Charles Allen Du Val

Ann Starmer 1767-1825

Ann Starmer was born in Kettering, Northamptonshire on 16 August 1767, the daughter of John Starmer 1735-1789 and his wife nee Hannah Bland 1735-1781.

On 19 July 1803, she was convicted at Northampton of some crime (still unknown), and sentenced to transportation to Australia for seven years. She spent a few months in prison before being put on board the convict ship Experiment sailing from Cowes on the Isle of Wight on 2 January 1804. She arrived at Port Jackson (Sydney) on 12 June 1804 (1).

She was married to Thomas Ainsworth Anlezark in the same year, and died on 28 October 1825 in Liverpool, a suburb of Sydney. They had the following children:

James Anlezark. He was born on 3 February 1806 in Liverpool in Sydney, Australia. He was twice married, first to Elizabeth Jane Smith (by whom he had a son and four daughters) and secondly to Matilda Hawthorne (by whom he had a son and a daughter). He died in Parramatta on 24 December 1874.

Sophia Anlezark. She was born in 1807 in Liverpool in Sydney. She was twice married, first to William Edwards (by whom she had two sons and five daughters) and secondly to Thomas Shaw. She died at Towrang in New South Wales on 11 October 1876.

John Anlezark. He was born on 17 March 1812 in Liverpool in Sydney. He married twice, first Mary Ann Doyle (by whom he had three sons and five daughters), and secondly Catherine Morrissy (by whom he had six sons and three daughters). He died at Argyle in New South Wales on 10 March 1889 aged 76 years.

Thomas Anlezark. He was born on 17 August 1812 and died on 13 August 1815 aged two years.

(1) Australian Convict Transportation Registers 1791-1868; New South Wales, Australia, Convict Ship Muster Rolls 1790-1849; and New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists 1787-1834.