Margaret Howe

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iain Frazier on 16th May 2026

Family connections for Margaret (Howe) are: HOWE Margaret (Howe) was born about 1773/8. She was tried at Surrey Assizes, sentenced to 7years & arrived in NSW as a convict on 7 5 1804 after a voyage of 6months on EXPERIMENT. She had a first relationship with Richard (Hicks) his first relationship). She was Free by Servitude by 1810.>>> [Some details taken from this Website] Richard (Hicks) was born about 1785. He was tried for stealing tanned hides of Thomas (Hackett) & Thomas (Fry) of Wrotham at Kent General Quarter Sessions of Peace on 3 10 1797, sentenced to 7years on 13 10 1797, held at Maidstone Gaol from 22 10 1797 & arrived in NSW as a convict on 14 12 1801 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship CANADA (or the accompanying MINORCA-noted on this Website). He was Free by Servitude by 1810. He was living in Sydney when he married secondly Mary (Phillips) on 26 4 1819 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. He is recorded in 1822 as Free by Servitude constable at Liverpool with daughter Ann. He is recorded in 1825 as landholder at Liverpool with 3children. He died in 1852 age67 father of 6children. [Some details taken from this Website] .. >>>Margaret (Howe) married secondly Thomas (White) emancipist on 3 5 1819 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. She is recorded in 1828 as Free by Servitude with her family at Illawarra. She died in 1837 age59 mother of maybe 9children. Thomas (White) was born about 1773. He arrived in NSW as a sailor on 12 5 1803 after a voyage of 6months on ROLLA. He was Free by Servitude bt 1819. He is recorded in 1828 as tenant at Illawarra with his family. He died on 29 7 1829 age about56 when he was working as crew of 60ton schooner FOX HOUND (carrying cedar & produce) when it was wrecked in storm off Coalcliffe nr Illawarra. [Noted that Smees records show him as a convict, although he has no entry on this Website-this could be by ambiguity in the word 'Free'] Margaret (Howe) & Thomas (White/Whight) produced 3children:] 1.Thomas (White/Whight) was born on 14 12 1818 & baptised on 13 4 1819 at St Lukes CofE Liverpool. He was baptised, seemingly a second time, at RC Illawarra & is recorded in 1828 with his parents at Illawarra. He married a member of the (Herbert ie John (Herbert CHARLOTTE 1788) & Deborah (Ellam/Elias PRINCE OF WALES 1788) family-as did halfbrotherJoseph (Hicks). He died on 21 1 1888 age69. .. 2.Elizabeth/Betsy (White/Whight) was born on 20 10 1821 & baptised on 20 1 1822 at St Peters CofE Campbelltown. She is recorded in 1828 with her parents at Illawarra. She married a member of the (Herbert ie John (Herbert CHARLOTTE 1788) & Deborah (Ellam/Elias PRINCE OF WALES 1788) family-as did halfbrother Joseph (Hicks). .. 3.John George (White/Whight) was born in 1823. He is recorded in 1828 with his parents at Illawarra. Reference: Craig James Smee 'Births and Baptisms Marriages and Defacto Relationships Deaths and Burials New South Wales 1788-1830' ..a complete listing from church & other records in the early colony.

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Denis Pember on 10th February 2017

Thomas White died in 1829. He was crew, aboard the "Foxhound" which was wrecked of Coalcliffe, near Illawarra in New South Wales. From...Reminiscences of Illawarra by Alexander Stewart Page 9..... Going back to July, 1829, there was a small boat, called the Foxhound, that traded between here and Sydney with cedar and various kinds of produce. Mr. Barrett, sen., who lived on Heron Farm (where Mr. C.J.Cullen now is), and his son-in-law, a Mr. Cullen (not belonging to the present Cullen family), a sawyer, loaded the Foxhound with cedar and pumpkins. She sailed from here for Sydney, I think, on the 28th ofJuly, 1829, and old Mr. Barrett and Mr. Cullen were passengers by her. They were going to Sydney to dispose of their produce there. It was a very dark, windy, squally night. She must have foundered somewhere off Coalcliff, for neither Mr. Barrett, nor Mr. Cullen, nor the sailors, nor the boat were ever seen or heard of again. Some black-fellows came to Wollongong immediately after the disappearance of the boat and brought word to the settlement here that there were cedar and pumpkins lying on the beach in an inlet on the north side of Coalcliff, near Mr. Gibbon's place [Stanwell Park]. This cedar was taken to be some of the small light cedar that had been placed on the deck of the Foxhound, and it was assumed that it and the pumpkins which were on the deck, had been washed ashore when the boat went down. The place where the blackfellows had reported the pumpkins had come to land was then known as Little Bulli, and from Big Bulli, or the present Bulli, to Little Bulli, there was nothing but a pathway, and when one got near the cliffs the footpath was so narrow that it was very difficult to walk or get along there. It was considered a very dangerous place for travellers, for few persons could make their way across that part of the coast. Constables Corrigan and Gerraty, however, went out there, and found the cedar and pumpkins on the beach as reported, and it was believed that these were identical with those that were on the Foxhound. None of the bodies of the persons aboard the vessel were ever found. The boat was a good-sized schooner - perhaps 60 tons."

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Denis Pember on 10th February 2017

Of Interest, three of the children (Sarah, Thomas and Elizabeth) married into the Herbert family... ie the children (or grandchildren) of John Herbert (First Fleet Convict, 1788, "Charlotte") and Deborah Ellam (First Fleet Convict, 1788, "Prince of Wales").

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Denis Pember on 10th February 2017

Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Cenus of New South Wales: Page 392... [Ref W1440] Whight, Thomas, 55, CF, Rolla, 1803, Tenant, Illawarra. [Ref W1441] Whight, Thomas, 9, BC. [Ref W1442] Whight, Betsey, 7, BC, [Ref W1443] Whight, George, 5, BC. [Ref W1444] Whight, Margaret, 45, FBS, Experiment, 1804, 7 years.

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Denis Pember on 10th February 2017

In the colony, Margaret had a de-facto relationship with Richard Hicks (Convict, 1801, "Canada"). The couple had 4 children born between 1806 and 1816; Sarah, John, James and Ann. Subsequently, in 1819 at Liverpool, Margaret married Thomas White (Sailor - came free, 1803, "Rolla") they had three children; Thomas, Elizabeth and John George.