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Sophia Mendoza was transported on the Harmony, departing 9th Sep 1828 and arriving 14th Jan 1829 with 101 passengers.
Details for the ship Harmony Ship Name: Harmony Rig Type: S. Built: St. Johns Build Year: 1818 Size (tons): 373 Notes: Source:Website http://www.hawkesbury.net.au/claimaconvict/index.php Original sources:Sources The National Archives (TNA) : HO 11/6, pp.491-497 Bateson, Charles & Library of Australian History (1983). The convict ships, 1787-1868 (Australian ed). Library of Australian History, Sydney : pp.360-361, 386
Harmony (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 493 (248) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 March 2020), May 1828, trial of SOPHIA MENDOZA (t18280529-170). SOPHIA MENDOZA, Theft > simple larceny, 29th May 1828. 1248. SOPHIA MENDOZA was indicted for stealing, on the 19th of April , 1 tea-pot, value 5s.; 1 tea-caddy, value 3s.; 7 chimney ornaments, value 7s.; 1 basin, value 3s.; 2 spoons, value 1s.; 1 rummer-glass, value 2s., and 1 pair of boots, value 3s. , the goods of John Williams . MARTHA WILLIAMS . I am the wife of John Williams; we live at Stepney . On the 19th of April my little girl fell down in the mud; the prisoner and another woman came into my house with her, because I should not beat her; they left in about ten minutes or a quarter of an hour, and I missed these articles; I had been dusting them about five minutes before they came - the duplicates of four images, a tea-caddy and a rummer were found on her. Prisoner. She was very drunk, and gave me the things to pawn. Witness. I did not - I did not tell the magistrate that Mrs. Harding had robbed me; I never allowed her to take them; they left while I was gone into the yard. THOMAS BROWN . I apprehended the prisoner the same evening; I found these two spoons in her pocket; she dropped a china basin from under her arm - it broke; here are the pieces - I found three duplicates on her in the name of Shepherd, but the pawnbroker has left the Court: the other woman was taken, but nothing found on her - neither she nor the prosecutrix were in liquor. Prisoner's Defence. She gave me the things to pawn. MARTHA WILLIAMS. I did not. GUILTY . Aged 34. Transported for Seven Years . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18280529-170
Sophia was 36 on arrival in VDl. She was living with Ebenezer Jones in rented lodgings and she had stripped the place and stolen about 7l., worth of feathers from the bed - Ebenezer Jones was charged in the Old Bailey on 21/2/1828 for this and found not guilty. Then on 29/5/1828 Sophia was charged at the Old Bailing with stealing a teapot, tea-caddy, chimney ornaments, spoons and boots, valued at 24s. Sophia and a friend had brought home a girl who had fallen in the mud and while her mother was busy, stole the items. Born in Bethnal Green, Sophia was single, had 3 children, was of Jewish countenance, had dark brown hair and eyes, was 5'1" tall, could read and she could cook. 1832: Assigned to Mr W Burns 1833: Assigned to Mr Buthers. 1835: House of Correction. 23/11/1843: Permission to marry Samuel Denyer (free. They married in 1844, could find no children. 1855: COF
Sophia was the daughter of Daniel Mendoza, pugilist/boxer, known as Mendoza the Jew.