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Bryan, Anthony - Convict
Entry 469 Sex: M Alias: BRIEN, Anthony
Born: at :
Bapt: at:
Died: — September 1826 at: Ryde, NSW
Buried: 16 September 1826 at: St. Ann's church, Ryde, NSW

Conviction Details

Status on Arrival: Convict Ship: Surprise - 1790
Crime: Steal a cloth Great Coat Sentence: 7 years
Tried at: Old Bailey second Middlesex Jury Trial Date: 27 February 1788

Parent Details

Father: Mother:

Physical Description

Literacy Religion Trade/Calling
Visage Build Native Place
Complexion Hair Eyes Height
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Partners

No of identified Marriages/Partners 2 No of Children 3
Partners Name Marriage Date Marriage Place FGS
Dean, Elizabeth? 3 October 1795 Sydney, NSW
Parker, Mary Ann? No marriage recorded cohabiting between 1814 and 1821
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EXTRACT FROM http://www.oldbaileyonline.org(external link)
ANTHONY BRYAN, Theft > grand larceny, 27th February 1788.

Reference Number: t17880227-23
Offence: Theft > grand larceny
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: Transportation
176. ANTHONY BRYAN was indicted for stealing a cloth great coat, value 40 s. the property of John M'Donald , on the 18th of January .
JOHN M'DONALD sworn.
I am coachman to Lord Grannard; on the 18th of January as I was in the yard, the prisoner came and asked me how I did; I came out of the stable and pulled the door after me, he followed, and I went about my business; this was a little before five o'clock, I returned about seven, and missed my great coat; about a month after I heard the prisoner was at a public-house, I got a constable and went and took him, I never found my coat again.
JOHN SCANDLING sworn.
I was in the yard on the 18th of January, a little before five, the prisoner came to me and asked me which was the coachman's stables; I shewed him, he went in, I saw no more of him.
MARY CLAYTON sworn.
On the 18th of January I was going down the yard for my pots, and saw the prisoner come out of the stable with two coats under his arm, the one white, the other blue.
Are you sure it was the prisoner? - Yes, I knew him before; I told the coachman about five minutes after; they went after him, but could not overtake him.
To M'Donald. What colour was your coat? - A green-blue.
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
I know nothing of the affair.
GUILTY .
Transported for seven years .
Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER
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October 1799 - Received a grant of 30 acres at Kissing Point
Elizabeth had left Anthony by 1799. Anthony was cohabiting with Mary Ann Parker (per 'Canada' 1810) from at least 1814 until about 1821

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