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Thomas Terry HOWE (1803 - 1860)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
	Thomas Terry HOWE (1803 - 1860)	George HOWE (1769 - 1821)	Thomas HOWE
		Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828)

b. 02 Apr 1803 at Sydney, NSW, Australia

d. 1860 at At Sea going to Launceston, Tasmania aged 57

Near Relatives of Thomas Terry HOWE (1803 - 1860)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Grandfather	Thomas HOWE
Father	George HOWE	abt 1769	St Kitts, West Indies	11 May 1821	NSW, Australia	52
Step Father	James WINTERS
Step Father	William PIERCE
Mother	Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON			1828	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Self	Thomas Terry HOWE	02 Apr 1803	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1860	At Sea going to Launceston, Tasmania	57
Sister	Mary Ann Risdon HOWE	01 May 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1832	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	27
Brother	George Terry HOWE	18 Dec 1806	Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Apr 1863	Chippendale, NSW, Australia	56
Sister	Ann HOWE	06 Feb 1809	Sydney, NSW, Australia	10 May 1811	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	2
Sister	Sarah Risdon HOWE	27 Sep 1810	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1879	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	69
Half Sister	Elizabeth WINTERS	1821		1901		80
Half Sister	Ann WINTERS	1823		1902		79
Half Brother	Robert HOWE	30 Jun 1795	London, Middlesex, England	29 Jan 1829	Sydney, NSW, Australia	33
Step Sister	Sarah WILLS	23 Apr 1796	England	Dec 1876	St Giles, London, England	80
Step Brother	Thomas WILLS	05 Aug 1800	Sydney, NSW, Australia	29 Jul 1872	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	71
Step Sister	Eliza WILLS	10 Sep 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	30 Sep 1858	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	56
Step Brother	Edward Spencer WILLS	16 Feb 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1830	London, Middlesex, England	25
Step Sister	Elizabeth Selina WILLS	30 Nov 1807	Sydney, NSW, Australia	18 Jan 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	3
Step Brother	Horatio Spencer Howe WILLS	05 Oct 1811	Sydney, NSW, Australia	17 Oct 1861	'Cullin-la-ringo', Springsure, Queensland, Australia	50
Half Sister	Jane HOWE	09 Nov 1816	Sydney, NSW, Australia	23 Nov 1880	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia	64
Half Brother	William HASTINGS PIERCE HOWE	1801	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1853	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	52
Niece	Sarah Eclipse HOWE	1824	At sea	1905	Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia	81
Nephew	George Risden HOWE	1825		01 Jul 1889	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Niece	Mary Ann Cowell HOWE	17 Jun 1827	Sydney, NSW, Australia	20 Feb 1905	NSW, Australia	77
Niece	Marion HOWE	1829
Nephew	John Kiwi HOWE	1830		1860	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	30
Niece	Ann Risden HOWE	1832
Niece	Eliza Frances HOWE	1834		13 Oct 1914		80
Niece	Elizabeth Jane HOWE	1836		15 Dec 1916		80
Niece	Emily HOWE	1840		1880	Sydney, NSW, Australia	40
Niece	Maria Elizabeth LEE			09 Nov 1891
Nephew	Robert Charles HOWE	27 Feb 1820	St Phillips Church of England, Sydney, NSW	14 Jul 1875	Rylstone, NSW, Australia	55
Nephew	Robertus Mansfield HOWE	12 Nov 1822	Sydney, NSW, Australia	26 Feb 1824	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1
Niece	Annie Wesley HOWE	1824	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Nephew	Alfred Australia HOWE	1825		17 Jan 1837	Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia	12
Niece	Mary McLeay HOWE	21 Apr 1827		20 May 1827		0
Nephew	William Lachlan Macquarie REDFERN	1819	Australia	1904	Westminster, London, England	85
Nephew	Joseph Foveaux REDFERN	1823		1830	Sydney, NSW, Australia	7
Niece	Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER	1835	Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland	1905	Paddington, London, England	70
Niece	Alice WILLS	06 May 1823	Camden, NSW, Australia	14 Apr 1824	NSW, Australia	0
Nephew	William Henry WILLS	01 Dec 1827		abt 1828		1
Niece	Catherine Spencer WILLS	24 Nov 1831	Ci, Sydney, NSW	27 Aug 1884	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	52
Niece	Amelia WILLS	1854	Kensington, London, Middlesex, England
Nephew	Arthur WILLS	18 Feb 1857	Hammersmith, Middlesex, England	14 Oct 1932	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	75
Nephew	Harry Spencer WILLS	13 Sep 1858	Brighton, Sussex, England	1914	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	56
Nephew	Frederick WILLS	19 Jul 1860	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Nephew	Charles Ernest WILLS	15 Nov 1861	St John's Wood, Middlesex, London, England
Niece	Margaret Campbell ANTILL	27 Jun 1820	Sydney, NSW, Australia	22 Jul 1849	Camden, Oaks, Picton, Stonequarry, NSW	29
Nephew	John Macquarie ANTILL	30 May 1822	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1900	Picton, NSW, Australia	78
Nephew	Henry Colden ANTILL	07 Apr 1826	Camden, NSW, Australia	1913	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	87
Niece	Alice Sophia ANTILL	1827	Liverpool, NSW, Australia	1920	London, Middlesex, England	93
Nephew	William Redfern ANTILL	1828	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	1905	Picton, NSW, Australia	77
Nephew	Thomas Wills ANTILL	1829	Campbelltown, NSW, Australia	18 May 1865	Nelson, New Zealand	36
Nephew	Edward Spencer ANTILL	20 Jul 1832	Picton, NSW, Australia	1917	Parramatta, Sydney, NSW, Australia	85
Nephew	James Alexander ANTILL	1834	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1920	Rockdale, Sydney, NSW, Australia	86
Niece	Selina Elizabeth ANTILL	1837	Cobbitty, Narellan, NSW, Australia	1924	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	87
Nephew	Loftus Cliff ANTILL	06 Dec 1839	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1840	Stonequarry, Picton, NSW, Australia	1
Nephew	Thomas Wentworth WILLS	1836	Molongolo Plains, NSW, Australia	02 May 1880	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia	44
Niece	Emily Spencer WILLS	25 Dec 1842	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	06 Dec 1925	"Molongolo", Kew, Victoria, Australia	82
Nephew	Cedric Spencer WILLS	01 Dec 1844	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	23 Jan 1914	Springsure, Queensland, Australia	69
Nephew	Horace Spencer WILLS	16 Jun 1847	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Oct 1928	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	81
Nephew	Egbert Spencer WILLS	11 Nov 1849	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	11 Sep 1931	Kew, Victoria, Australia	81
Niece	Elizabeth Spencer WILLS	07 Jan 1852	'Lexington', Ararat, Victoria, Australia	21 Nov 1930	Prahran, Victoria, Australia	78
Niece	Eugenie (Duckey) Spencer WILLS	28 Jan 1854	Lexington, Victoria, Australia	08 Jul 1937	Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	83
Niece	Minna Spencer WILLS	01 Mar 1856	"Bellevue", Geelong, Victoria, Australia	14 Feb 1943	Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia	86
Niece	Hortense Sarah Spencer WILLS	16 Aug 1861	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	02 Jul 1907	Maidenhead, Berkshire, England	45
Niece	Adela Ann HARRISON	11 Sep 1834		23 Jul 1910	Victoria, Australia	75
Nephew	Henry Colden Antill HARRISON	16 Oct 1836	Cj, NSW, Australia	02 Sep 1929	Kew, Victoria, Australia	92
Nephew	George Alfred HARRISON	1838
Niece	Kate HARRISON	1840		1914	Minto, NSW, Australia	74
Niece	Alice HARRISON	1842
Nephew	Ernest HARRISON	1845		1937		92
Nephew	Horace Washington HARRISON	1848	Avon, Victoria, Australia	09 Feb 1869	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia	21
Nephew	John Arthur HARRISON	1851		1897		46
Niece	Selina HOWE	1833	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1903	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	70
Brother in Law	John COWELL	1786		1839	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	53
Sister in Law	Sarah BIRD	1801		1871	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	70
Sister in Law	Tawariki Te KIWI
Brother in Law	Edward LEE	1807		27 Jun 1842	Lithuania	35
Brother in Law	Frederick LEE			1898	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Sister in Law	Elizabeth LEE	17 Jun 1802	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1878	Sydney, NSW, Australia	76
Sister in Law	Ann BIRD	1802	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1842	Sydney, NSW, Australia	40
Brother in Law	William REDFERN	1774	Canada	17 Jul 1833	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland	59
Brother in Law	James ALEXANDER	1797	Lanarkshire, Scotland	29 Jul 1877		80
Sister in Law	Celia REIBEY	1802	Camden, NSW, Australia	28 Sep 1823	NSW, Australia	21
Sister in Law	Marie Anne BARRY	21 Sep 1801	London, Middlesex, England	19 May 1870		68
Sister in Law	Mary Ann MELLARD	1830	Peckham, Camberwell, London, Surrey, England
Brother in Law	Henry Colden ANTILL	01 May 1779	New York, NY, USA	14 Aug 1852	'Jarvisfield', Picton, NSW, Australia	73
Sister in Law	Elizabeth (MCGUIRE) WYRE	1817	Sydney, NSW, Australia	28 Dec 1907	Geelong, Victoria, Australia	90
Brother in Law	Capt. John HARRISON	1800	Cumberland, England	21 Jul 1869	Williamstown, Victoria, Australia	69
Sister in Law	Ann WILLIAMS	1809	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1862	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	53

Events in Thomas Terry HOWE (1803 - 1860)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
02 Apr 1803		Thomas Terry HOWE was born	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 1	52, 55
11 May 1821	18	Death of father George HOWE (aged 52)	NSW, Australia	Note 2	52, 55
1828	25	Death of mother Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3
1860	57	Thomas Terry HOWE died	At Sea going to Launceston, Tasmania	Note 4	60

Note 1: Reg No V18031787 1A/1803 OR V18031054 4/1803 - George and Elizabeth

Note 2: 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 3: NSW bmd - WINTERS ELIZABETH. 1002/1828 V18281002 12 AGE 43

Note 4: Ancestry trees MAYBE but. Not convinced New South Wales Government Gazette 21 Dec 1860 In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Will of Thomas Howe, late of Gunnongjugrawah, oil the Murrumbidgee River, near Grundagai, Esquire, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, appli cation will be made to this Honorable Court, that pro bate of the Will of the above-named Thomas Howe, be granted to Leah Howe, of Ghinnongjugrawah aforesaid* the widow of the deceased, as the sole Executrix therein named.—Dated this 14th day of December, 1860. JAMES ROBERTSON, Tumut, Proctor for the said Executrix. By his Agent, W. K. Macnish, ~ Solicitor, Pitt-street, Sydney.

Source References:

52. Type: Australia Birth Marriage Death Index 1787 - 1985 Record

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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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- Reference = (Name, Notes)

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

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: New South Wales Government Gazette 21 Dec 1860 In the Supreme Court of New South Wales. ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION. In the Will of Thomas Howe, late of Gunnongjugrawah, oil the Murrumbidgee River, near Grundagai, Esquire, deceased. NOTICE is hereby given, that after the expiration of fourteen days from the publication hereof, appli cation will be made to this Honorable Court, that pro bate of the Will of the above-named Thomas Howe, be granted to Leah Howe, of Ghinnongjugrawah aforesaid* the widow of the deceased, as the sole Executrix therein named.—Dated this 14th day of December, 1860. JAMES ROBERTSON, Tumut, Proctor for the said Executrix. By his Agent, W. K. Macnish, ~ Solicitor, Pitt-street, Sydney.

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