HOWES THAT ! – another great SQUARE MAN who was also involved with government papers!
(If he had been a cricketer, he would have played in Square Leg position!)
Howe’s Swamp.....Howe Creek.......Howe Park.....Howe House....who was Howe?
John lived in Howe House in Thompson Square from 1835 – 1839, when he left Windsor to reside in the Hunter Valley.
In 1802 the ship “Coromandel” arrived with a group of settlers to farm the Hawkesbury. Among them were John and Frances Ward Howe and their two daughters, Mary, 3, and Elizabeth Charlotte, born on the ship. They settled on 100 acres at Ebenezer and it was here that Frances sadly died. John re-married in 1811 to Miss Jane Kennedy.
John was a resident of Windsor from Andrew Thompson’s death in 1810 to July 1839.
He was engaged by Andrew Thompson to run his huge “department” store in Bell Post Square (re-named Thompson Square in 1811 by Gov. Macquarie) as by this stage Thompson’s business enterprises demanded more time and energy than the now ailing Thompson could manage.
He became Thompson’s trusted chief clerk and it was he that Thompson called into his confidence to tell his story and to arrange for his Will to be drawn up. John was named as an Executor in Thompson’s Will.
After Thompson’s death, John took over his role of Chief Constable of Windsor. He was very active in the affairs of the town and District being an Auctioneer ( he auctioned off Thompson’s Estate ), Coroner, Store Owner and Business Man and Bridge Builder ( he constructed a bridge over South Creek in 1813). In 1831 he acted as Clerk for the first weekly Market to be held, under the orders of Gov. Burke, in Thompson Square.
As the largest merchant store keeper and Chief Constable, John sort to set a good example to the people.....he held Pew 19 at St Matthew’s Church.
He was the first to operate a Ferry Service across the Hawkesbury in 1812.
If you have ever travelled the Putty Road you have travelled in the footsteps of John Howe, the Explorer.
In 1819/20 he made two exploratory trips, by the orders of Lachlan Macquarie, to discover a route through to the Hunter Valley. This route was known as the Bulga track. He took with him on one trip, Benjamin Singleton ( who had come as a free child with his convict father in 1792 on the Pitt...along with Andrew Thompson). Ben became the founder of the town of Singleton just as Thompson had become the founding father of Windsor.
(If he had been a cricketer, he would have played in Square Leg position!)
Howe’s Swamp.....Howe Creek.......Howe Park.....Howe House....who was Howe?
John lived in Howe House in Thompson Square from 1835 – 1839, when he left Windsor to reside in the Hunter Valley.
In 1802 the ship “Coromandel” arrived with a group of settlers to farm the Hawkesbury. Among them were John and Frances Ward Howe and their two daughters, Mary, 3, and Elizabeth Charlotte, born on the ship. They settled on 100 acres at Ebenezer and it was here that Frances sadly died. John re-married in 1811 to Miss Jane Kennedy.
John was a resident of Windsor from Andrew Thompson’s death in 1810 to July 1839.
He was engaged by Andrew Thompson to run his huge “department” store in Bell Post Square (re-named Thompson Square in 1811 by Gov. Macquarie) as by this stage Thompson’s business enterprises demanded more time and energy than the now ailing Thompson could manage.
He became Thompson’s trusted chief clerk and it was he that Thompson called into his confidence to tell his story and to arrange for his Will to be drawn up. John was named as an Executor in Thompson’s Will.
After Thompson’s death, John took over his role of Chief Constable of Windsor. He was very active in the affairs of the town and District being an Auctioneer ( he auctioned off Thompson’s Estate ), Coroner, Store Owner and Business Man and Bridge Builder ( he constructed a bridge over South Creek in 1813). In 1831 he acted as Clerk for the first weekly Market to be held, under the orders of Gov. Burke, in Thompson Square.
As the largest merchant store keeper and Chief Constable, John sort to set a good example to the people.....he held Pew 19 at St Matthew’s Church.
He was the first to operate a Ferry Service across the Hawkesbury in 1812.
If you have ever travelled the Putty Road you have travelled in the footsteps of John Howe, the Explorer.
In 1819/20 he made two exploratory trips, by the orders of Lachlan Macquarie, to discover a route through to the Hunter Valley. This route was known as the Bulga track. He took with him on one trip, Benjamin Singleton ( who had come as a free child with his convict father in 1792 on the Pitt...along with Andrew Thompson). Ben became the founder of the town of Singleton just as Thompson had become the founding father of Windsor.
