Tracing Family Branches

My 5th Great Grandmother Ann Puckeridge nee Maund is the subject of my Trove Tuesday blog this week.  After her son William's conviction in 1827 for the murder of Patrick McCooey (who had allegedly taken advantage and abused Ann while she was intoxicated) she doesn't seem to have changed the direction of her life at all. In 1829 she was caught harbouring two prisoners at her home illegally and not much effort seems to have gone into hiding their presence there. Source: POLICE INCIDENTS. (1829, February 13). The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848), p. 3. Retrieved July 2, 2013, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article36865952 Transcript: Ann Sneid, alias Puckeridge, was charged with harbouring two men, named George Wright and John Abbott, two prisoners of the Crown, illegally at large in her house.  On the evening of the fourth instant, Sutland, the informer, stated, that hearing some noisy fracas at the defendant's house, he was induced to go in, when seein...

These articles involve my 5th Great Grandmother Ann Puckeridge (nee Maund) and her son William Puckeridge (my half 4th Great grand Uncle).  Ann was born in England and married her first husband Joseph Puckeridge around 1796.  There are records of two children being baptised in St Marylebone, Middlesex,   England for this couple Sarah (1799-?) and James (1800-?).  Their lives took a turn in 1800, when Joseph was sentenced to death for stealing scotch ticking, this sentence was later remitted to transportation for Life.  In 1801 Joseph, the convict and Ann his free wife arrived in Australia on board the ship Earl Cornwallis , their English born children's fate is unknown.  They went on to have the following children in Australia: William (1802-1877), John (1804-1885), Ann Sawyer nee Puckeridge (1806-1882), Mary Ann (1809-1818), Richard (1812-1881), Joseph (1814-1857) and Henry (1817-1819).   Joseph worked as a brickmaker in Australia and died in Sydney i...