In 1861 Samuel was sentenced to Gloucester Prison for the crime of "Family Desertion". The Prison Record describes him as aged 32yrs, 5ft 3 3/4 ins, brown hair, hazel eyes and an oval & pale visage. He had burn scars on both breasts and his conduct was described as orderly.  He can be found in the prison in the 1861 census.

In 1804 Eagar was apprenticed to a solicitor and subsequently admitted as a solicitor and attorney in Dublin, but in 1809 he was sentenced to death at the Cork Summer Assizes for uttering a forged Bill of Exchange.  Possibly as a result of family influence or his spectacular death-cell conversion to christianity his sentence was commuted to transportation for life.  He arrived in Sydney on board the Providence in July 1811.   Click here for Edward Eagar's life story.

The New York census of 1910 records Carrie Ennever, aged 18, as being in the New York State Reformatory for Women although nothing is yet known of her misdemeanour.

An Elizabeth Ennever was imprisoned for 4 months at the Colchester Quarter Sessions on the 3rd July 1866 for "Unlawfully Uttering False Coin".  Currently it is not known who this is, as no age is given and it seems probable this is Elizabeth's married name.

The News of the World reported in August 1896 that Henry Ennever had been remanded for a week for assaulting his wife, Rebecca nee Peare, a situation that had occurred on several other occasions. Follow the link to Henry to see this particular newspaper story.  Rebecca's death occurred in suspicious circumstances two years later, her death certificate recording that she had died "from falling down the stairs when under the influence of drink".

Joseph was found guilty of uttering (spending) forged bank notes and hanged at Ilchester in 1807.  This story is told in superb detail by Patricia Hill on her web site. Joseph was one of a number of the family with criminal connections and convictions, principally for forgery.  These included his elder brother George, who was transported to Australia and a younger brother William and his wife, Elizabeth (nee Wade). 

George Ennever assumed the name George Ennever Morris to avoid detection in England and continued to use this alias in his successful new life in Australia, the subject of a book by a descendant of his, Kevin Lewis Smith.  George's story, based on Kevin's book, is told here. Another surprising story exists in that a Sarah Ennever, alias Morris, almost certainly George's mother was indicted for passing a forged £2 bank note in London on 25th August 1809.  You can read this story here.

It also appears that William and Elizabeth's son, William James Ennever, may also have had criminal connections although he was acquitted of a charge of theft in 1884.  See below.

William, Joseph & George's brother, can be found in Millbank Prison in the 1851 census while his wife Elizabeth is found at The House of Correction, St Margaret, Westminster.  Elizabeth was convicted of theft and sentenced to six months in the House of Correction and William was later also convicted of the same crime and was initially sentenced to be transported to Australia.  This was later commuted to a seven year prison term in Dartmoor.

William James Ennever was the eldest son of William Ennever & Elizabeth (nee) Wade above and it appears he was accused of theft in a trial at the Old Bailey on 25th February 1884.  I cannot be certain this is the correct William but he was a carman and was living in the area a few years earlier.  Perhaps because of his family's criminal connections I have wrongly accused him but he matches the information we have available from the trial documents and there is no better matching William Ennever alive at the time.

George Ince is the grandson of Jane Elizabeth Ennever (also known as Jane Elizabeth Hannaway).  He was born in East London in the pre-war years at the same time and in the same area as the notorious Kray twins and was later to marry Charlie Kray's ex-wife.

George was in trouble with the police from an early age and went on to become "one of the most controversial prisoners in Britain".  Read the full story here of his unjust arrest for murder, his conviction for a bullion robbery and his marriage to the ex-wife of Charles Kray, elder brother of the notorious Kray twins.  See also the Kray brothers and Norman & Joseph Jones, below.

Norman & Joseph Jones are Charlie Kray's ex son-in-law and grandson and were jailed for life in May 2009 for torturing, killing and beheading a man they claimed had stolen drugs belonging to them.

Further information about the "headless corpse" murder can be found in newspaper archives, the BBC website and other online sources.

Norman Jones is the son of Nancy Kray, also known as Nancy Grey, who married George Henry Ince in 1977 after her divorce from Charlie Kray.  There has been speculation that Nancy was in fact the daughter of George Ince and at least one authoritative website indicates that Charlie, himself, accepted that she was not his "flesh and blood".  See also the Krays and George Ince, above.

Reginald "Reggie" Kray and Ronald "Ronnie" Kray were twin brothers, and the foremost organised crime leaders dominating London's East End during the 1950s and 1960s. Ronald, commonly referred to as Ron or Ronnie, suffered from paranoid schizophrenia.  The Krays were involved in armed robberies, arson, protection rackets, violent assaults including torture and the murders of Jack "The Hat" McVitie and George Cornell. As West End nightclub owners they mixed with well-known names such as Diana Dors, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland as well as politicans. This gave them a perceived respectability and in the 1960s they became celebrities in their own right, being photographed by the likes of David Bailey and appearing in interviews on television.

Charles "Charlie" James Kray was their elder brother and was characterised both as "the brains behind the operation" and "as the quiet one of the trio".  "He reaped some benefits from being their brother but he also paid a very, very heavy price."  See also George Henry Ince, above and Norman & Joseph Jones, below.

George Lipscomb was sentenced to 6 months imprisonment in 1861 for embezzlement at the Aylesbury Assizes.  No further details are currently known.

Basil was the grandson of Basil Ranaldson Lawson (1807-1892), a vicar, and can be found in Wormwood Scrubs in 1901 although no details are currently known of his crime.  After his release he and his brother, Stephen Oldacres Lawson, emigrated to Canada where Stephen was later killed by "rumrunners".  This story is available here.

Aaron can be found in Essex County Gaol in 1851.  He was indicted on 31st December 1850 at the General Quarter Sessions, Chelmsford, Essex for "Larceny and receiving stolen Goods" and sentenced to six months hard labour.

Aaron's uncle, May Oakley, had previously been indicted on the 23rd February 1836 for "breaking into a shop and stealing therein" and sentenced to three months hard labour in the Gaol at Springfield.  Almost immediately on his release, on the 17th May 1836, he was indicted again for Larceny and sentenced "to be Transported beyond the Seas for the term of Seven Years to such place as His Majesty with the advice of His privy Council shall think fit to declare and appoint". 

May was transported on the convict ship "Prince George" departing from Torbay and arriving in NSW on 8th May 1837.  He died en route or on arrival in Australia.

Father & son, the Thomas Tadmans, appeared at London's Central Crimnal Court, the Old Bailey, on several occasiuons and it is not always entirely certain which was which as ages were not always recorded.  Their crimes were usually larceny (theft) or uttering (spending) counterfeit coins.  You can find more details of their crimes and punishments by following the links.

Thomas Tadman junior also appeared at the Old Bailey as the victim of crimes in trials held in the 1890s.

Henry can be found at "Her Majesty's pleasure" in Ipswich in 1881.  Nothing is known at the moment of his offence.