Thomas HOWELL m 1826 Elizabeth NEWPORT

The following information about Thomas HOWELL in England is provided by descendant Trevor H.:
Thomas HOWELL chr 13 May 1792 Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England s/o Thomas HOWELL/Nancy HALL [IGI Batch Number C040272 extracted from parish registers]
Thomas HOWELLS m1. 24 Dec 1814 Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England, Elizabeth STOKER [IGI Batch Number MO40271 extracted from parish registers]
Child/children of Thomas HOWELL and Elizabeth STOKER (or STOKES):
Ann HOWELL chr 31 Mar 1815 Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England d/o Thomas HOWELL/Elizabeth [IGI Batch Number C040273 extracted from parish registers]
Sarah HOWELL chr 19 Oct 1817, age at christening 2 yrs, Old Swinford, Worcestershire, England d/o Thos. HOWELL/Elizabeth [IGI Batch Number C040273 extracted from parish registers] (This may have been the same child christened twice.)
In December 2009 Jeff Howell was able to confirm the above from a transcript he has of the parish records for St Mary Old Swinford, Worcestershire, which also shows a marriage of Thomas HOWELL and Nancy HALL in 1785 and six chn as well as a headstone for Nancy who died in 1803 aged 37 yrs. Jeff can go back one more generation to Thomas HOWELL (1716-1795) m 14 Oct 1740 St Mary Kidderminster, WOR, Mary READ. (11 chn)

Thomas HOWELL the Younger (no age given) was convicted at the Staffordshire Quarter Sessions on 16 Jul 1817 and sentenced to transportation to Van Diemen's Land for seven years. (Wynnette Ford from NSW Genealogical Research Kit)

Convict Record 165 Thomas HOWELL
Arr Dromedary Tried: 16 Jul 1817 Sentence: 7 years.
14 Sep 1821 Neglect of Duty & insolence to his Master Jno PEARSALL. 50 lashes & returned to PH (Probation House?).
(AWHH) 11 Jan 1825 Being in the District of Pittwater without a pass. Returned to PH.
(J GORDON) 1 Jun 1824 J GORDON Esquire / Felony. Returned to PH. (J GORDON) 19 May 1829 TL (Ticket of Leave) /
Breaking & entering & stealing in the Dwelling house of the late A SIMPSON ? articles his property - Discharged no proof (J SPODE. /
20 Sep 1831 FS / Harbouring Wm BRADFORD a Convict contrary to the Act in Council fined 20 shs & Costs / W.A.
GLOVER TH NICHOLLS /.
In left margin: No 165, Q Y 2 Aug 1834 discharged? [CON 31/18, provided by Jeff Howell via Wynnette Ford]

The Dromedary departed Plymouth, England 11 Sep 1819 and arrived Hobart, VDL 20 Jan 1820. Also on this voyage was John NEWPORT and most likely his wife and four daughters including Elizabeth aged 14 who six years later was to marry Thomas HOWELL.

In the CSO (Colonial Secretary's Office) Index there are references for two letters from a Sarah NEWPORT for one of her daughters to marry a Thomas HARLEY. The letters are dated 22 Sep 1824 and November 1824. This Sarah would appear to the wife of John and mother of Susannah, Elizabeth, Sarah and Mary NEWPORT. As both mother Fanny and daughter Sarah were unable to write a scribe would have been engaged on their behalf. Perhaps this is the source of the confusion.
The letters would most likely refer to a proposal of marriage between Elizabeth NEWPORT and Thomas HOWELL who was a convict at the time of the request. Approval was probably not forthcoming at the time as 20 months passed before they married 5 months after the birth of their first child.

Second marriage of Thomas HOWELL to Elizabeth NEWPORT
Marriages solemnized in Sorell Town, Pitt Water, District of Gloucester in the County of Buckinghamshire in the year 1826. Page 1, Entry No. 4. [Tas 964]
Thomas HOWELL, single man, Elizabeth NEWPORT, single woman, both of the Parish of Pitt Water, were married in this School Room by Banns on 17 May 1826 by W GARRARD, Chaplain. Thomas HOWELL signed and Elizabeth NEWPORT made herXmark, in the presence of John SMITH hisXmark of Pitt Water and Sarah NEWPORT herXmark of Pitt Water. (Sarah NEWPORT was the younger sister of Elizabeth. John SMITH, a shoemaker, was the father of Sarah's second child born 1 Jan 1827 at Pittwater and chr in this same school room which was the first church at Sorell.)

Third marriage of Thomas HOWELL to Elizabeth WILLIAMS
Thomas HOWELL age 53 m 17 May 1847 at Richmond, Elizabeth WILLIAMS age 49 [Tas 1367]
Elizabeth HOWELL (b abt 1800 England) died 25 Jan 1863 aged 64 yrs Hobart of apolexy. Informant Philip DAVIS nephew. (Jeff Howell has certificate)

Death of Thomas HOWELL
(b abt 1793) died 23 Sep 1866 aged 73 yrs Spring Bay [Tas 472]

Children of Thomas HOWELL and Elizabeth NEWPORT