My 4th great grandfather was John WOOD, he was born in 1768 at Ealing, Middlesex, England.
John had been a coachman in England to the commissary General - John Palmer.
John Wood , along with a man named John Jennings were accused of highway robbery on the 2nd March 1789.
Tried on the 27th April 1789 and sentenced to death. In June 1789 the sentence was commuted to transportation for Life then in 1790 reduced again at Somerset assizes to 7 years transportation.
John Wood remained in Newgate prison until 24 February 1791 when he was transferred per "Venus" for the "Albermarle" at Portsmouth from there on the 27 March 1791, he departed, arriving in Sydney on the 13th October 1791
John WOOD arrived in Australia on board the Albemarle on the 13 October 1791.
In the 1828 census, John was working for his son in law, Peter Hough 1776-1833.
John's headstone at St Peter's Cemetery Richmond, stated he was 94 years old when he died. He was actually 77, indeed someone made a blue. His headstone is beside his daughter Mary and her husband Peter Hough.

John partnered Ann Matthews around 1792-3. No marriage has been found. Ann had been born at Enfield in London on the 11 April 1762. The third of seven children born to of Matthew MATTHEWS 1730 and Ann SMITH 1735.

[ANN MATTHEWS was indicted for burglariously and feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling house of John Lewis Andre, about the hour of two in the night of the 7th of October, and burglariously stealing therein, eight silver table spoons, value 40s. four silver desert spoons, value 16s. four tea spoons, value 8s. five cruet tops, value 20s. two silver salt spoons, value 2s. a diaper table cloth, value 2s. and a linen towel, value 8d. his property.]

Ann was tried at Middlesex and found guilty on the 17 October 1791, then sent to the hulks to await transportation
She departed on the Kitty on 31 March 1792 and arrived in New South Wales on 18th November, 1792.
Ann died on the 21 December 1819 at age 57 and was buried 3 days later from St Phillips's Church Sydney. Her grave is most likley to be under the Sydney Town Hall.

The children of John WOOD and Ann, nee MATTHEWS were:-
1.Mary Matthews WOOD 1793 ? 1880 m. Peter HOUGH 1776-1833 at St.Phillips C of E Sydney, New South Wales on the 18 September 1809.
This couple had 9 children;
Sophia Hough 1810 - 1885 m. Timothy LACY 1806-1887
John Hough 1812 - 1896 m. Margaret MAGUIRE 1812-1904
George Hough 1813 - 1878 m. Mary BANNISTER 1820-1875
Peter Joseph Hough 1817 - 1888 m. Jane Sharp LOVELL 1823-1894
Mary Hough 1821 - 1904 m. William CORNWELL 1827-1906
Ann Hough 1822 - 1889 m. 1.William ONUS 1822-1855 2. William REID 1833-xxxx
Eliza HOUGH 1825 - 1870 m. Charles HOUGH 1827-1891
Elizabeth Hough 1830 - 1909 m. James Edward MARSDEN 1830-1887
Sarah Hough 1833 - 1878 m. William BENSON 1830-1923

2.Ann Wood 1796 - 1831 m. Daniel PEGG 1791-1860 at St.Phillips C of E Sydney, New South Wales on the 4 April 1820. Daniel was the son of Samuel PEGG 1750-xxxx and Mary TAYLOR 1753-xxxx Daniel died in Victoria and Ann in Tasmania.
This couple had 7 children:-
Eliza Pegg 1817 - 1875 m. William WHITEHOUSE 1813-1891
Mary Ann Pegg 1821 - xxxx m. Thomas GORDON 1810-1887
William Pegg 1822 -
George Pegg 1824 - 1870 m.1. Winifred EGAN 1820-1857 2. Ann HEFFERNAN 1825-xxxx
John Pegg 1826 - 1827
Jane Pegg 1828 - 1829
James Pegg 1829 - 1896 committed suicide on 15 September 1896 at Heidelburg, Victoria

3.John Wood 1798 - 1883 m. Mary Ann DALEY 1811-1894 the daughter of Charles Daley 1775-1831 and Susannah Alderson 1780-1854 at St.Matthews C of E Windsor, New South Waleson the 28 December 1829. Both John and Mary Ann died in Windsor.
The children of this marriage were:-
Elizabeth Wood 1830 - 1901 m. William Thomas GOSPER 1740-1908
Sophia Wood 1832 - 1837
John Wood 1834 - 1915 m. Lucina Ann DORSET 1857-1885
George Wood 1836 - 1889
James Wood 1839 - 1913 m. Emma SIMMS 1840-1916
William Wood 1841 - 1920 m. Amelia NORRIS 1840-1927
Mary S Wood 1843 -
Emma Wood 1845 - 1916
Henry Charles Wood 1847 - 1893
Sarah Ann Wood 1849 - 1850
Thomas Wood 1852 - 1892

4.George Wood 1807 - 1881 m. Jane CROSS 1818-1888 the daughter of Thomas CROSS 1775-1843 and Martha Eaton Bryant 1798-1839 at St.Peters C of E Richmond, New South Wales on the 29 April 1834. Both died in Windsor.
The children of this marriage were:-
Thomas Wood 1835-1881 m. Elizabeth HOSKISSON 1836-1925 in 1855
William Wood 1836-1924 m. Sarah CUPITT 1837-1923 in 1859
John Wood 1838-1913 m. Mary RICHARDSON 1841-1912 in 1862
George Wood 1840 - 1840
Robert Wood 1841 - 1844
Edward Wood 1843-1910 m. Margaret LYONS 1841-1902 in 1864
Ann Wood 1845-1938 m. 1.John Frederick COBCROFT 1838-1875 2.Richard Matthew REYNOLDS 1856-1928 see photo
James Wood 1847-1931 m. Elizabeth Grace SHAPTON 1845-1908 in 1872
Martha Wood 1849-1921 m. William Ephraim WILLIAMS 1846-1919 in 1868
George Wood 1851 - 1851
Henry Wood 1853 - 1853
Albert Wood 1855 -
Jane Sophia Wood 1857-1941 m. Frederick Allan Liddell 1861-1935 in 1889
Andrew Wood 1859 - 1948
Charles Alfred Wood 1861 - 1902



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The photograph is Ann Wood 1845-1938 submitted by Kylie G Carter