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Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Sarah WILLS (1796 - 1876) Thomas WILLS (1800 - 1872) Eliza WILLS (1802 - 1858) Edward Spencer WILLS (1805 - 1830) Elizabeth Selina WILLS (1807 - 1811) Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS (1811 - 1861) Jane HOWE (1816 - 1880)	Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823) + Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811) George HOWE (1769 - 1821)	Thomas HARDING
		Sarah (HARDING)

b. Aug 1776 at London, Middlesex, England

m. (1) 13 Jul 1795 Edward Spencer WILLS (1778 - 1811) at Islington, London, Middlesex, England

m. (2) 05 Oct 1812 George HOWE (1769 - 1821) at Camden, NSW, Australia

d. 08 Jul 1823 at Sydney, NSW, Australia aged 46

Near Relatives of Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Edward WILLS			09 Jan 1814	London, Middlesex, England
Mother in Law	Elizabeth (WILLS)	abt 1738		1822		84
Father in Law	Thomas HOWE
Father	Thomas HARDING
Mother	Sarah (HARDING)
Self	Sarah HARDING	Aug 1776	London, Middlesex, England	08 Jul 1823	Sydney, NSW, Australia	46
Husband	Edward Spencer WILLS	13 Aug 1778	London, Middlesex, England	14 May 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	32
Husband	George HOWE	abt 1769	St Kitts, West Indies	11 May 1821	NSW, Australia	52
Daughter	Sarah WILLS	23 Apr 1796	England	Dec 1876	St Giles, London, England	80
Son	Thomas WILLS	05 Aug 1800	Sydney, NSW, Australia	29 Jul 1872	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	71
Daughter	Eliza WILLS	10 Sep 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	30 Sep 1858	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	56
Son	Edward Spencer WILLS	16 Feb 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1830	London, Middlesex, England	25
Daughter	Elizabeth Selina WILLS	30 Nov 1807	Sydney, NSW, Australia	18 Jan 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	3
Son	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50
Daughter	Jane HOWE	09 Nov 1816	Sydney, NSW, Australia	23 Nov 1880	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	64
Son in Law	William REDFERN	1774	Canada	17 Jul 1833	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	59
Son in Law	James ALEXANDER	1797	Lanarkshire, Scotland	29 Jul 1877		80
Daughter in Law	Celia REIBEY	1802	Camden, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1823	NSW, Australia	21
Daughter in Law	Marie Anne BARRY	21 Sep 1801	London, Middlesex, England	19 May 1870		68
Daughter in Law	Mary Ann MELLARD	1830	Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Son in Law	Henry Colden ANTILL	01 May 1779	New York, NY, USA	14 Aug 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	73
Daughter in Law	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90
Son in Law	Capt. John HARRISON	1800	Cumberland, England	21 Jul 1869	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	69
Grandson	William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN	1819	Australia	1904	Westminster, London, England	85
Grandson	Joseph Foveaux REDFERN	1823		1830	Sydney, NSW, Australia	7
Granddaughter	Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER	1835	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1905	Paddington, London, England	70
Granddaughter	Alice WILLS	06 May 1823	Camden, NSW, Australia	14 Apr 1824	NSW, Australia	0
Grandson	William Henry WILLS	01 Dec 1827		abt 1828		1
Granddaughter	Catherine Spencer WILLS	24 Nov 1831	Ci, Sydney, NSW	27 Aug 1884	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	52
Granddaughter	Amelia WILLS	1854	Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Grandson	Arthur WILLS	18 Feb 1857	Hammersmith, Middlesex, England	14 Oct 1932	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	75
Grandson	Harry Spencer WILLS	13 Sep 1858	Brighton, Sussex, England	1914	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56
Grandson	Frederick WILLS	19 Jul 1860	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Grandson	Charles Ernest WILLS	15 Nov 1861	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Granddaughter	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	27 Jun 1820	Sydney, NSW, Australia	22 Jul 1849	Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW	29
Grandson	John Macquarie ANTILL	30 May 1822	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1900	Picton, NSW, Australia	78
Grandson	Henry Colden ANTILL	07 Apr 1826	Camden, NSW, Australia	1913	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Granddaughter	Alice Sophia ANTILL	1827	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1920	London, Middlesex, England	93
Grandson	William Redfern ANTILL	1828	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1905	Picton, NSW, Australia	77
Grandson	Thomas Wills ANTILL	1829	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	18 May 1865	Nelson, New Zealand	36
Grandson	Edward Spencer ANTILL	20 Jul 1832	Picton, NSW, Australia	1917	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Grandson	James Alexander ANTILL	1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1920	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Grandson	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	06 Dec 1839	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1840	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1
Grandson	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Granddaughter	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Grandson	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Grandson	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Grandson	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78
Granddaughter	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Granddaughter	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Granddaughter	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45
Grandson	John Arthur HARRISON			1897
Granddaughter	Adela Ann HARRISON	11 Sep 1834		23 Jul 1910	Victoria, Australia	75
Grandson	Henry Colden Antill HARRISON	16 Oct 1836	Cj, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1929	Kew, Victoria, Australia	92
Grandson	George Alfred HARRISON	1838
Granddaughter	Kate HARRISON	1840		1914	Minto, NSW, Australia	74
Granddaughter	Alice HARRISON	1842
Grandson	Ernest HARRISON	1845
Grandson	Horace Washington HARRISON	1848	Avon, Victoria, Australia	09 Feb 1869	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	21

Events in Sarah HARDING (1776 - 1823)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
Aug 1776		Sarah HARDING was born	London, Middlesex, England	Wills book 1779 - 8/7/1823	54, 55
13 Jul 1795	18	Married Edward Spencer WILLS (aged 16)	Islington, London, Middlesex, England	Note 1	54, 55
23 Apr 1796	19	Birth of daughter Sarah WILLS	England		54, 55
23 Dec 1797	21	Other Event	Thames River	'Hillsborough' got under way	55
26 Jul 1798	21	Immigration	"Hillsborough" to Sydney Heads	Note 2	55
05 Aug 1800	24	Birth of son Thomas WILLS	Sydney, NSW, Australia	died 1872 - age 72 = c1800	54, 55
10 Sep 1802	26	Birth of daughter Eliza WILLS	Sydney, NSW, Australia		52, 54, 55
16 Feb 1805	28	Birth of son Edward Spencer WILLS	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Reg No V18051453 1A/1805	54, 55
30 Nov 1807	31	Birth of daughter Elizabeth Selina WILLS	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Reg No V18071073 4/1807	52, 54, 55
18 Jan 1811	34	Death of daughter Elizabeth Selina WILLS (aged 3)	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52, 54
14 May 1811	34	Death of husband Edward Spencer WILLS (aged 32)	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4	52, 54, 55, 60
05 Oct 1811	35	Birth of son Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 5	52, 54, 55
05 Oct 1812	36	Married George HOWE (aged 43)	Camden, NSW, Australia	Note 6	52, 60
09 Nov 1816	40	Birth of daughter Jane HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 7	52, 55
11 May 1821	44	Death of husband George HOWE (aged 52)	NSW, Australia	Note 8	52, 55
08 Jul 1823	46	Sarah HARDING died	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 9	52, 54, 55, 60

Note 1: London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 about Edward Wills Name: Edward Wills Spouse Name: Sarah Harding Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 13 Jul 1795 Parish: Islington St Mary Borough: Islington Register Type: Parish Register In the presence of - Thomas Harding and Edward Wills (both signed their names)

Note 2: Edward did not set foot on land until 29th July - was it the same for Sarah, a free woman accompaning her husband?

Note 3: Reg No V18112601 2A/1811 and V1811154 5/1811 - infant

Note 4: Reg No V18112697 2A/1811 - Edward Wills, age 32 Sydney Gazette 18 May 1811, p2 At his house, in George-street, on Tuesday night the 14th instant, Mr. Edward Wills, after a painful illness of nearly three months duration, in his 33d year. The generosity of his disposition ,was evinced in all his actions, his integrity was undoubted; and he lived universally respected, as his death must be sincerely regretted by his most distant acquaintance; while his amiable family and those who were happy in his friendship will be devoted by the melancholy event, to a length of inconsolable affliction.

Note 5: Reg No V18113625 1A/1811 - Edward Wills and Sarah

Note 6: REg No V181230 7/1812 OR V18121409 3A/1812 - George Howe and SArah Wills The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 10th Oct 1812 MARRIED—On Monday last, by Special License, at the Church of St. Philip, Sydney, by the Reverend Mr. COWPER, GEORGE HOWE, Printer of this Paper, to Mrs. SARAH WILLS, of George-street.

Note 7: Reg No V18166274 1B/1816 - George and Sarah

Note 8: Reg No V18215068 2B/1821 - George Howe - age 51 ******************** Johnson, Keith A. Comp. Gravestone inscriptions, N.S.W. Volume 1. Sydney burial ground : Elizabeth and Devonshire Streets "The Sandhills' (Monuments relocated at Bunnerong) / compiled by Keith A. Johnson and Malcolm R. Sainty. n.p., the compilers, 1973 Text: Mr Edward WILLS died 14th May 1811 aged 32 years Also George HOWE a Creole of St. Kitt's born 1769 died 11th May 1821 aged 52 years He introduced into Australia the art of Printing instigating the 'Sydney Gazette' and was the first Government Printer (fourth oldest stone at Bunnerong). ***************************************** OBITUARY of George Howe in Sydney Gazette SYDNEY GAZETTE. IT HATH at length fallen to the task of surviving friendship to announce, in a Column of the SYDNEY GAZETTE, the Death of its Printer, Mr. GEORGE HOWE ; which lamented event took place in the forenoon of Friday last, the 11th instant, at his house in George-street ; and in the sorrowing testimony of affectionate relatives, and sympathising acquaintances, we have traced the sincere regard and respect due to departed worth, and to the memory of an upright, liberal, and benevolent Member of Society. That such are the faithful attributes of the Character to which this humble tribute applies, will, we trust, be universally acknowledged ; and particularly in those circles where his philanthropy and urbanity were displayed; and which, retiring from public notice, ministered, unwitnessed and in private, the consolatory balm to indigence and affliction» Mr. HOWE was a native of St. Kitt's, in the West Indies, where his Father and Brother conducted for many years the Government Press, which is still continued by his Family in that Island. As a Printer, Mr. HOWE is said to have attained distinguished preeminence in England, and was for a long time employed on some of the most respectable Journals in London. As the original Printer of this Gazette, he had to struggle, in the outset, with many difficulties incidental to such an undertaking, in a remote Colony ; but by perseverance, attention, and the liberal encouragement of the present Government, he at length surmounted them. Mr. HOWE was in his 52nd year. ************************** http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/howe-george-1600 Australian Dictionary of Biography George Howe (1769-1821), printer, editor, publisher and poet, was born on the island of St Kitts in the West Indies, the son of Thomas Howe, government printer at Basseterre on St Christopher's Island. George and his brother were both apprenticed to the printing trade. His later work indicates that his education was thorough along the classical lines of the eighteenth century, and that he was well read in European literature. In 1790 Howe went to London and worked on The Times and other newspapers. He married and his son Robert was born in 1795. In March 1799, together with a companion, Thomas Jones, and under the name of 'George Happy alias Happy George', he was tried at the Warwick Assizes for shoplifting at Alcester; he was sentenced to death but this was commuted to transportation for life. Robert Howe later referred to Alexander McLeay as 'the benefactor of myself and my poor mother', and it was probably McLeay who enabled Howe's family to embark with him in the Royal Admiral. He arrived at Sydney in November 1800, but his wife died on the voyage. Howe himself recovered from a serious illness in 1801 and attributed his survival to D'Arcy Wentworth. Almost immediately Howe became government printer, and the range of his printing far exceeded the broadsheets and orders of his predecessor, George Hughes. In 1802 he issued the first book printed in Australia, New South Wales General Standing Orders, comprising Government and General Orders issued between 1791 and 1802. On 5 March 1803 he began the publication of the first newspaper, the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser. Robert helped in the printing office when the paper began and 'had the honour, even in those infant days, of gaining the smile and eliciting the astonishment of the King's Representative when he saw us perched on a stool'. According to Robert the old printing press was worth only £2 and they had to manage with a mere 20 lbs. (9 kg) of type; but Howe was an 'ingenious man' and managed in spite of the inadequate press, a chronic shortage of ink and paper, and the refusal or inability of many of his subscribers to pay their debts. He was conditionally pardoned in 1803, and fully emancipated in 1806. Howe formed an irregular alliance with Elizabeth Easton and between 1803 and 1810 she bore him five children, one of whom, George Terry Howe, later became the first newspaper editor in Launceston. To add to his income he opened a stationery shop and became a private tutor. He offered to teach reading, writing and mensuration and 'the Grammar of the English tongue upon the principles of Drs Lowth, Johnson, Priestly and other celebrated writers who have united their efforts in improving the Grammatical structure of their own beautiful and comprehensive language, which every Englishman ought to be acquainted with, but few attain that have not had the advantage of a classical education'. Howe's shop and his tutoring enabled him to survive between 30 August 1807 and 15 May 1808, when because of the quarrel between Governor William Bligh and his enemies the Gazette ceased publication. The reason given was lack of paper, but Robert Howe later revealed that the government stores had large stocks of paper. After Bligh's arrest Howe had to threaten to publish the names of his debtors unless they paid him within a fortnight. In 1810 Howe's printing office was almost destroyed by lightning, but the newly-arrived Governor Lachlan Macquarie renewed his appointment as government printer, and next year granted him a salary of £60. Howe's economic position improved still further when in 1812 he married Sarah, the widow of Edward Wills, who had inherited a profitable store from her husband. Of her five existing children, Sarah married Dr William Redfern in 1811 and Eliza married Major Henry Antill in 1818; a son, Horatio Spencer Wills, became editor of the Gazette and published the first paper edited by a native-born Australian, The Currency Lad, which first appeared in August 1832. After his marriage Howe became more active in commerce. In 1813 he joined Mrs Mary Reibey in a speculation in sandalwood. In 1817 he became one of the fourteen foundation subscribers to the Bank of New South Wales. In 1813 he published the first natural history and art book printed in the colony, Birds of New South Wales with their Natural History, a collection of eighteen coloured plates of Australian birds with short descriptions of their habits and environment. The artist was John Lewin. In 1819 First Fruits of Australian Poetry, containing two poems by Barron Field, the first book of poetry published in Australia, came from his press. Howe was preparing to publish the first periodical magazine when he died on 11 May 1821. He left property worth £4000. Robert Howe was dissipated as a young man and in 1819 fathered an illegitimate son. Next year, however, he experienced a spiritual awakening and, in his own words, was 'wonderfully and mercifully visited by God and snatched from infamy in this world and Hell in the next'. He joined the group of Methodists who were working in Sydney and their influence, particularly that of Rev. Ralph Mansfield, was apparent when he published The Australian Magazine; or, Compendium of Religious, Literary, and Miscellaneous Intelligence, the first periodical to appear in Australia. The first number appeared in May 1821 and the publication continued until September 1822. In the meantime, in 1821 Robert Howe had married the colonial-born Ann Bird, who finally agreed to rear Robert's natural son as her own. She bore him four more children, Robert Mansfield, Alfred Australia, Ann Wesley and Mary McLeay, whose names commemorated the strongest influences in Howe's life. Although his education had not been thorough, Robert Howe continued to edit the Gazette which he had helped his father to publish, but the tone of the paper changed completely. Morality and religion became its main themes. Howe considered that to be 'Printer to Immanuel' was more important than being government printer. A plan to establish another press devoted exclusively to the aims of the Wesleyan mission did not eventuate; but the Gazette reflected Howe's conviction that religion was the only possible means of progress in Australia and the only way to rescue the colony from the 'depths of awful depravity to Righteousness in the Son of God'. This outlook, together with the Gazette's traditional policy of supporting the government, made it impossible for Howe to join the struggle for the freedom of the press between 1826 and 1829. Added to this was the fact that Alexander McLeay, his old benefactor, had become colonial secretary. Despite criticism, the Gazette prospered and for a short time in 1827 became the first daily newspaper in the colony. Robert Howe also continued his father's tradition as a publisher. In addition to religious tracts, in 1826 he published Wild Notes from the Lyre of a Native Minstrel, the first book of poems written by a colonial-born poet, Charles Tompson, whose work had already appeared in the Gazette. Howe's own personal life was never really happy. On the night of 15 June 1822 he was attacked while returning from a meeting at the Methodist chapel. He could not avoid a number of libel actions arising from the strong denunciation of those who opposed his policy, and in 1827 Redfern publicly horse-whipped him. He wrote that he was 'debilitated through excessive fatigue, mental anxiety and unprecedented and unexpected domestic disquietude and grief to which I have for years submitted'. In 1827 he made a will in which he left most of his estate to his natural son and £100 a year to his wife. Next year he revoked this and left his wife an 'equal division' of his effects which amounted to over £10,000. Contemplating retirement, he installed Mansfield as co-editor of the Gazette; but on 29 January 1829 he was drowned while fishing near Pinchgut and his widow became the proprietor of the paper. George and Robert Howe had performed important work. To have a newspaper as early as 1803 was of inestimable benefit to both government and settlers. A series of the New South Wales Pocket Almanack, issued in conjunction with the Gazette from 1806, supplemented the dissemination of news and knowledge throughout the colony. The Gazette kept the settlers in touch with home. News from England and excerpts from English literature kept loyalty to England alive. From the beginning George Howe encouraged education and published material calculated to aid both teachers and pupils. He also fostered literature and before 1810 printed more than forty poems, many of which he wrote himself. During Macquarie's administration he printed a further seventy poems including the patriotic odes of Michael Robinson. He has, therefore, a strong claim to the title of 'Father of Australian Literature'. The main difference between George and Robert was that, whereas George Howe advocated reason and common sense, Robert fostered religion.

Note 9: Reg NO V182335818 28 - age 44 - Sarah HOWE Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 10 July 1823 DEATHS- On Tuesday last, at 96 George-street, after a long and extremely painful illness, Mrs. SARAH HOWE, Relict of the late Mr. GEORGE HOWE, Government Printer, in the 45th year of her age.

Personal Notes:

******************* Ancestry tree - Bensley love Family Tree chr 1776 Aug 11 dau of Thomas Harding watch glass grinder and Sarah born Aug 1 (LDS microfilm 0585439) 1805 Muster - Wills, Sarah type X came free on Hillsborough A4805 4 children 22 acres fallow land -purchased - 1 bull 10 cows 75 male sheep and 75 female sheep and 1 bushel of maize 1812 married by Special Licence to George Howe widow, printer of this parish Sarah Wills widower of this parish witness M Robinson and Elizabeth Robinson 1822 muster - listed as A22894 Elizabeth Wills came free on "Hillsborough" widow of G . Howe resident with A22895 - Edward F.18 A22896 - Horatio G. 11 Thursday 24 April 1823 TO LET, the middle HOUSE of No. 96, George 1 street, Sydney, the present Residence of Mrs. Sarah Howe : this House is well calculated to carry on any business from its long establishment in the public line.-Application to be made to Mrs. Sarah Howe. buried NSW P68571/79 Number 5818 Vol:2 Sarah Howe age 44 years bur 10 Jul 1823 St Phillip's Sydney Death Ref No NSW V18235818 2b/1823 and also V1823899 8/1823 The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803-1842) Thursday 10 July 1823 DEATHS-On Tuesday last, at 96 George-street, after a long and extremely painful illness, Mrs. SARAH HOWE, Relict of the late Mr. GEORGE HOWE, Government Printer, in the 45th year of her age. ***************** http://tww.id.au/family-history-wills/edward-spencer-wills-celene/pafg01.htm#40 Edward married Sarah Harding in 1795 in ,,London,England. Sarah was born on 1 Aug 1776 in Middlesex,England. She was christened on 11 Aug 1776 in St Luke Old Str,Finsbury,Middlesex,England. She died on 8 Jul 1823 in ,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. She was buried on 10 Jul 1823 in St Phillip's,Sydney,New South Wales,Australia. chr 1776 Aug 11 dau of Thomas Harding watch glass grinder and Sarah born Aug 1 (LDS microfilm 0585439) 1805 Muster Wills, Sarah type X came free on Hillsborough A4805 4 children 22 acres fallow land -purchased - 1 bull 10 cows 75 male sheep and 75 female sheep and 1 bushel of maize 1812 married by Special Licence to George Howe widow, printer of this parish Sarah Wills widower of this parish witness M Robinson and Elizabeth Robinson 1822 muster - listed as A22894 Elizabeth Wills came free on "Hillsborough" widow of G . Howe resident with A22895 - Edward F.18 A22896 - Horatio G. 11 buried NSW P68571/79 Number 5818 Vol:2 Sarah Howe age 44 years bur 10 Jul 1823 St Phillip's Sydney Death Ref No NSW V18235818 2b/1823 and also V1823899 8/1823 3 May 2005 to Daniel Goonan I have a copy of the baptism of Sarah Harding chr 11 Aug 1776 at St Luke's Old Street Finsbury, Middlesex and it gives her parents as Thomas Harding (Watch Glassgrinder) and Sarah. This is the same parish as Edward Spencer Wills was christened and Sarah Wills chr 15th May 1796. In her letter Sarah Wills addresses the letter to Dear Mama-in-law. and mentions Mama Wills and apologises for not naming a child Elizabeth and goes on to mention the birth of Elizabeth Selina. I would guess that Elizabeth Harding who visited Australia in 1811 is her stepmother. Where did you find the marriage of Elizabeth Bell to Thomas Harding? At St Luke's Old Street Finsbury Middlesex there is a marriage of Thomas Harding to Sarah Cumber in 1766 which would fit. Celene nee Wills ***************************************** On Horatio Wills's first birthday his mother married George Howe , printer-editor of the Sydney Gazette, then being published at 96 George Street. Howe's fortunes were greatly changed by the trading and ship-owning business that Sarah Howe continued to conduct after her first husband's death. Social prestige came to her from the marriage of her eldest child Sarah to Dr William Redfern , and of Elizabeth,[ n.bn Eliza] her fourth child, to Major Henry Colden Antill The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 1st Jun 1811 "Letters of Administration having been granted to Mrs. Sarah Wills, Wife of the late Mr. Edward Wills, deceased, of all his Goods, Chatels, and Effects, she requests that all those who have Claims or Demands upon the said Estate, will present the same forthwith for Payment; and all those who are indebted to the said Estate, are requested in like manner to pay their respective Debts within One Month from the Date Hereof, to avoid Legal Proceedings for the recovery of the same. Sarah Wills." *********** The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 15th Jun 1811 STOLEN, from the Dwelling house of S. WILLS, on or about Saturday the 25th of may last, a Parcel of Colonial Bills to the supposed amount of more than £36 ; the whole drawn by Mr. Thomas Clarkson. Among the Number are several written bills, one of which is for Ten Pounds, either in Colonial Currency or Copper Coin, in favour of — Aslom or Bearear, on demand, and is the only one of that description extant ; also a written Note for Three Pounds, and several others for Two Pounds and One Pound each, besides many printed Bills of various small denominations.— Should any Person or Persons offer such Bills as are above described in Payment, a Report thereof is requested to be made to the Superintendant of Police, or other Magistrate, or Officer authorised to take Cognizant of Offences ; or to the above- named Mrs. S. WILLS No. 96, George-street, from whom and from whence the same were stolen._ ************ The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 15th Aug 1812 SALES BY AUCTION. BY MR. BEVAN, - At his Residence in George-street, Sydney on Tuesday the l8th instant, at Ten o'CIock in the forenoon, Two Hundred and Seventy-three Sheep, in fine healthy condition, and of an excellent breed. They are now to be inspected at Mr. Kabie's Farm at Long Cove; and may be treated for by Private Contract, upon application within the four ensuing days" to Mrs. Sarah Wills, No. 96, George-strèet. To those who wish to make up a valuable stock, this is the most favorable opportunity that ever occurred as the Terms of Sale are prompt Payment, and liberal allowance will accordingly be made in the Price." The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 10th Oct 1812 MARRIED—On Monday last, by Special License, at the Church of St. Philip, Sydney, by the Reverend Mr. COWPER, GEORGE HOWE, Printer of this Paper, to Mrs. SARAH WILLS, of George-street. In 1823 Sarah was still operating a store - an example of her wares is listed in this article "FOR SALE, at the Rooms of Mrs. SARAH HOWE, NO.96, George-street, ladies tortoise shell, braid, and side combs, imitation ditto, thread and cotton, lace and edgings, net quilling, ladies' parasols, fancy silk hand kerchiefs, English black ditto, gentlemen's white cotton and other gloves, a few good second hand black coats, white satin Persians of colours, black bombazine and crape, jeans of various kinds, bonnet wire and paste, boards, black Spanish and common leather shoes, children's coloured, morocco, and black ditto, men's light and strong shoes, good English blacking, shoe and scrubbing brushes, fine Welsh flannel, English bed ticking 3s. 6d. per yard, Scotch plaid 4s. per yard, dowlas towelling, fine India prints 1£ yard wide, English hats, youth's ditto and foraging caps, men's striped cotton shirts, blue trowsers, good second cloth, white and yellow nankeens, duck 2s. 6d. per yard, English, starch and blue, good negrohead tobacco and cheroots, superior spices (ground & unground) 10s. per lb. best Epsom salts 4s. per lb, Dutch drops 2s. 6d. per bottle,, Godfrey's cordial 3s. 9d. ditto, essence of roses and scented soap, ivory small tooth and other combs, shoe makers hemp, heel balls, bristles, knives, butcher & pocket ditto, stone brimstone 2s. per lb. good coffee 2s. 6d; ditto, pepper 1s. 6d. per ditto, nails and brade of all sizes, bell wire fish hooks and lines, wine and porter, corks, ginger 1s. 6d. per lb. tar 4s. per gallon, charts of the country with the accompanying books, of description, bed-room looking glasses, table castors, liquor stands and other glassware, a few sets of fire irons, frying pans, iron pots, spades and shovels, with numerous other articles as heretofore." The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 19th July 1823 Death Notice DEATHS-On Tuesday last, at 96 George-street, after a long and extremely painful illness, Mrs. SARAH HOWE, Relict of the late Mr. GEORGE HOWE, Government Printer, in the 45th year of her age.

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55. Type: Book, Abbr: Edward Wills Family and Descendants, Title: Ancestor Treasure Hunt; The Edward Wills Family and Descendants in Australia 1797 - 1976, Auth: R.V. Pockley, Publ: Wentworth Books - Sydney, Date: 1976

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60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

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- Notes: The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 10th Oct 1812 MARRIED—On Monday last, by Special License, at the Church of St. Philip, Sydney, by the Reverend Mr. COWPER, GEORGE HOWE, Printer of this Paper, to Mrs. SARAH WILLS, of George-street.

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- Notes: Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser 10 July 1823 DEATHS- On Tuesday last, at 96 George-street, after a long and extremely painful illness, Mrs. SARAH HOWE, Relict of the late Mr. GEORGE HOWE, Government Printer, in the 45th year of her age.

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