leave the neighbourhood. This she did. James and Ann moved to the Falls district near where they spent many years.

6th February 1862: [13] Ann Johnson, aged 50,wife of J. Johnson of Falls,tailor, ship of arrival Henry, charged with 'Using insulting language to passersby'. This was the first indication that James and Ann Johnson of New Norfolk were the same as Adam and Ann Johnson of Campbell Street.

Also arrested, same location and crime, were daughters Louie aged 19 and Susan Hall (wife of John Hall)aged 18. All three were fined 5 shillings plus costs and faced 7 days in the House of Correction if they could not pay.

At this point, Ann vanished from the record. Death

The only death for an Ann Johnson found so far of the correct age was indeed for Ann, widow of James, but her maiden name was Heath and she lived in Hobart. There was no convict by the name Ann Heath on the Henry, so research is still beingundertaken. Sources

↑ CON40-1-5 ↑ Caledonian Mercury on 11 Sept 1824 ↑ Inverness Courier Thursday 14 October 1824 ↑ Durham County Advertiser 23 October 1824 ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 11 February 1825 Shipping Arrivals ↑ CON40-1-5 via Tasmanian Archives online ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 03 Feb 1827 ↑ Colonial Times - Friday 4th May 1855 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury Wednesday 9 January 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 24 October 1856 ↑ New Norfolk Police Charge Book POL510/1/2

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Irene Dillon for creating WikiTree profile Johnson-20043 through the import of OKeefeFam.GED on Jul 21, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Irene and others.

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Ann (Livingstone) Johnson (1809)

Ann Johnson formerly Livingstone Born 1809 in Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotlandmap Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown] [sibling%28s%29 unknown] Wife of Adam Johnson — married 1841 in Hobart, Tasmania, Australiamap Descendants descendants Mother of Mary Ann (Johnson) O'Keefe, Louisa (Johnson) Hay, Susannah (Johnson) O'Keefe, Margaret Anne Fordyce (Johnson) Duffy, Robert Johnson and Sarah Elizabeth (Johnson) Young Died [date unknown] [location unknown] Profile managers: Irene Dillon private message [send private message] and Melissa Johnson private message [send private message] Profile last modified 5 May 2018 | Created 22 Sep 2013 This page has been accessed 531 times.

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Contents [hide]

1 Biography 1.1 The Scotland Years 1.1.1 Birth 1.1.2 Crime 1.2 The Journey 1.2.1 Glasgow to London hulks 1.2.2 London to Hobart Town 1.3 Serving her Term 1.4 The Teen Years 1.4.1 As An Adult aged 20 onwards 1.5 Marriage 1.6 Life as a Free Woman 1.6.1 The First Ten Years 1.6.2 The Years of Feud 1.6.3 The Grand Finale 1.7 The New Norfolk Years 1.8 Death 2 Sources 2.1 Acknowledgments

Biography The Scotland Years Birth

Ann was born in about 1809 or possibly a year later. Very little is known about her early life, but it might be deduced that it was tough and lonely. She lived on the offensive, was belligerent and perhaps uncontrollable. Crime

Her first recorded sentence, according to her own statement [1] was a fortnight in Paisley Gaol, possibly at about the age of twelve. Her next was eight months in the same place for housebreaking. By the time of her final Glasgow arrest atthe age of about 14, she was quite experienced in the ways of the justice system.

At this time, Ann was in company with Alexander Stevenson, a 'habitual thief since birth' according to his convict record. He was 18 when Ann was about four years younger. They were arrested together for "housebreaking and theft".

There is a brief reference in the Caledonian Mercury 17 April 1824:

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE

... Lord Meadowbank arrived in town from Rosehall, the seat of General Pye. His Lordship was preceded by the Sheriff and the city Magistrates in their dragoons, with their mounted band ...

Tuesday April 13

The court met this day at nine o'clock ...Alexander Stevenson, and Ann Livingstone, accused of theft by opening lock-fast places, were found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. On receiving sentence, Livingstone exclaimed "I hope your Lordship will be in hell before that period."

Ann displayed the same spirit throughout her whole life.

She spent five months in gaol in Glasgow. [2]

The Journey Glasgow to London hulks

11 September 1824: Thursday the following female convicts arrived at our jail (Edinburgh?) from Glasgow, on their way to the hulks, preparatory to transportation, viz. - Ann Hunter or Dunsmore, Margaret McAslan or Paisley, Janet Gardner orBuchanan, Mary Little, Margaret Gordon, Margaret McTeague, and Ann Livingstone. They were the same afternoon conveyed to Leith, and embarked on board the smack Hawk, for the Thames.

London to Hobart Town

Ann was transported to Van Diemen's Land in the Henry in a season of heavy rain and storms which brought at least a hundred vessels onto the shore.

14 October 1825: [3] The Grenada and the Henry, two transports, sailed on Thursday for New South Wales, with 160 female convicts on board, for Hobart Town and Sydney.

23 October 1824: [4] In the late gale ....the Ann, of Whitby; Dwarf, of Hull; Rigby, of Ipswich; Vie Erndte, Kraft, from Stralsund for Newcastle; Henry, of Portsmouth; and Mary, of Yarmouth, were driven ashore near Blyth on the 11th instant... The sea broke with frightful violence on the pier at Newhaven, and the light-house at its extremity was battered down by the waves.

Reports of the storm were in the newspapers for days, and the death toll was very high. The harbours were filled with damaged ships, but fortunately the Henry had come to shore on a low sandbank and was 'got off' to resume its journey within just a few days. For 79 female convicts, stuck below deck, the time must have been very frightening and exhausting.

No more is heard of the Henry, it seems, until arrival in Australia.

11 February 1825:[5]

SHIP NEWS

Arrived on Wednesday from England, the ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, with 79 female prisoners, who have 10 children, and 25 free women, with 23 children, the latter having been sent out at the expense of Government to join their husbands andrelatives in these Colonies. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr Carlisle, R N -The Henry left the Downs the 12th of October, and on her passage touched at St Jago's. She brings no mail, but newspapers to the 6th of October. Serving her Term The Teen Years

Ann's gaol report states: 'A prostitute and thief. Connexions of the worst kind.' Ann was fourteen years old, possibly heading towards her fifteenth birthday, by this time. Ann's conduct record [6] is as follows:

8th April 1825: Hammond/ Absconding from her Master's service on the 29th March and remaining absent till apprehended - Factory C Class - to wear an Iron Collar 14 days and Bread and Water 7 days.

26th Oct 1825: Disobedient conduct in the Factory yesterday and abusing and being insolent to the Reverend W Bedford. At the same time was also charged with breaking away from the Factory by means of a Hole in the Wall and remaining absenttill apprehended - cell on Bread and Water one week and C Class Factory and Iron Collars 14 days.

30th November 1825: Factory/Disobedient of orders in getting on the Roof of the Factory twice on Saturday last - Confinement and fed on bread and water a week.

5th February 1826: Absconding from the Factory - to be placed in a cell one calendar month - one fortnight of which period to be kept on Bread and Water only.

February 1827: [7]

A woman named Ann Livingstone attempting to escape from the Female Factory, on Monday morning, jumped or fell from the wall, and broke her leg with a compound fracture.

Ann was in hospital for many months while her leg healed. In a time when compound fractures could result in death, she must have been strong to survive. At this point she was aged about 18.

13th November 1827: Absconding from His Majesty's Colonial Hospital on Sunday (yesterday) and remaining absent till this morning - to be confined in a cell on Bread and Water 14 days, in Factory.

4th July 1827: Factory/Dreadful abusive Language in the Factory and threatening violence to Charlotte Turner. Swearing she would do her some bodily harm and also with extreme insolence to Mrs Drabble(?). Reported and warned to behave betterin future or she would be removed to George Town.

5th July 1827: Threatening Mrs Drabble saying 'I will give you something for yourself for telling the P.S. and with using most dreadful and abusive language - to be confined in a Cell in Gaol 14 days on Bread and Water, to have her head shaved and recommended to be removed to George Town and kept to Hard Labour for 12 months.

24th September 1827: Absent yesterday without leave. Returned home intoxicated and conducts herself with great insolence - confined in a cell one week and ... in the Country.

12 April 1828: Absconded from the Factory on the 30th March and was brought back on the 31st March. Was confined in a Cell from whence she broke out on the night of the 1st or morning of the 2nd instant and remained absent until the 12th when she was brough back having been apprehended by one of the constabulary - to be confined in a Cell one Calendar month 14 days of which to be kept on Bread and Water, to have her hair cut short and 3 months added to her sentence of Confinement in Factory before passed upon her.

7th July 1828: Absconding from the Female Factory on the night of the 17th May and not returning until brought back by Constable Booth on the evening of the 3rd instant - Solitary Confinement one Calendar month, 14 days of which on Bread and Water to have her hair cut short and 6 Calendar months added to the period for which she is at present under sentence in the factory.

16th April 1829: Neglect of Duty and insolence - 3 months C Class House of Correction.

As An Adult aged 20 onwards

15th March 1830: Absent from her service the whole of Saturday night last without leave - Cell on Bread and Water 7 days in House of Correction.

24th September 1830: Absconding on or about the 1st day of the present month being illegally at large till apprehended by Constable Green on Friday 17th inst - to have 3 years added to her original sentence.

3rd June 1831: Disobedience of orders and Insolence to her Mistress the day previous - 2 months second class House of Correction and not assigned again in the District of Hobart.

12th November 1831: Neglect of duty and disobedience. 14 days solitary Confinement on Bread and water and restricted to the service of Government.

18th January 1832: Absent from her Master's house at night - 7 days solitary confinement on Bread and Water.

8th February 1832 Drunk and Disorderly 10 days solitary Confinement on Bread and Water

19th March 1832: Stephenson/Absconding - Transferred to George Town.

29th December 1832: Walker/Gross Insolence and absent from her service. C Class ...

18th April 1835 Richards/ Absent from her Service for 4 Days - Wash tub one month

3rd Nov 1835: Drunk and disorderly and out after hours. Wash tub for one month.

Marriage

Ann's daughter, Mary Ann, was born in about 1838. There is no certainty that Mary Ann was the daughter of Adam (James) Johnson, but he called her his child. There is no birth registration till the child was much older, so perhaps she was adopted into the family.

An application for marriage exists for Adam Johnson and Ann Livingstone for September 1840, refused. Another application, in October 1840, is followed by a scribble which could mean anything.

Free Certificate 1841

Ann and Adam were married on 15 November 1841 at St Luke's Church of England in Richmond, once Ann had received her certificate of freedom. The witnesses were Thomas Smith and Ann Martin, who appear to be unconnected to either Adam or Ann.Ann gave her age as '32' which would have given her a birth year of 1811, so presumably she was actually about 35.

Life as a Free Woman The First Ten Years

James and Ann disappeared from records for the next several years, and given Ann's personality, it is likely that records are still out there, waiting to be found.

It was towards the end of this time that Adam Johnson became James Johnson in official records. He was a baker, able to read and write and a quiet, law-abiding man with a temper which seems to have resulted in his original sentence. UnlikeAnn, he committed very few misdemeanors as a convict and received an early release from his sentence. It is still a puzzle that they ended up together. Perhaps Ann became pregnant and he felt a responsibility? There is no evidence that theyfelt poorly matched, so perhaps the temperament differences worked well.

What can be deduced from this decade:

9th August 1841: Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann surname not provided.

29th December 1842: Louisa was born in Hobart to Adam Johnston and Ann nee Levingston.

30th June 1844: Sarah Elizabeth (Hereafter known as Susannah Ann) was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone

30th August 1845: Margaret was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone. Same day is recorded the baptism of Margaret Ewing Johnson child of Adam Johnson and Ann nee Liviston

25th September 1847: Robert was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingston.

11th December 1849: Sarah Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann Levingston. Is this the same as the earlier child or a second child of the same name?

The Years of Feud

Pregnancy and parenting toddlers seems to have kept Ann busy and quiet, but by 1849 she was forty years old and she had no more children. As the family grew up they began to be noticed around town.

Friday 4 May 1855: Local Intelligence [8]

ASSAULT - Davis v Dean -This was an information laid by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Davis, residing in Campbell-street, charging Thomas Dean, a man residing In Brisbane-street, with assaulting and beating her on the 25th April, Defendant pleaded not guilty. Plaintiff deposed that on the 25th, as she and her husband wore going down Brisbane-street, defendant came out of his house and commenced quarrelling with her husband, she interfered, and defendant hit her between her shoulders with his fist, and knocked her down. Defendant afterwards brought a gun out of his house, presented it at her, and said he would have her life and her husband's.

By defendant, I did not call your wife an Irish coward, and a mare in foal. I did not want to go into your house to drink. Anne Johnson, deposed that on last Monday night week, in consequence of hearing a row in Campbell-street, she went tothe spot where she saw defendant knock the plaintiff down. By defendant-I did not see the plaintiff break your windows. Ann Courtenay corroborated the last witness' statement. This being the case for the prosecution no defense was offered,and the bench, Messrs Burgess and Forster, fined the defendant £2 with costs.

9th January 1856: POLICE OFFICE.- TUESDAY [9]

Assault.-Mrs Elizabeth Davis, of Campbell-street, charged Mrs Ann Johnson of the same locality with assaulting her, without any provocation.

From the complainant's statement, as well as that of three witnesses, it appeared that she had been very roughly treated, having been pulled into the defendant's yard by the hair of the head, and then, having a broom handle thrust into hereye; the complainant produced a portion of hair, which, «he said, was torn off by the roots.

The defendant said, all she had to say was, that it was Boxing Morning, and the witnesses, called by Mrs. Johnson were all groggy (A laugh.) She called two of her daughters, who both stated, that Mrs. Davis was drunk, and that she had called one of them " most horrible names" : they saw nothing of a broom stick, nor any violence used.

The defendant was fined 50s and costs and allowed a week to pay the amount.

17th October 1856: [10] Applications for Sureties.- Elizabeth Priest, another inhabitant of Elizabeth Lane, complained of Ann Johnson, a near neighbor, with threatening to kill her child, by ripping it open with a knife, on the 9th instant,and she feared that the defendant would do the child an injury, she prayed that the said Ann Johnson be bound over to keep the peace The defendant denied the charge, and stated, that she had six children of her own, (two of whom she produced) and was, moreover, a Grandmother, but, as for the complainant, she was a bad woman. Here, the defendant shed some copious tears, but dried them soon." Other evidence was adduced, which disclosed a series of quarrels and squabbles between the parents and their children which ought never to be brought before a Court of Justice. The defendant, however, was bound over to keep the peace for three months, her husband in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

17 October 1856: POLICE OFFICE- WEDNESDAY. [11] Another Cat and Fiddle Squabble.-Elizabeth Priest, who appeared the previous day, as a complainant against the defendant's wife, for threatening the life of her child, now complained of Adam Johnson, the husband, and a tailor by trade, withthreatening to take her own life, and prayed for sureties of the peace. As the defendant showed no cause against the application, he was bound over for six months, himself in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

Note that James has ceased to be a baker and become a tailor.

The Grand Finale

24th October 1856: [12] Symons v. Johnson.-This was an information laid by the Chief Constable against a Mrs. Ann Johnson for disturbing the peace. In consideration of the woman's husband being in jail, of her having six children, and of her promising to quit the neighborhood where she [unreadable] ...

There are discrepancies here. Seven children have been discovered. Elizabeth is not evident later so she perhaps she was Mary Ann, which would make Mary Ann a few years younger than was later stated. This is possible, as details about MaryAnn are very sketchy. The New Norfolk Years

The previous article gave us just enough information to note that Ann had promised to leave the neighbourhood. This she did. James and Ann moved to the Falls district near where they spent many years.

6th February 1862: [13] Ann Johnson, aged 50,wife of J. Johnson of Falls,tailor, ship of arrival Henry, charged with 'Using insulting language to passersby'. This was the first indication that James and Ann Johnson of New Norfolk were the same as Adam and Ann Johnson of Campbell Street.

Also arrested, same location and crime, were daughters Louie aged 19 and Susan Hall (wife of John Hall)aged 18. All three were fined 5 shillings plus costs and faced 7 days in the House of Correction if they could not pay.

At this point, Ann vanished from the record. Death

The only death for an Ann Johnson found so far of the correct age was indeed for Ann, widow of James, but her maiden name was Heath and she lived in Hobart. There was no convict by the name Ann Heath on the Henry, so research is still beingundertaken. Sources

↑ CON40-1-5 ↑ Caledonian Mercury on 11 Sept 1824 ↑ Inverness Courier Thursday 14 October 1824 ↑ Durham County Advertiser 23 October 1824 ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 11 February 1825 Shipping Arrivals ↑ CON40-1-5 via Tasmanian Archives online ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 03 Feb 1827 ↑ Colonial Times - Friday 4th May 1855 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury Wednesday 9 January 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 24 October 1856 ↑ New Norfolk Police Charge Book POL510/1/2

Acknowledgments

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Biography The Scotland Years Birth Ann was born in about 1809 or possibly a year later. Very little is known about her early life, but it might be deduced that it was tough and lonely. She lived on the offensive, was belligerent and perhaps uncontrollable. Crime

Ann (Livingstone) Johnson was a convict after the Third Fleet.

Her first recorded sentence, according to her own statement [1] was a fortnight in Paisley Gaol, possibly at about the age of twelve. Her next was eight months in the same place for housebreaking. By the time of her final Glasgow arrest atthe age of about 14, she was quite experienced in the ways of the justice system.

At this time, Ann was in company with Alexander Stevenson, a 'habitual thief since birth' according to his convict record. He was 18 when Ann was about four years younger. They were arrested together for "housebreaking and theft".

There is a brief reference in the Caledonian Mercury 17 April 1824:

CIRCUIT INTELLIGENCE

... Lord Meadowbank arrived in town from Rosehall, the seat of General Pye. His Lordship was preceded by the Sheriff and the city Magistrates in their dragoons, with their mounted band ...

Tuesday April 13

The court met this day at nine o'clock ...Alexander Stevenson, and Ann Livingstone, accused of theft by opening lock-fast places, were found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for fourteen years. On receiving sentence, Livingstone exclaimed "I hope your Lordship will be in hell before that period."

Ann displayed the same spirit throughout her whole life.

She spent five months in gaol in Glasgow. [2]

The Journey Glasgow to London hulks 11 September 1824: Thursday the following female convicts arrived at our jail (Edinburgh?) from Glasgow, on their way to the hulks, preparatory to transportation, viz. - Ann Hunter or Dunsmore, Margaret McAslan or Paisley, Janet Gardner orBuchanan, Mary Little, Margaret Gordon, Margaret McTeague, and Ann Livingstone. They were the same afternoon conveyed to Leith, and embarked on board the smack Hawk, for the Thames.

London to Hobart Town Ann was transported to Van Diemen's Land in the Henry in a season of heavy rain and storms which brought at least a hundred vessels onto the shore.

14 October 1825: [3] The Grenada and the Henry, two transports, sailed on Thursday for New South Wales, with 160 female convicts on board, for Hobart Town and Sydney.

23 October 1824: [4] In the late gale ....the Ann, of Whitby; Dwarf, of Hull; Rigby, of Ipswich; Vie Erndte, Kraft, from Stralsund for Newcastle; Henry, of Portsmouth; and Mary, of Yarmouth, were driven ashore near Blyth on the 11th instant... The sea broke with frightful violence on the pier at Newhaven, and the light-house at its extremity was battered down by the waves.

Reports of the storm were in the newspapers for days, and the death toll was very high. The harbours were filled with damaged ships, but fortunately the Henry had come to shore on a low sandbank and was 'got off' to resume its journey within just a few days. For 79 female convicts, stuck below deck, the time must have been very frightening and exhausting.

No more is heard of the Henry, it seems, until arrival in Australia.

11 February 1825:[5]

SHIP NEWS

Arrived on Wednesday from England, the ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, with 79 female prisoners, who have 10 children, and 25 free women, with 23 children, the latter having been sent out at the expense of Government to join their husbands andrelatives in these Colonies. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr Carlisle, R N -The Henry left the Downs the 12th of October, and on her passage touched at St Jago's. She brings no mail, but newspapers to the 6th of October. Serving her Term The Teen Years

Ann's gaol report states: 'A prostitute and thief. Connexions of the worst kind.' Ann was fourteen years old, possibly heading towards her fifteenth birthday, by this time. Ann's conduct record [6] is as follows:

8th April 1825: Hammond/ Absconding from her Master's service on the 29th March and remaining absent till apprehended - Factory C Class - to wear an Iron Collar 14 days and Bread and Water 7 days.

26th Oct 1825: Disobedient conduct in the Factory yesterday and abusing and being insolent to the Reverend W Bedford. At the same time was also charged with breaking away from the Factory by means of a Hole in the Wall and remaining absenttill apprehended - cell on Bread and Water one week and C Class Factory and Iron Collars 14 days.

30th November 1825: Factory/Disobedient of orders in getting on the Roof of the Factory twice on Saturday last - Confinement and fed on bread and water a week.

5th February 1826: Absconding from the Factory - to be placed in a cell one calendar month - one fortnight of which period to be kept on Bread and Water only. February 1827: [7]

A woman named Ann Livingstone attempting to escape from the Female Factory, on Monday morning, jumped or fell from the wall, and broke her leg with a compound fracture.

Ann was in hospital for many months while her leg healed. In a time when compound fractures could result in death, she must have been strong to survive. At this point she was aged about 18.

13th November 1827: Absconding from His Majesty's Colonial Hospital on Sunday (yesterday) and remaining absent till this morning - to be confined in a cell on Bread and Water 14 days, in Factory.

4th July 1827: Factory/Dreadful abusive Language in the Factory and threatening violence to Charlotte Turner. Swearing she would do her some bodily harm and also with extreme insolence to Mrs Drabble(?). Reported and warned to behave betterin future or she would be removed to George Town.

5th July 1827: Threatening Mrs Drabble saying 'I will give you something for yourself for telling the P.S. and with using most dreadful and abusive language - to be confined in a Cell in Gaol 14 days on Bread and Water, to have her head shaved and recommended to be removed to George Town and kept to Hard Labour for 12 months.

24th September 1827: Absent yesterday without leave. Returned home intoxicated and conducts herself with great insolence - confined in a cell one week and ... in the Country.

12 April 1828: Absconded from the Factory on the 30th March and was brought back on the 31st March. Was confined in a Cell from whence she broke out on the night of the 1st or morning of the 2nd instant and remained absent until the 12th when she was brough back having been apprehended by one of the constabulary - to be confined in a Cell one Calendar month 14 days of which to be kept on Bread and Water, to have her hair cut short and 3 months added to her sentence of Confinement in Factory before passed upon her.

7th July 1828: Absconding from the Female Factory on the night of the 17th May and not returning until brought back by Constable Booth on the evening of the 3rd instant - Solitary Confinement one Calendar month, 14 days of which on Bread and Water to have her hair cut short and 6 Calendar months added to the period for which she is at present under sentence in the factory.

16th April 1829: Neglect of Duty and insolence - 3 months C Class House of Correction.

As An Adult aged 20 onwards 15th March 1830: Absent from her service the whole of Saturday night last without leave - Cell on Bread and Water 7 days in House of Correction.

24th September 1830: Absconding on or about the 1st day of the present month being illegally at large till apprehended by Constable Green on Friday 17th inst - to have 3 years added to her original sentence.

3rd June 1831: Disobedience of orders and Insolence to her Mistress the day previous - 2 months second class House of Correction and not assigned again in the District of Hobart.

12th November 1831: Neglect of duty and disobedience. 14 days solitary Confinement on Bread and water and restricted to the service of Government.

18th January 1832: Absent from her Master's house at night - 7 days solitary confinement on Bread and Water.

8th February 1832 Drunk and Disorderly 10 days solitary Confinement on Bread and Water

19th March 1832: Stephenson/Absconding - Transferred to George Town.

29th December 1832: Walker/Gross Insolence and absent from her service. C Class ...

18th April 1835 Richards/ Absent from her Service for 4 Days - Wash tub one month

3rd Nov 1835: Drunk and disorderly and out after hours. Wash tub for one month.

Marriage Ann's daughter, Mary Ann, was born in about 1838. There is no certainty that Mary Ann was the daughter of Adam (James) Johnson, but he called her his child. There is no birth registration till the child was much older, so perhaps she was adopted into the family. An application for marriage exists for Adam Johnson and Ann Livingstone for September 1840, refused. Another application, in October 1840, is followed by a scribble which could mean anything.

Free Certificate 1841

Ann and Adam were married on 15 November 1841 at St Luke's Church of England in Richmond, once Ann had received her certificate of freedom. The witnesses were Thomas Smith and Ann Martin, who appear to be unconnected to either Adam or Ann.Ann gave her age as '32' which would have given her a birth year of 1811, so presumably she was actually about 35.

Life as a Free Woman The First Ten Years James and Ann disappeared from records for the next several years, and given Ann's personality, it is likely that records are still out there, waiting to be found.

It was towards the end of this time that Adam Johnson became James Johnson in official records. He was a baker, able to read and write and a quiet, law-abiding man with a temper which seems to have resulted in his original sentence. UnlikeAnn, he committed very few misdemeanors as a convict and received an early release from his sentence. It is still a puzzle that they ended up together. Perhaps Ann became pregnant and he felt a responsibility? There is no evidence that theyfelt poorly matched, so perhaps the temperament differences worked well.

What can be deduced from this decade:

9th August 1841: Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann surname not provided.

29th December 1842: Louisa was born in Hobart to Adam Johnston and Ann nee Levingston.

30th June 1844: Sarah Elizabeth (Hereafter known as Susannah Ann) was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone

30th August 1845: Margaret was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingstone. Same day is recorded the baptism of Margaret Ewing Johnson child of Adam Johnson and Ann nee Liviston

25th September 1847: Robert was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann nee Livingston.

11th December 1849: Sarah Elizabeth was born in Hobart to Adam Johnson and Ann Levingston. Is this the same as the earlier child or a second child of the same name?

The Years of Feud

Pregnancy and parenting toddlers seems to have kept Ann busy and quiet, but by 1849 she was forty years old and she had no more children. As the family grew up they began to be noticed around town.

Friday 4 May 1855: Local Intelligence [8]

ASSAULT - Davis v Dean -This was an information laid by the plaintiff, Elizabeth Davis, residing in Campbell-street, charging Thomas Dean, a man residing In Brisbane-street, with assaulting and beating her on the 25th April, Defendant pleaded not guilty. Plaintiff deposed that on the 25th, as she and her husband wore going down Brisbane-street, defendant came out of his house and commenced quarrelling with her husband, she interfered, and defendant hit her between her shoulders with his fist, and knocked her down. Defendant afterwards brought a gun out of his house, presented it at her, and said he would have her life and her husband's.

By defendant, I did not call your wife an Irish coward, and a mare in foal. I did not want to go into your house to drink. Anne Johnson, deposed that on last Monday night week, in consequence of hearing a row in Campbell-street, she went tothe spot where she saw defendant knock the plaintiff down. By defendant-I did not see the plaintiff break your windows. Ann Courtenay corroborated the last witness' statement. This being the case for the prosecution no defense was offered,and the bench, Messrs Burgess and Forster, fined the defendant £2 with costs.

9th January 1856: POLICE OFFICE.- TUESDAY [9]

Assault.-Mrs Elizabeth Davis, of Campbell-street, charged Mrs Ann Johnson of the same locality with assaulting her, without any provocation.

From the complainant's statement, as well as that of three witnesses, it appeared that she had been very roughly treated, having been pulled into the defendant's yard by the hair of the head, and then, having a broom handle thrust into hereye; the complainant produced a portion of hair, which, «he said, was torn off by the roots.

The defendant said, all she had to say was, that it was Boxing Morning, and the witnesses, called by Mrs. Johnson were all groggy (A laugh.) She called two of her daughters, who both stated, that Mrs. Davis was drunk, and that she had called one of them " most horrible names" : they saw nothing of a broom stick, nor any violence used.

The defendant was fined 50s and costs and allowed a week to pay the amount.

17th October 1856: [10] Applications for Sureties.- Elizabeth Priest, another inhabitant of Elizabeth Lane, complained of Ann Johnson, a near neighbor, with threatening to kill her child, by ripping it open with a knife, on the 9th instant,and she feared that the defendant would do the child an injury, she prayed that the said Ann Johnson be bound over to keep the peace The defendant denied the charge, and stated, that she had six children of her own, (two of whom she produced) and was, moreover, a Grandmother, but, as for the complainant, she was a bad woman. Here, the defendant shed some copious tears, but dried them soon." Other evidence was adduced, which disclosed a series of quarrels and squabbles between the parents and their children which ought never to be brought before a Court of Justice. The defendant, however, was bound over to keep the peace for three months, her husband in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

17 October 1856: POLICE OFFICE- WEDNESDAY. [11] Another Cat and Fiddle Squabble.-Elizabeth Priest, who appeared the previous day, as a complainant against the defendant's wife, for threatening the life of her child, now complained of Adam Johnson, the husband, and a tailor by trade, withthreatening to take her own life, and prayed for sureties of the peace. As the defendant showed no cause against the application, he was bound over for six months, himself in £5, and two sureties in 50s. each.

Note that James has ceased to be a baker and become a tailor.

The Grand Finale

24th October 1856: [12] Symons v. Johnson.-This was an information laid by the Chief Constable against a Mrs. Ann Johnson for disturbing the peace. In consideration of the woman's husband being in jail, of her having six children, and of her promising to quit the neighborhood where she [unreadable] ...

There are discrepancies here. Seven children have been discovered. Elizabeth is not evident later so she perhaps she was Mary Ann, which would make Mary Ann a few years younger than was later stated. This is possible, as details about MaryAnn are very sketchy. The New Norfolk Years

The previous article gave us just enough information to note that Ann had promised to leave the neighbourhood. This she did. James and Ann moved to the Falls district near where they spent many years.

6th February 1862: [13] Ann Johnson, aged 50,wife of J. Johnson of Falls,tailor, ship of arrival Henry, charged with 'Using insulting language to passersby'. This was the first indication that James and Ann Johnson of New Norfolk were the same as Adam and Ann Johnson of Campbell Street.

Also arrested, same location and crime, were daughters Louie aged 19 and Susan Hall (wife of John Hall)aged 18. All three were fined 5 shillings plus costs and faced 7 days in the House of Correction if they could not pay.

At this point, Ann vanished from the record. Death The only death for an Ann Johnson found so far of the correct age was indeed for Ann, widow of James, but her maiden name was Heath and she lived in Hobart. There was no convict by the name Ann Heath on the Henry, so research is still beingundertaken. Sources ↑ CON40-1-5 ↑ Caledonian Mercury on 11 Sept 1824 ↑ Inverness Courier Thursday 14 October 1824 ↑ Durham County Advertiser 23 October 1824 ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 11 February 1825 Shipping Arrivals ↑ CON40-1-5 via Tasmanian Archives online ↑ Hobart Town Gazette 03 Feb 1827 ↑ Colonial Times - Friday 4th May 1855 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury Wednesday 9 January 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 17 October 1856 ↑ The Hobarton Mercury - Friday 24 October 1856 ↑ New Norfolk Police Charge Book POL510/1/2 Acknowledgments Thank you to Irene Dillon for creating WikiTree profile Johnson-20043 through the import of OKeefeFam.GED on Jul 21, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Irene and others.