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Sophia Jones was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 123 (63) |
| 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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Digitised Indent of ship Mary Anne. Elizabeth Wylie, Ann ux Thos. Jackson, Mary Talbot, Sophia Jones and Elizabeth Asker, tried Old Bailey, Middlesex, 8 December 1790, Transported for Life. ------------------------------------------------------------- Her original Trial at the Old Bailey, 24 April 1790 for Shop lifting. 333. SOPHIA (wife of JOHN) JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 7th of April , one hundred yards of muslin, value 20 l. one callico wrapper, value 18 d. the property of Walter Smith , privily in his shop . ROBERT SMITH sworn. I am past fourteen: I know the nature of an oath. I know the prisoner; I saw her in my father's shop, in Oxford-street , on the 7th of April; she had another woman with her, who asked to look at some printed cottons; nobody else was in the shop; I turned round to get some printed cottons to shew her what she asked for, and when I turned round again I missed the prisoner; before I opened them she said they would not do for her; I missed a bundle of muslins, just as they are now, in this callico wrapper; and I rang the bell for Mr. Smith, and went in pursuit of the prisoner: the prisoner went one way, and the other woman the other: Mr. Smith, my uncle, came into the shop, and immediately I went after the prisoner; I overtook her; I went about three hundred yards below the street she turned up; then I came back, and went up that street; I saw her at the top; I overtook her, and told her she had stolen a bundle of muslin from us; she looked round at me, and dropped them immediately, and she dropped her cloak; I took the bundle up, and gave her leave to pick up her cloak; I brought her home myself; she came home with me; I asked somebody to come to my assistance; but nobody took hold of her; several people surrounded her; it was between four and five. Court. Are you sure that bundle was the bundle that had been on your uncle's counter before? - I am very positive of it. WALTER SMITH sworn. These goods are my property: I was not at home when the things were taken. Court. This evidence of the boy, which he has given in a very sensible manner, puts all doubt out of the case. GUILTY, Death. Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Lord KENYON.