Henry Copas

Level 347

Maureen Withey on 26th April 2026

Absconded. 1. Copas Henry, Speke, 26, Bricklayer’s Labourer, Middlesex, 5 feet 3 ¾, hazle grey eyes, blown hair, ruddy comp. from W. Ogilvie, Esq. Sydney Gazette, 24 June 1830.

Level 347

Maureen Withey on 25th April 2026

Hulk Records. HO-9-1_3 page 10/44 Chatham Hulk - Dolphin Received from Newgate (London), 2 Dec 1825. Henry Copas, age 22, Stg in a Dw Ho, Tried at London, 15 Sept 1825, Life, To NSW 1 Aug 1826.

Level 347

Maureen Withey on 24th April 2026

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) September 1825. Trial of SAMUEL BARNETT , HENRY COPAS , HARRY WARD (t18250915-354). Available at: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18250915-354?text=copas (Accessed: 24th April 2026). Tried at the Old Bailey, 15 Sept 1825. 1579. SAMUEL BARNETT , HENRY COPAS , and HARRY WARD , were indicted for stealing, on the 23d of July , at St. Martin, Ironmonger-lane , a table clock, value 25 l., the goods of Edward Watson , in his dwelling-house . ... ... BARNETT'S Defence. I know nothing of the robbery. COPAS' Defence. I was at work at the time - I am a bricklayer , and what that woman has sworn is as false as God Almighty is true. The Lord Mayor asked her on our first examination, and she said she knew neither of them. WARD'S Defence. As I was going down Whitechapel-road Mr. Lea met me, and told me he wanted me for a crime that he knew I was innocent of. I went to Lambeth-street, and when I had been there about an hour and a half, Mr. Watson and that woman, who looked through the window came, and they neither of them said they knew me; and after the woman had been there half an hour she said she thought I was the person. JURY to KINGSBURY. Q. Did you know the persons of the prisoners before that morning? A. Yes, perfectly well. Barnett and the one not in custody had the clock, but Copas had nothing; they were all four there, but on different sides of the way. BARNETT - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 22. COPAS - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 22. WARD - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 19. -------------------------------------------------------

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Barry Copas on 17th May 2022

Henry was in Wollongong on the 18th of January 1847, had his 2 eldest children baptised at the same day and venue as his brother, John, married Mary Carey, where he is recorded as a witness to their marriage, His profession was bricklayer, but his abode listed as the Clarence River, there is no indication he was working in the Wollongong area, his next child was born in 1848, and his abode Hernani.

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D Wong on 6th October 2012

Henry was 22 years old when indicted for stealing 1 table clock, value £25 the goods of Edward Watson, from his dwelling house. His brothers, George and John were also transported. 1839: TOL Merton. 1840: Bank Warrant. 23/12/1841: TOL Passport, On the recommendation of the Merton Bench. 1/5/1843: CP 18/9/1841: Henry made application to marry Mary Sarah Carroll, aged 20 (Surrey 1). They had 4 children. For a time Henry was in Wollongong with John, working as a bricklayer, but then went to New England to work as a shepherd for Richard Hargrave on Hillgrove and Hernani Stations. 1851/52: Died at Hernani Station.

My Great Great Grandfather received Ticket of leave, married Sarah Carroll in 1841 at Scone Courthouse, NSW, had 4 children, and has disappeared along with his eldest daughter, Mary, sometime between around 1850 and 1852, when Sarah began a family with a new husband, John Hopkinson at Hillgrove, NSW