Ann (Yates) Morley, Convict "Britannia" 1798

Died July 1801 - aged 2 months

The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Sun 22 May 1808 Page 1
On Thursday morning, about 8 o'clock, an infant
daughter of Thomas Morley, who keeps the sign
of the Cornwallis frigate, in Pitt's Row, was un-
happily burnt with such extreme severity, as to oc-
casion the death of the little sufferer after enduring
the most excruciating agony until Friday morning
between 12 and 1, when it was the pleasure of the
Divine Will to put a period to its worldly torments.
The unfortunate child, which was nearly 6 years
old, met with the dreadful accident at a neighbouring
house, by falling from a chair into the kitchen fire,
when alone ; by which means her cloths taking
fire, she ran into the front part of the house in a
perfect blaze. The mistress of the house ran
immediately to her assistance, and was herself much
burnt in endeavouring to extinguish the flames ;
which had however already so shockingly scorched
the infant, as to render ineffectual every attention
that parental fondness, assisted by every exertion of
skill and humanity, could possibly afford. The
little sufferer in its last hours talked with much
composure, and intermingled in its little collected
observations a strength of infant reasoning which
could not fail of attracting admiration, and ad-
ding, if possible, to the sensation endured by every
one who witnessed the distressing spectacle.

Age 23 in November 1828 Australian Census

Age 20 in 1828 Australian Census
Age 61 at death 17/9/1869