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Sophia Groundhie was transported on the Glatton, departing 31st Aug 1802 and arriving 11th Mar 1803 with 405 passengers.
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| Primary Source | England & Wales Criminal Registers HO26/8, page 50. Old Bailey. Ancestry. State Records NSW (Register of COF, NRS 12208, Archive Roll 601). Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 323 (161) |
| 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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Family connections for Sophia (Groundhie) are: GROUNDHIE Sophia/Sopa (Grandue/Gronndey/Gaunshie/Grandia/Groundhie) was born about 1786. She was tried for house breaking, on 23 2 1802, & stealing a frock & much more of Benjamin (Ames) at Old Bailey on 28 4 1802, sentenced to 7years for stealing a frock & apron, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict on 11 3 1803 after a voyage of 6.5months on HMS GLATTON. She married Thomas (Griffin) 102nd Regiment on 22 3 1810 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She was issued her Certificate of Freedom on 28 3 1810, gazetted in June 1810. She may have returned to UK with her husband. [These details taken from this Website] Thomas (Griffin) was born on 2 4 1791 at sea on First Fleet ship BRITANNIA, arriving in NSW on 14 10 1791 (9 7 1791). He was enlisted in NSW Corps on 18 12 1799 in Sydney as a drummer. In 1800 he was detached to (Townson)s company. In 1802 he was designated private & detached to (Abbott)s company, then to (Kemp)s company; & he became a drummer again. In 1803 he was detached back to (Abbott)s company. In 1808 he was located at Parramatta. In 1809 he was transferred to 1Company. He went to UK in May 1810 perhaps with his wife, possibly with disbandment of the Corps. Details of Thomas Griffin)s family are given in entry for Thomas (Bates ADMIRAL BARRINGTON 1791) on this Website. Referencs: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony. Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'
SOPHIA GROUNDHIE, Theft > housebreaking, 28th April 1802. 376. SOPHIA GROUNDHIE was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Benjamin Ames , the said Benjamin, Mary his wife, and others of his family, being therein, about the hour of ten in the forenoon, of the 23d of February , and stealing a child's frock, value 1s. two aprons, value 5s. a coat, value 20s. a waistcoat, value 10s. a pair of breeches, value 10s. a gown, value 8s. two pillow-cases, value 2s. two children's petticoats, value 3s. and a shirt, value 3s. the property of the said Benjamin. MARY AMES sworn. - I live in Spicer-street, Mile-End : On Tuesday forenoon, the 23d of February, between nine and twelve, my husband, two children, and myself, were at home; we went up stairs to work, and I locked the chamber door, and took the key out; about half past eleven I came down, and found the door locked, as I had left it; I went to the drawers for a gown, which I wanted to put on, but it was gone, with articles in the indictment, which were in different drawers; I have known the prisoner, by living in the neighbourhood, some years; no damage was done to the lock, which must have been opened with a false key, I saw one of my aprons on the prisoner, in Brick-lane, and the child's frock, in her sister's drawer. HOPWOOD sworn. - I live in Spicer-street, opposite the prosecutor's: On Tuesday, the 23d of February, I saw the prisoner go up Mrs. Ames's stairs, the street-door being open, about ten o'clock, and come down, with holding up her apron full of things, so that I could not see what was in it; I saw her afterwards, about four or five o'clock the same day, in Wheeler-street, about a quarter of a mile distant; Mrs. Ames told me she was robbed between eleven and twelve, upon which I told her, I had seen the prisoner come out with her apron full of things; she was followed, and taken up, but she did not say any thing. SUSANNA BROCKETT sworn. - I am the prisoner's sister; and, as I had mended a few things, she gave me this little frock, which I put into my drawer, thinking she had bought it, but the officers came to my house when I was out, and took it away. (Identifies the frock.) PETER MASON sworn. - I belong to Worship-street; I went with Vickery to the house of Ames with a bunch of keys, and the first key I tried unlocked the door; it is a very common lock. JOHN VICKERY sworn. - (Produces an apron and child's frock.) I am an officer: On the 23d of February, I was applied to by Mrs. Ames, and went to the house of Mrs. Parker, No. 9, Fleet-street, Bethnal-green, and, in the garret, I found the prisoner blowing the fire; there were a number of pieces of cloth laying about, and a great smell; I searched the ashes, and found several pieces of linen, which had been burning, but nothing else; I was coming out of the room, and, on the stair-case even with the room, was a window which had been boarded up, but a board was taken down to admit fight, and, between the window and the lead-work, were the keys, and this apron; I asked the prisoner if she knew it; she said, no, it don't belong to me; Mrs. Ames owned the apron; then we went to Mrs. Brockett's, and there we found the child's frock. (The frock and apron identified by Mrs. Ames.) Prisoner's defence. I went home on Monday night, and found a young woman sitting on the steps, crying; she said, she had no home, and I took her up stairs, and she slept with me; about half past ten o'clock the next day, she brought me the apron and frock for letting her sleep there. Mrs. Ames. She said before, that she bought it, and gave half-a-crown for it. GUILTY, aged 16. Of stealing, to the value of 1s. Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?div=t18020428-111 Certificate of Freedom 24 March 1810, Sentenced April 1801 in London
- Old Bailey transcript: oldbaileyonline.org, name Sophia Groundhie - Married Thomas Griffin 1810?1811?, name Sophia Grandia (record searchable)
PUBLIC NOTICE. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 9th June, 1810. THE Persons whose Names are inserted underneath, and who arrived in this Colony in the several recorded Ships under which their names respectively appear, have obtained Certificates from His Excellency the Governor, of their being restored to all the Rights of Free Subjects in consequence of their Terms of Transportation being expired; they are therefore henceforth to be respected accordingly. By Command of His Excellency, JOHN THOMAS CAMPBELL, Secretary. Glatton, 1803. - Sophia Groundhie, Sydney Gazette, 16 June 1810.