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Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
William HASTINGS PIERCE HOWE (1801 - 1853) Thomas Terry HOWE (1803 - 1860) Mary Ann Risdon HOWE (1805 - 1832) George Terry HOWE (1806 - 1863) Ann HOWE (1809 - 1811) Sarah Risdon HOWE (1810 - 1879) Elizabeth WINTERS (1821 - 1901) Ann WINTERS (1823 - 1902)	Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828) + William PIERCE George HOWE (1769 - 1821) James WINTERS

+. (1) William PIERCE

+. (2) George HOWE (1769 - 1821)

+. (3) James WINTERS

d. 1828 at Sydney, NSW, Australia

Near Relatives of Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	Thomas HOWE
Self	Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON			1828	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Spouse/Partner	William PIERCE
Spouse/Partner	George HOWE	abt 1769	St Kitts, West Indies	11 May 1821	NSW, Australia	52
Spouse/Partner	James WINTERS
Step Son	Robert HOWE	30 Jun 1795	London, Middlesex, England	29 Jan 1829	Sydney, NSW, Australia	33
Son	William HASTINGS PIERCE HOWE	1801	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1853	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	52
Son	Thomas Terry HOWE	02 Apr 1803	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1860	At Sea going to Launceston, Tasmania	57
Daughter	Mary Ann Risdon HOWE	01 May 1805	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1832	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	27
Son	George Terry HOWE	18 Dec 1806	Sydney, NSW, Australia	06 Apr 1863	Chippendale, NSW, Australia	56
Daughter	Ann HOWE	06 Feb 1809	Sydney, NSW, Australia	10 May 1811	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	2
Daughter	Sarah Risdon HOWE	27 Sep 1810	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1879	Redfern, Sydney, NSW, Australia	69
Daughter	Elizabeth WINTERS	1821		1901		80
Daughter	Ann WINTERS	1823		1902		79
Daughter in Law	Ann WILLIAMS	1809	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1862	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	53
Son in Law	John COWELL	1786		1839	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	53
Daughter in Law	Sarah BIRD	1801		1871	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	70
Daughter in Law	Tawariki Te KIWI
Son in Law	Edward LEE	1807		27 Jun 1842	Lithuania	35
Son in Law	Frederick LEE			1898	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Granddaughter	Selina HOWE	1833	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1903	Russell, Northland, New Zealand	70
Granddaughter	Sarah Eclipse HOWE	1824	At sea	1905	Callan Park, New South Wales, Australia	81
Grandson	George Risden HOWE	1825		01 Jul 1889	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	64
Granddaughter	Mary Ann Cowell HOWE	17 Jun 1827	Sydney, NSW, Australia	20 Feb 1905	NSW, Australia	77
Granddaughter	Marion HOWE	1829
Grandson	John Kiwi HOWE	1830		1860	Kawhia, Auckland, New Zealand	30
Granddaughter	Ann Risden HOWE	1832
Granddaughter	Eliza Frances HOWE	1834		13 Oct 1914		80
Granddaughter	Elizabeth Jane HOWE	1836		15 Dec 1916		80
Granddaughter	Emily HOWE	1840		1880	Sydney, NSW, Australia	40
Granddaughter	Maria Elizabeth LEE			09 Nov 1891

Events in Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON ( - 1828)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1801		Birth of son William HASTINGS PIERCE HOWE	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 1	52
02 Apr 1803		Birth of son Thomas Terry HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 2	52, 55
01 May 1805		Birth of daughter Mary Ann Risdon HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 3	52, 55
18 Dec 1806		Birth of son George Terry HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 4	52, 55
06 Feb 1809		Birth of daughter Ann HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 5	52, 55
27 Sep 1810		Birth of daughter Sarah Risdon HOWE	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 6	52, 55
10 May 1811		Death of daughter Ann HOWE (aged 2)	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	Note 7	52, 55
1821		Birth of daughter Elizabeth WINTERS
11 May 1821		Death of husband George HOWE (aged 52)	NSW, Australia	Note 8	52, 55
1823		Birth of daughter Ann WINTERS
1828		Elizabeth (HASTINGS) (HASTEN) EASTON died	Sydney, NSW, Australia	Note 9

Note 1: William Pierce in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name William Pierce Birth Date 1801 Birth Place New South Wales Registration Year 1801 Registration Place Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia Father William Pierce Mother Elizabeth Hastings Pierce Volume Number V1801972 1a

Note 2: Reg No V18031787 1A/1803 OR V18031054 4/1803 - George and Elizabeth

Note 3: Reg No V18051788 1A/1805 - George and Elizabeth

Note 4: Reg No V18061789 1A/1806 OR V18061056 4/1806- George and Elizabeth George Terry Howe in the Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Name George Terry Howe Gender Male Baptism Age 1 Birth Date 18 Dec. 1806 Birth Place Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia Baptism Date 24 Dec. 1807 Residence Date 1806 Residence Place New South Wales, Australia Father George Howe Mother Elizabeth FHL Film Number 993949

Note 5: Reg No V1809355 6/1809 OR V18092361 1A/1809 - George and Elizabeth (EASTON)

Note 6: Reg No V1810339 6/1810 OR V18104456 1B/1810 OR V18102226 1A/1810 - George and Elizabeth (EASTON)

Note 7: Ann Howe in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name Ann Howe Death Date 1811 Death Place Sydney, New South Wales Registration Date 1811 Registration Place Sydney, Australia Volume Number V18112691 2a

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

Personal Notes:

Hello Geoff, I thought I should let you know of your erroneous information regarding the death year of Elizabeth EASTON. Elizabeth (one of my 4 x great grandmothers) died & was buried on 28 May 1828 (as Elizabeth WINTERS) at age 43 years. Her burial service was performed in the Parish of St. Philip's, Sydney by William Cowper. She was living in Sydney at the time. After her 'departure' from the household of George HOWE, Elizabeth married James WINTER on 18 Aug 1819 at St. Philip's, Sydney. Elizabeth & James had 2 daughters - Elizabeth (1821 - 1901) & Ann (1823 - 1902). Variants of Elizabeth's family name - HASTINGS, HASTEN, EASTON, EASTEN. I thought I had already informed you (or was it Helen) that it is highly unlikely that Leah BAYNE was the spouse of Thomas Terry HOWE (son of George HOWE & Elizabeth HASTINGS/HASTEN/EASTON/EASTEN), as according to the Campbelltown District Family History Society "Campbelltown Pioneer Register" The Thomas HOWE who married Leah BAYNE was born 27 Oct 1804 in Dumfries, Scotland to William HOWE & Mary TWENTYMAN. Thomas arrived (Free) on 22 Jul 1816 onboard the "Atlas", but maybe I hadn't. Also: The Edward LEE who married Sarah Risden HOWE (dau of George HOWE & Elizabeth HASTINGS/HASTEN/EASTON/EASTEN) in 1828, died in 1842 in Lithuania. The widow Sarah then married her brother-in-law Frederick LEE. The Maria BLOODWORTH who married James BLOODWORTH & was the mother of Sarah BLOODWORTH (spouse of Robert HOWE) was the daughter of William LEE & Sarah SMITH. Maria died 19 May 1895. Regards, Joy Jorgensen Court Jul 1798 • Maidstone, Kent, England Elizabeth was tried at the Maidstone Assizes on July 1798, and sentenced to transportation beyond the seas for seven years for entering a dwelling house while the persons were therein and stealing goods worth three shillings and threepence

Source References:

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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