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Transportation
Sophia Blundell was transported on the Coromandel And Experiment, departing 31st Oct 1803 and arriving 7th May 1804 with 338 passengers.
Coromandel And Experiment (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 356 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
PUBLIC NOTICE. - I do hereby Caution all Persons from Purchasing or Lending on Mortgage any Sum or Sums of Money on the Premises of Stafford Lett, Deceased, being the Property of his children, situated in Cambridge-street, Rocks, well known by the Sign of the Punch Bowl, and three other Houses adjacent, likewise one House in Cockle-bay, I being one Executor for his Children. WILLIAM WYBROW SOPHIA CRIBB Sydney Gazette, 25 Feb 1826.
https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18030706-38 Sophia Blundell and Charlotte Wood were indicted on 6 July 1803, at the Old Bailey, with breaking and entering on the 21st June, and stealing several handkerchiefs and other items of wearing apparel, the property of Alexander Anderson. Both were found guilty and sentenced to Death. Sophia Blundell was aged 20 and Charlotte Wood was 18.
Colonial Secretary Index. BLONDELL, Sophia. Per "Experiment", 1804; wife of Stafford Lett. 1812 Dec 28 Petition for mitigation of sentence (Fiche 3169; 4/1848 pp.58-9) 1818 Feb 16 On list of applicants for renewal of spirit licenses at Sydney; appears as Lett (Reel 6006; 4/3498 p.62) LETT, Sophia (Wife of Stafford Lett) see BLONDELL, Sophia. -------------------------------------------------- GOVERNMENT PUBLIC NOTICE. Secretary's Office, Sydney, 19th April, 1817. FOR the Information of Travellers and the Public at large, and for the particular Guidance of the Officers of the Police Establishment, HIS EXCELLENCY the GOVERNOR has been pleased to order and direct that the following List of Publicans, who are duly licensed for Keeping of Public Houses, and Vending of Wines, Spirits, and Beer, and of those Persons licensed to brew Beer within the several Towns and Districts of Sydney, Parramatta, Windsor, Liverpool, and Castlereagh, for the present year, shall be published in the Sydney Gazette; viz. AT SYDNEY. No. NAME. SIGN. 21. Stafford Lett ...........Punch Bowl ; Sydney Gazette, 19 April 1817.
Sophia married Stafford Lett (Convict, 1799, "Hillsborough"). They married in 1807 at St Phillips, Sydney. The couple had at least 5 children: Martha, Elizabeth, William, Sophia and Stafford. Stafford (snr) died in 1817 and Sophia married again, in 1818 to one George Cribb. This relationship did not last and the couple separated in 1823. Sydney Gazette Thu 13 Mar 1823 p.3 NOTICE. - The Public are hereby cautioned not to Credit my Wife, Sophia Cribb, on my Account, as I will not be responsible for any Debts she may contract after this Notice, having eloped from her home, &c. without any provocation whatsoever; I do hereby further caution all Tenants, who hold Houses from me, not to pay any Rents to her from this date, otherwise I will compel them to pay the same over again. GEORGE CRIBB
refer to the submissions by Chez in April 2012 to George Cribb. Sophia Lett,nee Blundell,later Cribb,and the reference book I list which is about excavation of their property site and well in the Rocks area,sydney.convict...Chez