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Transportation
Sophia Kingsmore was transported on the Broxbournebury, departing 31st Dec 1813 and arriving 28th Jul 1814 with 127 passengers.
Broxbournebury (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 150 |
| 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
KINGSMORE, Sophia (c1793-1815) Tried - 23 March 1812 Sussex Lent Assize Sophia was sent before the Sussex Court charged with burglary. She was found guilty, sentenced to death but she was later reprieved and had her term commuted to transportation for life to New South Wales. Sophia was aged about 19 and originally sailed to the Colony in 1812 on the Emu and finally reached Sydney in 1814 on the Broxbornebury. BC: 1790 [Brox. Indent] or 1793 [Emu] or 1793 [Death] Sentenced: 23/03/1812 Sussex Lent Assize to death, commuted to transportation for life Crime: Burglary Previous Occupation: Servant Age on Convict Indent (Broxbornebury ) 24 ALSO ON SHIP EMU IN 1812 1814 Muster: Sophia KINGSMORE, con, Brox, off stores, wife to John King, Windsor (1859) & spouse - John KING, con, Surrey, off stores, to Joseph Mercer, Windsor (0917) 1814 – John King was sent to Windsor for distribution from the ship Surrey. (Source: SRNSW Col Sec Papers) 1822 Muster: No record found for John King. 1823 to 1825 Muster: No record found for John King. 1828 Census: John KING, 37, Surrey 1813 (?), prot, tailor, at Thomas Kains, Clarence St, Sydney (K0819) [Note: There was a total of 10 people living at this address including Mrs Dorothy Wood, Age: 60, Protestant, Arrived per Broxbornebury 1813 (?), Came Free; Servant to Thos Kain; Householder; Residence: Clarence St [NSW AUS]; Household Return district: Sydney] NSW BDM: Sophia King (?), aged 24, of Windsor, died in 1815 & the service was held on 30 April at St Mathews Windsor. (Sophia King, Convict; Died 29 Apr 1815 Windsor district, Aged: 24; Buried 30 Apr 1815 Windsor by [Reverend] Robt Cartwright; Registered at St Matthews Church of England Windsor, Arrived per Broxbornebury 1814. Source: V1815-3386-2B & St Matthew's Church of England Windsor NSW: Church Register - Burials; ML ref: Reel SAG 53, published in St Matthews Church of England Windsor NSW: Parish Registers 1810 to 1856 'A Complete Transcription', by Lake Macquarie Family History Group Inc, 2003; Vol Entry# 141) 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