Cordelia Knight

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iain Frazier on 1st December 2024

Smees Baptismal records show Caroline (Knight)s father to be John (Newsome) labourer.

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iain Frazier on 12th January 2024

Family details for Cordelia (Knight) are: KNIGHT Thomas (Knight) married Cordelia (??? her first marriage) on 5 6 1810 at Bloomsbury St George Camden London. He apparantly did not travel to Australia. Cordelia (???/Knight) was born about 1795. She was tried w/1other for theft of silk etc, on 6&12 6 1821, of Thomas (Craig) & John (Graham) at Old Bailey in June 1821, sentenced to death commuted to Life, held at Middlesex Gaol Delivery & arrived in NSW as a convict without her husband but with her children on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She placed 2children into Female Orphan Institution on 12 11 1823.>>> [Some details taken from this website] Thomas (Knight) & Cordelia (???) produced 5children: all girls 1.Sarah (Knight) was born on 16 11 1810 at Hampstead Middlesex. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She married at age16 George (Freeman) on 15 10 1827 at St Matthews CofE Sydney & produced at least 1child. She died in 1868 age about57. ..George (Freeman) was born in 1806. He was recorded in 1830 as a shoemaker. He died on 27 5 1867 age about60. ..Details of George (Freeman)s family are given in entry for William (Freeman ROYAL ADMIRAL 1792) on this Website. 2.Lucretia (Knight) was born about 1814 at Hampstead Middlesex. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She was placed into Female Orphan Institution on 12 11 1823. She is recorded in 1828 as lodging with John (Newsome) her stepfather. 3.Mary (Knight) was born in 1816 at Hampstead Middlesex. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She was placed into Female Orphan Institution on 12 11 1823. She is recorded in 1828 as lodging with John (Newsome) her stepfather. 4.Caroline (Knight) was born on 23 4 1821 at Hampstead Middlesex. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 27 2 1823 after a voyage of 5.5months on LORD SIDMOUTH. She was baptised on 24 7 1828 age7 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 as lodging with John (Newsome) her stepfather. .. [Noted that a George (Knight) married Sarah (???) in England. He arrived in Australia as a soldier with 3rd Regiment & his wife in 1823. He left the colony for UK in 1827.] [Sarah (Knight) arrived in Australia with her husband in 1823. She may have left the colony for UK with her family in 1827.] [George (Knight) & Sarah (Knight) produced 1child, whom she must have carried for the whole voyage from England:] [1.Maria (Knight) was born on 27 5 1823 & baptised on 15 6 1823 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. She may have left the colony for UK with her parents in 1827.] .. >>>Cordelia (Knight) married secondly with permission, given about 20 5 1824, John (Newsome) on 20 5 1824 or 21 6 1824 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She is recorded in 1825 with her husband at Parramatta. In 1828 she is recorded with her husband at Windsor. She was issued her Ticket of Leave on 27 12 1830 & exempted from labour. She was issued her Conditional Pardon no.29 in 1850. She died in 1853 age about58 at Parramatta mother of 4children & was buried on 16 5 1853 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. John (Newsome/Newsone/Newshaw) (perhaps son of John (Newsom/e) & Hannah (???)) was born in 1786 at Wakefield Yorkshire & baptised on 2 4 1786 at Birstall St Peter Yorkshire-or 3 12 1786 at Harewood York England. He was tried at York city Assizes on 6 3 1819, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW on 5 2 1820sic (leaving UK on 5 6 1819) after a voyage of maybe8months on ATLAS; he was Protestant; he was sent to Parramatta on 30 10 1819sic. He is recorded, as John (Newshaw), as being moved to Newcastle on 30 10 1819sic. He is recorded as a former overseer at the Male Factory & further recorded as working for Rev Samuel Marsden from 1819. He is recorded in 1825 with his wife at Parramatta. He was issued his Certificate of Freedom on 9 3 1826. In 1828 he is recorded as Free by Servitude schoolmaster with his wife at Windsor. He died in 1832sic age about46 at Parramatta & buried on 4 9 1833 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. [Some details taken from this website] REFERENCE 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.

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Darryl Buley on 25th June 2023

Marriage 1824 • Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 3363/1824 V18243363 3B NEWSOME JOHN KNIGHT CORDELIA Cordelia Knight. Convict per Ship; Lord Sidmouth John Newsome. Convict per Ship; Atlas John Newsome

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Darryl Buley on 25th June 2023

Marriage 5 Jun 1810 • Bloomsbury St George Name Cordelia White Spouse John Knight Marriage Date 1810 Parish Bloomsbury St George Name Cordelia White Gender Female Record Type Marriage Marriage Date 5 Jun. 1810 Marriage Place St George, Bloomsbury, Camden, England Spouse John Knight John Knight Birth of daughter Sarah Knight(1810–1868) 16 Nov 1810 • Hampstead, Middlesex, England Birth of daughter Lucretia Knight(1814–) 1814 • Hampstead, Middlesex, England Birth of daughter Mary Knight(1816–) 1816 • Hampstead, Middlesex, England Birth of daughter Louisa Knight(1820–) 1820 • Hampstead, Middlesex, England Birth of daughter Caroline Newsome Knight(1821–1882) 23 Apr 1821 • Hampstead, Middlesex, England Ticket of Leave 31 May 1830 Name Cordelia Knight Birth Year 1794 Immigration Year 1823 Ticket Date 27 Dec. 1830 Ticket Place New South Wales, Australia Origin Hampstead Vessel Ld Sidmouth 3 Convict Assigned 27 Dec 1830 Name Cordelia Knight Date 27 Dec. 1830 Place New South Wales, Australia Category Assignment and Employment of Convicts Title Government Labour Exemption Register, 1830-1832 Volume Number 4/4062 Conditional Pardon 31 Dec 1850 Name Cordelia Knight Pardon Date 1850 Vessel Name Ld Sidmouth Record Type Conditional Pardon Number 29 Pardon 15 Mar 1852 Name Cordelia Knight Age 57 Birth Year 1795 Origin Place Hamstead Conviction Date 6 Jun. 1821 Arrival Year 1823 Pardon Date 15 Mar. 1852 Vessel Name Lord Sidmouth Record Type Conditional Pardon Number 52/131 Death 1853 • Parramatta, New South Wales Name Cordelia Newsham Death Date 1853 Death Place Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Date 1853 Registration Place Parramatta, Australia Volume Number V18531032 39b Burial 16 May 1853 • St John's Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Name Cordelia Newsham Age 57 Birth Year 1796 Burial Date 16 May 1853 Burial Place Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 11th September 2021

1823 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers. Daughters Lucretia aged 7 years and Mary Knight aged 5 years admitted to Female Orphan Institution on petition by mother 1824 - New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers. Permission to marry at Parramatta Date; 20 May 1824. Cordelia Knight. Convict per Ship; Atlas John Newsome. Convict per Ship; Lord Sidmouth 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Cordelia Knight Age; No Details Class; Convict Vessel; Ld. Sidmouth - 1822 - Life Employment/Remarks; WIFE; Jas Newson, ??? Parramatta 1828 - New South Wales, Australia Census 57. John Newsome, No age F. S. Ship; Atlas - 1819. 7 years. Schoolmaster Cordelia Newsome [Cordelia Knight] Age; 33 [1795] Ship; Lord Sidmouth - 1821. Life 1828 - Lacretia Knight. Age; 14. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor Mary Knight. Age; 11. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor Caroline Knight. Age; 7. Came Free. Lord Sidmouth 1821 Lodgers, John Newsome. Windsor

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Maureen Withey on 28th October 2020

Colonial secretary Index. KNIGHT, Cordelia. Per "Lord Sidmouth", 1823. 1823 Nov 12 - Daughters Lucretia and Mary Knight admitted to Female Orphan Institution on petition by mother (Reel 6040; 4/403 p.109) 1824 May 20 - Re permission to marry at Parramatta (Reel 6013; 4/3511 p.71) -------------------------------------------------- 1828 Census Index. John Newsome, F.S. Atlas, 1819, 7 years, protestant, Schoolmaster, Windsor district Cordelia (Knight) Newsome, age 33, G.S. Lord Sidmouth 1821, life.

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Ron Garbutt on 22nd March 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), June 1821, trial of CORDELIA KNIGHT MARY WILLIAMS (t18210606-117). CORDELIA KNIGHT, MARY WILLIAMS, Theft > theft from a specified place, 6th June 1821. 826. CORDELIA KNIGHT and MARY WILLIAMS were indicted for stealing, on the 12th of June , 20 yards of silk, value 5 l. the goods of Thomas Craig and John Graham , in their dwelling-house . SECOND COUNT. The same, only stating it to be the dwelling-house of the said John Graham only. JAMES SALTHOUSE . I am shopman to Thomas Craig and John Graham , who are silk-mercers , and live in Oxford-street , in the parish of St. Marylebone. Only Mr. Graham lives in the house. On the 12th of June, about a quarter past four o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoners came to the shop together; one of them asked to see some Italian net; they both looked at it and did not like the colour, and wished to see another. I shewed them three more pieces; they would not suit. They then asked to look at some satins; I shewed them two or three - they did not suit. They then asked to see some Persian of the same colour; I shewed them two pieces - they would not do (I had been watching them particularly all the time). They then said, they would look at some white Persian, and bought three-eighths of a yard, which came to 9 d. One of them observed, that was a handsome shawl which one of the men was shewing, and asked the price - I said, two guineas, and shewed them some other shawls. Every thing I had shewn them remained on the counter. I opened one or two shawls out, they thanked me for my trouble, and said, perhaps they would buy another time. I observed Williams hold up the end of the shawl as if to conceal the actions of the other. I took 1 s. for the Persian, and went to the end of the shop for change - I returnedand gave them 3 d. I believe Williams bought the Persian. They then left the shop - I missed nothing, but went after them on suspicion. Williams was following the other out, but had not got out - Knight was just out of the door. I saw my fellow-servant bringing her back, and a piece of silk drop from her (Knight). He said to her "Stop, I believe you have something which does not belong to you;" and as she returned at the threshold of the door, the silk dropped from under her cloak; there were twenty-five yards of it - it is worth above 5 l. - it cost between 6 l. and 7 l. Williams wished to go, saying, she had nothing to do with it. They both inspected all the goods. Cross-examined by Mr. LAW. Q. Has Mr. Graham the whole of the house - A. Yes; I found Williams had left her Persian behind, it might have been dropped by accident - I found it in the place where she sat - it is common for people to go shopping together - Knight had a large cloak, which concealed it all, and took it with the roller. JOHN DOYLY . I am shopman to the prosecutors. I saw the prisoners come in together, (they had been there together the day before), Salthouse was shewing them goods - I saw Knight rolling up the silk, which was about a yard undone - they looked at the goods, and while he was shewing the shawl to Williams, I was watching, and saw Knight take the roll of silk - I left the counter on the opposite side to them, and went towards the door; Knight passed me, and as soon as she got outside the door, I told her I believed she had something which did not belong to her; she said, she had not - I brought her into the shop, and about a yard in the roll of silk, dropped from under her cloak; I picked it up, and she was stopped. Williams was coming out at the moment I laid hold of Knight; she was stopped, and asked what was the matter - I took them both to Marlborough-street, and on our return, found Williams's Persian on the floor. Q. Describe the way Williams held the shawl up - A. It was unfolded, she held it about the middle, as if to help fold it up; it naturally took Salthouse's view off Knight - the silk cost 5 s. 6 d. per yard. Cross-examined. Q. What size was the shawl - A. A yard and half wide, and nearly three yards long - it was extended at full length, there was nothing unusual in her manner of holding it - I should have thought nothing of it, had I not suspected them. THOMAS CLEMENTS . I am a constable. I took the prisoners in charge, and only found a few halfpence on either of them. JAMES SALTHOUSE . I know the silk to be my master's. WILLIAMS'S Defence. While I was there, I picked a piece of silk up which fell off the counter, and the gentleman thanked me - I saw some ladies looking at the shawls, and said, one was ugly; he brought them round, and I said, one was handsome, but I wanted none - we did not ask for things, he pressed us to buy - I did not hold up any shawl. JOHN DOYLY . She did pick up a piece of brown silk which had fallen down. KNIGHT'S Defence. I deny that it was taken from me or dropped from me - I have four small children. KNIGHT - GUILTY - DEATH . Aged 26. WILLIAMS - NOT GUILTY . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18210606-117