Ann Territt (aka Terrett)
She was born in or around Gloucester between 1786–1789.
She was tried before the Gloucester Easter Quarter Sessions in 1810, charged with larceny. At that time, Ann had been a servant. She received a seven year term and was kept in prison for another two years prior to her transportation. Ann was first sent to NSW in 1812 aboard ‘Emu’ with about 40 female convicts on board. The ship was hijacked by American privateers and the passengers and crew were put onto the Cape Verde Islands until they were picked up and returned to England.
Ann was re-sent to Sydney on the ‘Broxbornebury’, which left England on February 22, 1814.
She worked at the female factory in Parramatta and one year later was given leave to marry William MAKEPEACE. She was given her freedom and after William’s death, she was listed as the publican of the ‘Black Swan Hotel’ in Sydney.
Ann next married John WHEELER, a convict who had been assigned to work for Ann in 1826.
Ann’s son, Jonas Wheeler, married Rebecca Hoy, daughter of Timothy Hoy (Admiral Gambier, 1808) and Bethia Freeman (daughter of James Freeman, Alexander 1788 and Mary Edwards (Mary Ann 1791).
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