Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Sophia Phillips was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 243 (123) |
| 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 |
Claims
"Indirect descendant from Sophia's husband's first marriage."
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Convict Notes
Colonial Secretary Index. PHILLIPS, Sophia. Per "Janus", 1820 1823 Sep 20 On list of prisoners assigned (Fiche 3291; 4/4570D p.101)
WARWICK ASSIZES. .. At these assizes the under-mentioned prisoners . were severally convicted and sentenced as follows CONDEMNED.-- … ? Phillips Sophia Phillips (his wife), Wm. Horton, and Thomas Powell, arraigned for putting away counterfeit bank notes at Birmingham, pleaded guilty to the minor offence of having in possession; .. Aris’s Birmingham Gazette, 16 Aug 1819.
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 301… [Ref P0742] Phillips, William, 63, ticket of leave, Coromandel, 1819, 14, years, Protestant, labourer, Goulburn Street Sydney. [Ref P0743] Phillips, Sophia, 38, government servant, Janus, 1819, 14, years, Protestant, laundress. [Ref P0744] Phillips, Emma, 20, came free, Janus, 1819. [Ref P0745] Phillips, Jemima, 18, came free, Janus, 1819. [Ref P0746] Phillips, John, 15, came free, Janus, 1819. [Ref P0747] Phillips, Caroline, 13, came free, Janus, 1819. [Ref P0748] Phillips, Sophia (Jun), 11, came free, Janus 1819. [Ref P0749] Phillips, Julia, 7, born in the colony. [Ref P0750] Phillips, Catherine, 2, born in the colony. # Also Page 301… The step-son and his family. [Ref P0751] Phillips, Thomas, 26, free by servitude, Dick, 1821, 7 years, Protestant, silver plate worker, Philip Street Sydney. [Ref P0752] Phillips, John, 6, born in the colony. [Ref P0753] Phillips, William, 4, born in the colony. [Ref P0754] Phillips, Edward, 18m, born in the colony. and… on page 50… Thomas's wife. [Ref B1252] Bissenet, Elnr, 28, free by servitude, Elizabeth, 1818, 7 years, Catholic, housekeeper to Thomas Phillips, Sydney.
William Phillips had been married 9th November 1794 to one Sarah Ridley. They had at least one child, Thomas, born June 1800. Sarah died around 1805. William then remarried, to Sophia, 30th December 1808. he was aged about 41 and she was only 18. They then had 5 children before being tried in Warwickshire on 7th August 1819. They were both convicted of Coining Offences (having forged banknotes in their possession) and sentenced to transportation for 14 years. William was transported on “Coromandel” and Sophia and all her surviving children came on “Janus”. Her step-son, Thomas then aged about 20 was left in England. In the colony, William and Sophia had a further 8 children. The step-son, Thomas, was also tried in Warwickshire and also transported, following his father, step-mother and Step-siblings only 11 months later.
she brought 4 of her children with her on the ship. See convict muster records of 1822.
Sophia PHILLIPS (YATES) married William PHILLIPS in 1808 at Birmingham. She and William were convicted of having forged notes in their possession and arrived in Sydney,a month apart, in 1820. She was on the "JANUS" with her children, William was on the "COROMANDEL"