Thomas Dargin her father had arrived in 1792 as a sailor aboard the 'Royal Admiral.' He married Mary Smith who had reached Sydney on February 14, 1792 aboard the 'Pitt' and was sentenced to seven years penal servitude for having stolen some black lace.

Thomas was an early farmer at Parramatta and on the Hawkesbury, also an innkeeper running the Green Dragon hotel at Windsor. He died in 1828 and his wife Mary took over the licence. Sophia was married firstly Mr Brady by whom she had one son.

Sophia later married Joseph Windred by whom she had at least 10 children. Joseph was born in Middlesex England in 1788. A bootmaker by trade, he was transported for life to Sydney in 1815 on the 'Marquis of Wellington.' After being granted a conditional pardon, he became the publican of the Royal Exchange Hotel in Windsor in 1828. By 1835 he owned a tannery in George Street, Windsor. Joseph Windred Senior remained at Windsor as a farmer and died there on July 9 1872. Sophia continued in the hotel trade. She came to Lambing Flat from Bathurst. She had been in trouble with the authorities for selling liquor after hours and being the owner and keeper of a common gaming house. She ran a public house "The Coach and Horses" until December of 1861 when she moved her licence to Chance Gully. Joseph Windred, her son was licensee of the "Sportsman's Arms" at Tipperary Gully and also moved his hotel to Chance Gully. Sophia later followed her son to Forbes and eventually to Orange where she died on September 7, 1871, aged 79, of cancer.

Joseph Windred, son of Sophia was born at Windsor in 1822. He was described as a magnificently built man of splendid proportions. He was an expert boxer, a strong swimmer, a splendid oarsman and a fine horseman. He was a successful l horse trainer and the owner of several thoroughbreds.

When gold was discovered in California in 1848, he and his wife Mary, nee Douglas, joined the thousands who made their way there. When they arrived in San Francisco, the gold fever was at its peak. As there was no regular constituted authority, the diggers had set up vigilance Committees whose reckless method of law enforcement led to the conviction of many innocent men.

A robbery was carried out at Janson and Co' s store on the evening of 19 February 1849. Joseph Windred and Thomas Burdue were arrested on suspicion of being responsible for the crime.

On Saturday, February 22 a crowd of 5000 gathered around the city hall for the trial, nine of the jury members were in favour of the conviction and three had doubts. The mayor determined that the prisoners would not be harmed until they were re-tried.

During the night, the vigilantes decided to seize the prisoners and hang them. The mayor however had collected not only the regular police, but a volunteer force of 250 citizens to resist the determined mob which surrounded the city hall. The two were eventually put on trial a second time, found guilty and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment.

Joseph Windred's time in prison was brief as he escaped through the ingenuity of his wife. Dressed in men's clothing with her hair cut short, she was allowed to visit her husband. During a brief absence of the warder she gave her husband several small tools that she had concealed on her body. Windred worked through the night, cut a hole in the floor of his cell and dug a tunnel under the wall of the prison. He remained in hiding until eventually cleared of the crime. His co-prisoner, Thomas Burdue in the meantime was charged with another crime - the murder of a Sherriff from Auburn, a small town near Sacramento. He was convicted and sentenced to hang, but before the sentence was carried out, the real culprit was arrested and convicted of both the murder and the robbery. He was sentenced to death and subsequently hung.

Joseph Windred returned to Australia and joined the thousands of gold seekers who were hoping to make their fortune. In 1861 he was the proprietor of an orderly, well conducted hotel in Lambing Flat.