John (Capt) Howell was born on 25 January 1810 in Fairlight, Eastbourne, Sussex, ENG, EWI has 1809.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 He and
Kohikohi Patu were married about 1837 in Murihuku, SI, NZ.
4,5 He and
Caroline (Koronaki) Brown were married on 17 September 1846 in Waikouaiti, SI.
1,5 He died on 25 May 1874, at age 64, in Sydney, NSW, AUS.
1,5 He was buried in 1874 in Riverton, NZ.
10 Began whaling at age 18. first for LOVETT,, Kapiti Island then was bay whaling for Johnny JONES at Waikouaiti for several years then to Jacobs River 1838 or 1839. (manager)
1842 HOWELL joined by his stepfather ( STEVENS) and 6 of his family RR2
Re John Howell: briefly - he was born, possibly in Fairlight in Sussex, on 25 Jan 1810, and baptised in Eastbourne on 8 Jul 1810, the son of William HOWELL (or HOWLE) and Mary née COLLINS. He was an adventurous lad and ran away to sea on more than one occasion, at least once being restored to his family. His father died before 1817 as his mother, a widow, married George STEVENS on 10 Oct that year.
John ended up in Australia, having, so the story goes, stowed away and being made to work his passage when discovered. He was probably in his early teens as it is thought he arrived about 1824.
About 1828 he found work with Captain Lovett, a not-very-nice boss, and he is also reported as having worked at Twofold Bay but the Whaling Station there wasn't founded until 1828. Maybe there was some activity there a little earlier. Somewhere along the line he attained his First Mate's Ticket and then about 1829 or 1830 he met Johnny Jones. All these dates are rather vague as there is no documentary proof - or at least none that I've heard of.
There is a record (shipping lists somewhere I think) that he was in command of the "Trial" and later the "Eliza". All this was before Johnny Jones sent him to look for a site for a whaling/sealing station in the south of South Island NZ.
His story is told in a book by Eva WILSON that you probably know of - it has a maori title. PB
DNZB has that two sons died in Otago 1874. Not sure which ones these were.
1835 set up whaling station at Jacob's River, Riverton for Johhny JONES.
1836 introduced rabbits to Southland. EWI
27 jan 1841 witness to marriage James SPENCER and Meri KAURI BDMWESOTAGO. John (Capt) Howell was baptized on 8 July 1810 in Eastbourne, Sussex, ENG.
1 He immigrated to from England to Australia and then to Kapiti Island, NZ, 1828, about 1827.
1 He was a whaler, trader in 1827.
1 He was an established whaling station for Johnny JONES, Jacobs River, Foveaux Strait, SI in 1835.
1,13,12 He was a whaler Bluff in 1843.
3 He was a farmer, politician in 1850.
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