William Howlett (1789 - 1833)

Born 23 Mar 1789 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Williams) Howlett — married 3 Jul 1826 (to 30 Jan 1833) in St. Johns Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 30 Jan 1833 at age 43 in Cabramatta, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

William Howlett was a convict after the Third Fleet transported to New South Wales

William Howlett was born on March 23, 1789 in Soham, Cambridgeshire, England. He was baptized on June 21st in Soham. He is a son of Edward Howlet and Sarah Friend.^[1]

William Howlett was one of 250 convicts transported on the ship Larkins. It departed England 24 July 1817 and arrived in New South Wales 22 November the same year. Also aboard were William’s brothers Thomas and James.

William had been convicted at Cambridge, Isle of Ely Session of Peace Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 10 February 1817. The following month, on 18 March 1817, both his brothers were who were convicted to transporation for life were tried and sentenced at Cambridge Gaol Delivery.

In 1826 he married Lydia, a daughter of two convicts and who had been a servant to Reverend Marsden at Parramatta.

In the 1828 Census William and his young family, plus his brother Thomas, are living together at Prospect:

Howlett, William, 34, free by servitude, Larkins, 1817, protestant, settler, Prospect

Howlett, Lydia, 18, born in the colony

Howlett, Jane, 18m, born in the colony

Howlett, Thomas, 32, ticket of leave, Larkins, 1817, life, Protestant

William died in 1833.

It appears that his brother Thomas took-over his role as head of the household and partner to Lydia, with them having several children together in the years afterwards.

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVPS-X62 : 10 April 2021), Wm. Howlett, 1789.

• NSW BDM marriage records 25/1826 V182625 10, 343/1826 V1826343 44B, 359/1826 V1826359 150, and 3810/1826 V18263810 3B between William Howlett and Lydia Hewitt/ Hewett at St John's Church of England, Parramatta
• Australian Royalty website
• Ancestry.com.au Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Note: This information comes from 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files. This source citation points you to a current version of those files. Note: The owners of these tree files may have removed or changed information since this source citation was created. Page: Ancestry Family Tree Data: Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=23348798&pid=1093

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Cielo Saiz for creating WikiTree profile Howlett-231 through the import of Fenn_Saiz Family Tree.ged on Aug 28, 2013.