Lucy Cooper

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Beth Taylor on 3rd February 2026

TIMELINE NOTES: BC: 1792 Sentenced: 28/10/1812 Middlesex [see trial record below] to 1 month & 07/04/1813 Middlesex [see trial record] to transportation for 7 years 1812 – 1812- LUCY COOPER, Theft > grand larceny, 28th October 1812. 949. LUCY COOPER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 26th of October, a shift, value 2 s. and a bed gown, value 2 s. the property of John Moorman. MRS. MOORMAN. My husband, John Moorman, keeps the Cow-heel, public-house, Cow-heel-alley, St. Luke's . I lost my shift and bed gown on the 26th of October. The prisoner came in between nine and ten; my shift and bed gown were in the drawer, in the parlour. I missed them in the morning. MATHEW JONES. I am a watchmaker. I was drinking a pint of beer there, and in the passage that leads to the street door, I saw the bed gown. I asked the prisoner whose it was. She said, it was her's. I gave it her. On the next day the prisoner owned to the bed gown, but denied any knowledge of the shift. - . I am a pawnbroker. I produce a bed gown, and a shift. The prisoner pledged them with me for two shillings. Prosecutrix. It is my bed gown and shift. GUILTY, aged 18, Fined 1 s. and discharged. First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. 1813- LUCY COOPER, Theft > grand larceny, 7th April 1813. 491. LUCY COOPER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 15th of February, a bed, value 1 l. a bolster, value 6 s. a pair of sheets, value 5 s. a blanket, value 1 s. a tea-kettle, value 1 s. a looking-glass, value 1 s. and a flat iron, value 9 d. the property of Sarah Goodman. SARAH GOODMAN. I live in Hatfield-street. I let lodgings. On the 13th of February, I let the prisoner a one pair of stairs back room, furnished; she was to pay me five shillings a week. She came into it on the 13th, and on the 15th she went away. After she was gone, I went into her room, and missed all the things contained in the indictment. She contrived to put the things out of the window. - PRINCE. I am an officer. I took the prisoner in custody for another robbery. I found Mrs. Goodman's bed at Mr. Tuck's, in Whitecross-street. MR. TUCK. I am a broker. My wife bought the bed. This is the bed. Prosecutrix. It is mine. GUILTY, aged 20. Transported for Seven Years. First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. (Source: Old Bailey on-line http://www.oldbaileyonline.org ) Crime: Stealing Previous Occupation: Shoebinder Age on Convict Indent: 22 CAME WITH DAUGHTER ELIZABETH Certificate of Freedom 2512 (indent) 1814 Muster: Lucy COOPER, Brox, con, off stores, servant to John Cooper (7118) plus one child John COOPER, Coromandel 1, free, off stores, shoemaker, Sydney (4711) 1822 Muster: Lucy COOPER, FBS, Brox, wife to J Tindall, Windsor (A04633) and John TINDALE (?), con, Indefatigable, govt servant to his wife, Windsor (A21084) 1823-1825 Muster: Lucy COOPER, FS, Brox, 7 years, wife of John Tindal, Richmond (16718) & spouse – John TINDALL, con, Indefatigable 1815, 14 years, govt servant to his wife, Richmond (43135) 1828 Census: Lucy Tindell, 36, FS, Brox, 7 years, prot, (T0863) wife to – John TINDELL, 50, FS, Indefatigable 1815, 14 years, prot, farmer, Richmond *(T0863) [John TINDALL, 50, CP, Indian 1810, farmer Nepean River; also his wife Charlotte TINDALL, 47, CF (ship not stated) & children all BC, William, George, John, Charlotte & Michael. Note: Some confusion with there being 2 John Tindall’s] NSW BDM: 1) Lucy Cowper (?) married John Tindill (?) in 1839 at the Presbyterian Church at Windsor. (V1839-508-123) Child born to John and Lucy Tindell: • Lucy TINDELL (bapt. As COOPER) born 17/05/1817 Sydney, marr 1835 Richmond to Alfred Brown, died c1877 Richmond 2) Lucy Tindall, aged 55, died on 24 March 1848 & the service was held at St Peters, Richmond. (V1848-639-33B) 3) John Tindall, aged 79, died on 16 March 1856 at Prospect. The service was held at St Peters, Richmond. SRNSW Col Sec Papers: No record found. “Women of Botany Bay” - page 89 - “…Lucy Cooper….transported on the “Broxbornebury”…Lucy Cooper with her long history of theft, appeared typical of the Newgate women. The day before Christmas 1812 she stole a shift & bedgown from the wife of the publican of the “Cow Heel” public-house, for which offence she was fined one shilling & discharged. Two months later she was convicted for stealing from her lodging-house keeper. Did she have some intention of setting up house for herself? She stole – and managed to carry away – a bed, a bolster, a pair of sheets, a blanket, a tea kettle, a looking glass & a flat iron, all of which she passed out of her window, unobserved by the lodging-house keeper or his wife. At her trial she said she was a shoebinder who had rented “one pair of stairs back room furnished at five shillings a week” (sic). Two months after this second offence she was charged with yet another theft from a lodging house & part of the first pawn ticker, hidden in her room, led to the recovery of the bed at the nearby pawnbroker’s. There were no mitigating circumstances & she joined the “Broxbornebury” on her way to Botany Bay. Jess' Girls - SAG:  1814 - Muster  1818 - public factory  1822 - Muster  1825 - Muster  1828 - Census  B7/1/15H - Lucy bapt 17 May 1817, father John Tindall Convict Indents, Trials & COF for John Cooper and John Tindel: 1) John Cooper came to NSW on the ship Coromandel (1) which arrived on 4 Aug 1802. He had been tried at London GD (Old Bailey) on 18 April 1798 [more than 4 years prior, see trial record below] & was given a 7 year term. 1798 - JOHN COOPER, Theft > grand larceny, 18th April 1798. 325. JOHN COOPER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 20th of March, a silk handkerchief, value 1s. the property of David Hill. DAVID HILL sworn. - I am a tea-dealer : I was coming out of the Chamberlain's Office, Guildhall, I do not recollect the day, when I put my hand in my pocket and missed my handkerchief; I saw the prisoner near me, I followed him round Guildhall yard, I stopped him, and charged him with it; he denied it at first, but afterwards produced my handkerchief; there was no mark upon it, but from the general appearance of it, I believe it to be my handkerchief. JOHN TURNER sworn. - I am a constable, (produces the handkerchief): I received it from the prosecutor, or rather between him and the prisoner; I have had it ever since. I searched him at the office, and found two others. Hill. This is my handkerchief. Prisoner's defence. I did not pick his pocket. The prisoner called two witnesses, who gave him a good character. GUILTY. (Aged 15.) Transported for seven years. Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. RECORDER. (Source: Old Bailey on-line http://www.oldbaileyonline.org ) 2) John Tindel arrived in Sydney on the Indefatigable (2) on 25 April 1815. He had been tried at Lincoln Assize on 23 July 1814, for 14 years (stolen goods – PRO). He was a native of Lincoln, a mariner [sailor], aged 37, 5’10” tall, with ruddy complexion, brown hair & grey eyes. His crime was “receiving stolen goods”. John Tindell received his COF in 1828. Arr per Indefatigable (2) 1815, a native of Lincoln, a mariner [sailor], born 1777, tried at Lincoln Assize on 23 July 1814, & a 14 year term, 5’10” tall, with sallow complexion, grey hair & blue eyes, nearly blind on the left side. (Source: SRNSW Certificate of Freedom, NRS 12210, Item 4/4294, Roll 983) Notes from the book “Journey to a New Life…” the story of the ships Emu & Broxbornebury by Elizabeth Hook (3rd ed. 2014). I am the author & can be contacted on tbeth3370@gmail.com for further info

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David Lynch on 1st June 2021

Lucy married John Tindall 4 November 1839 Windsor, New South Wales

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Denis Pember on 29th December 2016

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 370.... [Ref T0862] Tindall, John, 50, FS, Indefatigable, 1815, 14 years, Farmer at Richmond. [Ref T0863] Tindall, Lucy, 36, FS, Broxbornbury, 1814, 7 years.

TRIAL: LUCY COOPER, theft: simple grand larceny, 07 Apr 1813. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18130407-147 ----------------------------------------------- Trial Summary: Crime(s): theft : simple grand larceny, Punishment Type: transportation, Verdict: Guilty, Original Text: 491. LUCY COOPER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 15th of February, a bed, value 1 l. a bolster, value 6 s. a pair of sheets, value 5 s. a blanket, value 1 s. a tea-kettle, value 1 s. a looking-glass, value 1 s. and a flat iron, value 9 d. the property of Sarah Goodman. SARAH GOODMAN. I live in Hatfield-street. I let lodgings. On the 13th of February, I let the prisoner a one pair of stairs back room, furnished; she was to pay me five shillings a week. She came into it on the 13th, and on the 15th she went away. After she was gone, I went into her room, and missed all the things contained in the indictment. She contrived to put the things out of the window. - PRINCE. I am an officer. I took the prisoner in custody for another robbery. I found Mrs. Goodman's bed at Mr. Tuck's, in Whitecross-street. MR. TUCK. I am a broker. My wife bought the bed. This is the bed. Prosecutrix. It is mine. GUILTY, aged 20. Transported for Seven Years. First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. LUCY COOPER, theft: simple grand larceny, 28 Oct 1812. The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Ref: t18121028-108 ---------------------------------------------- Trial Summary: Crime(s): theft : simple grand larceny, Punishment Type: fine, Verdict: Guilty, Original Text: 949. LUCY COOPER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 26th of October, a shift, value 2 s. and a bed gown, value 2 s. the property of John Moorman. MRS. MOORMAN. My husband, John Moorman, keeps the Cow-heel, public-house, Cow-heel-alley, St. Luke's. I lost my shift and bed gown on the 26th of October. The prisoner came in between nine and ten; my shift and bed gown were in the drawer, in the parlour. I missed them in the morning. MATHEW JONES. I am a watchmaker. I was drinking a pint of beer there, and in the passage that leads to the street door, I saw the bed gown. I asked the prisoner whose it was. She said, it was her's. I gave it her. On the next day the prisoner owned to the bed gown, but denied any knowledge of the shift. - . I am a pawnbroker. I produce a bed gown, and a shift. The prisoner pledged them with me for two shillings. Prosecutrix. It is my bed gown and shift. GUILTY, aged 18, Fined 1 s. and discharged. First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. New South Wales 1825 General Muster Cooper Lucy, , wife of John Tindall, Windsor