Hannah Stanley
- Born: 13 Jun 1788, Deptford, London, Kent England
- Marriage (1): Daniel Clarke on 2 May 1814 in St Matthews C of E, Windsor, Sydney, NSW Australia
- Partnership (2): John Dixon
- Died: 1854, Sutton Forest, NSW Australia at age 66 211
Cause of her death was horse-drawn vehicle accident.
Research Notes:
Brian Kelly notes:
Hannah Stanley was born on 13 June 1788 in Deptford, Kent, England. She was involved in a court case at Kent Assizes on 27 March 1808 in Kent, England. Hannah Stanley aged 18 years and her friend Hannah Porter, aged 19 years, had the death sentence (by hanging) handed down to them along with 15 other malefactors on 30 March 1809 in Maidstone, Kent. Mr. Justice Heath handed down this sentence for stealing, in the parish of St Paul, Deptford, from their employers William and Elizabeth Dawson a goose feather bed, two pair of sheets, two blankets, three counterpanes, two gowns, four petticoats, seven pair of cotton stockings, and six pocket handkerchiefs. In the records they are described as servants-cum-slaves accused of taking and using the said items. The sentence was commuted to transportation for life to Botany Bay, NSW, Australia. Hannah left England as a convict on 23 March 1810 on the ship Canada. She arrived on 8 September 1810 in Port Jackson, Sydney, NSW. On the journey out Hannah became pregnant to a Marine Officer, John Dixon (c1784\endash ?). When they arrived in Port Jackson they split up.
Hannah received a Ticket-of-Leave, Number 146/360 dated 28 February 1811 and worked in Sydney Town until May 1814. The ticket permitted her to move around in the district of Windsor. She returned the original ticket to the authorities, mutilated and torn up. Ticket-of-Leave Number 27/563, dated 4 September 1827 was issued in lieu of the original. On it she is described as 4' 11½", fair complexion, brown hair and grey eyes.
Owing to her Life Sentence, however, she was not a free woman; she would still need to obtain permission to marry. Hannah was given permission to marry on 5 April 1814 at Windsor, NSW, and married Daniel Clarke (1786\endash 1869) on 2 May 1814 at the Old Shoe Factory in Windsor.1 She was also baptized on the same day.
Hannah died on 26 December 1854 in a horse-drawn vehicle accident at Sutton Forest, NSW, aged 66 years and was buried on 28 December 1854 in the All Saints of England Church Cemetery in Sutton Forest. The informant on the death transcription was Charles Lyons, Grandson, Terramut Bung (signed with his mark). The undertaker was William Chapman. The minister was Rev Thomas Horton of the Church of England. The witnesses were James Sheppard and Henry Dicker. There is conflicting information in that the death transcription shows burial by Minister Rev J Hassall \endash Church of England.
Noted events in her life were:
• Newspaper Story.
• fact.
Hannah married Daniel Clarke, son of Robert Clarke and Mary Ann, on 2 May 1814 in St Matthews C of E, Windsor, Sydney, NSW Australia. (Daniel Clarke was born circa 1786 in Bristol, Gloucestershire England, died on 18 Jan 1869 in “Terramut Bung”, Sutton Forest, NSW Australia and was buried in All Saints C of E, Sutton Forest, NSW Australia 211.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• note. 211
Hannah had a relationship with John Dixon. (John Dixon was born circa 1780.)
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