Mary Wilson

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iain Frazier on 5th July 2024

HOWE Some amendments added Aug 2025. EXPLORER John (Howe) son of John (How) & Mary (Roberts) was born 1n 1774 maybe in Redbourn Hertfordshire & became a grocer. He married firstly Frances (Ward) in UK. He arrived in NSW as a settler/emigrant with his family on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7.5months on COROMANDEL; to a grant of 100acres at Mulgrave Place Hawkesbury River.>>> Frances (Ward) arrived in NSW with her family on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7.5months on COROMANDEL; to Hawkesbury River. She died on 28 9 1802 & was buried, as Mrs Frances (Howe), at St Johns CofE Parramatta. John (Howe) & Frances (Ward) produced a child: 1.Mary (Howe) was born on 28 10 1799 in England. She arrived in NSW with her parents on 14 8 1802 after a voyage of 7.5months on COROMANDEL; to Hawkesbury River. She married George (Loder) on 29 5 1816 at St Matthews CofE Windsor & produced at least 5children. ..George (Loder) was born on 24 6 1796 & baptised on 20 12 1796 at St Phillips CofE Sydney. He & his brother accompanied his father in law John (Howe) on both of the expeditions to the Hunter River. In 1818 they discovered the Hunter River & later Patrick’s Plains (now Neotsfield). In 1821 he was granted land in the Hunter as reward for exploration work-near what is now Mt. Thorley near Singleton; & was recorded as a settler. He was recorded in 1824, 1826 & 1828 as a farmer & in 1830 as a publican. He died on 13 8 1834 age about85. ..Details of George (Loder)s family are given BELOW. .. >>>John (Howe) married secondly Mary (Wilson her second (2of3) marriage) on 13 4 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. Mary (Wilson) was born about 1776. She perhaps married firstly (1of3) Leonard (White) in Ireland.>>> [Some details are taken from this Website] Mary (Wilson) & Leonard (White) produced 1child: 1.Eliza Jane (Leonard) was born about 1803. She arrived in NSW with her mother on 11 4 1806 after a voyage of 9months on WILLIAM PITT. .. >>>Mary/Jane (Wilson) as Mary/Jane (Wilson/White) was tried at Kingston Surrey Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with her daughter on 11 4 1806 after a voyage of 9months on WILLIAM PITT; she was Protestant. In 1807 she, as Mary Jane (Wilson aka Jane (Rhodes), was allocated to James (Sti/yles), whom she later married, as housekeeper. She had her Ticket of Leave before 1811. She married thirdly with permission James (Stiles) on 9 2 1811 (or September 1812) at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 at Pitt St Sydney. She died in 1850 age74 mother of perhaps 5children. .. >>>John (Howe) became a building contractor, auctioneer, chief constable and coroner. He was living in Windsor House when he married thirdly Jane (Kennedy) of Parramatta on 13 5 1811 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. In October 1818 he explored the hinterland to find new country with his sons-in-law George & Andrew (Loder), Thomas (Dargin), Benjamin (Singleton), and 2servant men & an aboriginal guide-discovering the Hunter River. He later explored again in 1821 with his sons-in-law George & Andrew (Loder), Thomas (Dargin), Benjamin (Singleton), Philip Shirley, Daniel Phillips, Samuel Marshall, W. Osborne & 2aboriginal guides-discovering Patrick’s Plains (now Neotsfield). He was granted 700acres in the Hunter area as reward, which he named 'Redbourneberry'. In 1824 he was granted 500acres more & recorded as Chief Constable. Places with his name include Howe’s Valley, Howe’s Mountain, Howe’s Water Hole, Howe Park in Singleton. He was recorded in 1832 as a gent. In 1839 he retired to Raworth a small farm near Morpeth, He died on 19 12 1852 age about78 father of 10children & was buried at St James Morpeth. He is memorialised as a founding member of Presbyterian Church at Ebenezer (Scots Kirk Portland Head?). Jane (Kennedy) was born in 1787 in Kent. She arrived in NSW with her father on 5 11 1795 after a voyage of 11months on SOVEREIGN. She died on 1 1 1859 age75 at Warkworth. Details of Jane (Kennedy)s family are given in entry for Charlotte (Stroud KITTY 1792) on this Website. John (Howe) & Jane (Kennedy) produced 9children: 1.John Kennedy (Howe) was born on 5 4 1812 & baptised on 5 7 1812 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 24 9 1890 age78. 2.James (Howe) was born on 14 6 1813 & baptised on 29 8 1813 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 18 11 1861 age48. 3.Frances Jane (Howe) was born on 25 7 1814 at Windsor & baptised on 21 8 1814 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 2 12 1890 age76. 4.Emma (Howe) was born on 4 11 1815 at Windsor & baptised on 28 1 1816 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 22 2 1885 age69. 5.Catherine Broughton (Howe) was born on 13 4 1817 at Windsor & baptised on 17 8 1817 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 28 8 1857 age40. 6.Sophia (Howe) was born on 25 4 1819 at Windsor & baptised on 23 5 1819 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 5 2 1850 age30. 7.Robert Raworth (Howe) at Windsor was born on 31 8 1820 & baptised on 19 4 1824 w/Elizabeth Moore at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 22 12 1859 age39. 8.Elizabeth Moore (Howe) was born on 27 4 1823 at Windsor & baptised on 19 4 1824 w/Robert Raworth at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She died on 5 1 1908 age84. 9.Richard Pearce (Howe) was born on 25 2 1827 at Windsor & baptised on 8 4 1832 age5 at St Matthews CofE Windsor. He died on 20 7 1836 age9.

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iain Frazier on 5th July 2024

Family connections for Mary (Wilson) are: WILSON Mary/Jane (Wilson) was born about 1776. She had a first (1of3?) relationship/married? with Leonard (White) in Ireland & produced 1child. As Mary/Jane (Wilson/White) she was tried at Kingston Surrey Assizes, sentenced to Life & arrived in NSW as a convict with her daughter on 11 4 1806 after a journey of 9months on WILLIAM PITT; she was Protestant. As Mary Jane (Wilson aka Jane (Rhodes)) she was allocated as housekeeper to James (Sti/yles) at Castlereagh with whom she had a third relationship & later married. She had her Ticket of Leave before 1811. She married secondly John (Howe) his second (2of3) marriage) on 13 4 1807 at St Johns CofE Parramatta. She married James (Sti/yles), with permission, on 9 2 1811 (or September 1812?) at St Matthews CofE Windsor. She is recorded in 1828 at Pitt St Sydney. She died in 1850 age74 mother of perhaps 5children. [Some details taken from this Website] James (Sti/yles) was born in 1769. He was tried for highway robbery with his brother/cousin John, on 28 7 1787, of Richard (Chesterman) at Reading Berkshire Assizes on 3 3 1788, sentenced to death reprieved to 7years, held at Reading Gaol & hulk LION at Gosport Portsmouth (from 11 6 1788) & arrived in NSW as a convict with his brother/cousin John on 26 4 1790 after a voyage of 6months on Fleet ship SCARBOROUGH; a voyage noted for extreme brutality of prisoners with a high death rate. He was employed on a chain gang until sent to Norfolk Island on PITT on 2 4 1792, arriving on 23 4 1792. On 12 7 1792 he was tried w/2others for not working hard enough & sentenced to 300lashes. He was Free by Servitude by 1796. He returned to Sydney (Parramatta) in 1801, maybe became a builders labourer. He enlisted in NSW Corps on 20 5 1801 as private & was sent to Norfolk Island with (Abbot)s company. He was still with (Abbott)s company in 1806 at Parramatta, which he seems to have left in April 1806-still in Parramatta-although he is still recorded with the Corps in 1807. In 1807 he became town constable at Castlereagh Nepean River, where he was allocated convict Mary Jane (Wilson aka Jane (Rhodes)) as housekeeper. He was discharged from NSW Corps on 25 6 1808. He was attacked by bushrangers at this time in September 1808 with all belongings being stolen, causing the family to become destitute. On 12 10 1811 he became constable Sydney & lived at Upper Pitt St. In August 1823 he became turnkey at Sydney county Gaol & on 30 6 1823 he was granted 20perches. He was dismissed as a policeman in 1826 for neglect of duty. He died on 7 1 1828 age59/61 & was buried at Devonshire St burial ground St Phillips CofE Sydney. [Some details taken from this Website] References: 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. Irene Schaffer & Thelma McKay 'Exiled Three Times Over! Profiles of Norfolk Islanders Exiled in Van Diemens Land 1807-1813' James Hugh Donohoe 'Norfolk Island 1788-1813-The People and Their Families' Reg Wright 'Forgotten Generation of Norfolk Island & Van Diemens Land' Pamela Statham 'A Colonial Regiment-New Sources Relating to the New South Wales Corps-1789-1810'

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Denis Pember on 2nd February 2016

James Stiles died in January 1828, so is not recorded in the census and Mary's children were grown, so she is recorded alone. Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 398. [Ref W1974] Wilson, Mary, 52, ticket of leave, Wm Pitt, 1806, life, Protestant, householder, Pitt Street Sydney.

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Denis Pember on 2nd February 2016

In September 1808, the couple were living in a room of a house shared with William Seals an emancipist. They were terrorised by a group of armed and masked bushrangers who beat Seals and then ransacked the house, stealing all the belongings of James and Mary and their children. They suffered considerable financial loss, had no clothes for the children and were forced to eat mushrooms and corn. They later gave evidence at the trial of one of the culprits.

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Denis Pember on 2nd February 2016

In the colony, Mary married James Stiles (Convict, Scarborough, 1790). They married February 9 1811 at Windsor. They had three children, born between 1801 and 1804. (# See Flynn, Michael; The Second Fleet: Britain's Grim Convict Armada of 1790. page 553.

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Denis Pember on 2nd February 2016

It would appear that Mary had a liaison with one Leonard White and this perhaps explains her sometime use of the surname. When transported, she brought her infant daughter Eliza Jane Leonard with her on board "William Pitt". Eliza would have been only 2 at the time.