Ordinary of Newgate Prison:
Ordinary's Accounts: Biographies of Executed Convicts

7th November 1744

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12th October 1744


so that he was no more than two Years gone out of the seven.

WHEN he came home he went to Work as a Porter to the Market People , carrying Fruit of different kinds for them, chiefly at Fleet-market , and has earned sometimes (as he says) 30 s. a Week, and behav'd himself very honestly and industriously; and tho' several knew of his former Misfortune, yet did he work in this manner for two Years together, and none offer'd to molest him, till July last he was taken up about half an hour past Six o'Clock in the Morning on Ludgate-Hill , with his Knot on his Shoulder going to Work; was sent to Newgate , try'd and Convicted as above. About Seven or Eight Months ago he was Married to his poor Wife who is big with Child, she came frequently to see him while under Sentence and wept bitterly. He came constantly to Chapel, but seemed very ignorant of Religion; behaved quietly, owned the Justice of his Sentence, frequently shed Tears; said he believed in Christ, he repented of all his Sins, and Died in Peace with all Men.

Ann Duck< no role > This name instance is in set 3827. and Ann Barefoot< no role > This name instance is in set 3829. , otherwise Wells, of St. Sepulchre's, London , were indicted for assaulting George Cheshire< no role > on the King's Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him Four Pence in Monies, the Monies of the said George Cheshire< no role > , Sept. 21 , and were by the Jury found Guilty, and sentenc'd to die.

3. Ann Duck< no role > This name instance is in set 3827. was about 25 Years of Age, born in Little White's-Alley, Chancery-Lane , the Daughter of one Duck, a Black, well known to many Gentlemen in our Inns of Court, by teaching them the Use of the Small Sword, of which he was a very good Master. Duck sent his Daughter to School, and had proper Education given her to fit her for Business. After his Death, her Mother, who is a White Woman, and now living, took Care of her, and the rest of her Children, for she had several by her Husband the Black. But Ann, impatient of Restraint, soon after the Death of her Father, (which was about Four Years since) launched out into such Excesses, as were beyond her Mother's Power to controul; and became as expert a Mistress in all Manner of Wickedness, as Satan himself could make her. In short, hardly any Thing wicked came amiss to her. She first became a Servant at a Bawdy House ; then walk'd the Streets on her own Account; next commenc'd Pickpocket; at length became so bold, so resolute, and so daring, as to commit Street-Robberies even upon Men too, some of which she has confessed, which are hereunto annex'd. A full Account of her Life and Scenes of Villainy, alone would be sufficient to fill this Paper. She has been try'd several Times at the Old-Bailey, yet had the Fortune to get off, till at Length Justice overtook her, and she was deservedly condemn'd, though but for a Trifle.

AFTER Condemnation she appear'd but little Penitent, and when she came to Chapel, would much rather talk with her old Companions thro' the Lattice, than attend to the more serious Affair, the Welfare of her Soul; she nevertheless said, she believ'd in Christ, hop'd that God would save her Soul, and died in Peace with all Men.

Ann Barefoot< no role > This name instance is in set 3829. with Ann Gwyn< no role > This name instance is in set 4427. , of St. Andrew's, Holborn , were indicted for assaulting William Hamilton< no role > , in the Dwelling House of Henry Gray< no role > , putting him in Fear, and taking from him 12 s. 6 d. the Money of the said William, in the said Dwelling House, Oct. 12 .

4. Ann Barefoot< no role > This name instance is in set 3829. , alias Wells< no role > , was about 25 Years of Age, born in Cambridge , where her Father, some Years since, kept an Inn, and while he liv'd, bestow'd a good Education upon her: When he died she came up to London , and lived some Time with an Aunt in Bishopsgate-street , and afterwards at divers Places as a Servant , and at first behaved pretty well, till she contracted an Acquaintance with a Brewer's Servant, with whom she lived as a Wife, though she never was married, and by him had two Children, which are since dead; but even while she cohabited with this Man, her Mind was roving, and she frequently walk'd the Streets, and pick'd up Men. 'Twas one Night she came out from her Lodgings in Whitechapel , with a View to pick some one up, she was pick'd up herself by the Constables, and carried to the Poultry-Compter : next Day she was carried before the sitting Alderman, and was by him committed to




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