Samuel HOW^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1824 - 1869  (~ 45 years)

• Name	Samuel HOW  [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25]
  Born	Abt 13 Jun 1824	Broadhempston, Devonshire, England, UK   [11, 26, 27, 28, 29]
  Christened	13 Jun 1824	Broadhempston, Devonshire, England, UK   [30]
  Gender	Male
  Buried	1869	Broadhempston, Devonshire, England, UK   [31]
  Died	15 Nov 1869	Plymouth, Devonshire, England, UK   [11, 16, 25, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36]
  	Extract from Probate Calendar: "Effects under £450." | "29 January. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Samuel How late of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon Innkeeper deceased who died 15 November 1869 at East Stonehouse aforesaid were granted at Exeter to Betsey Grute How of 16 Chapel-street East Stonehouse aforesaid Widow the Relict of the said Deceased she having been first Sworn." [2]
  Person ID	I986	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2011

  
  

  Family	Betsy Grute NORISH,   b. Abt 9 Jan 1831, Staverton, Devonshire, England, UK ,   d. 16 Apr 1881, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, UK  (Age ~ 50 years)  [2]
  Married	19 Feb 1852	Broadhempston, Devonshire, England, UK   [22, 37, 38]
  Children	1. Mary Ann Ellen HOW,   b. 19 Nov 1852, Broadhempston, Devonshire, England, UK ,   d. 3 May 1873, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, UK  (Age 20 years)   2. Clara Lucretia HOW,   b. 3 Jun 1859, Harbour Breton, Fortune Bay, , Newfoundland (pre-confed.) ,   d. 1 Mar 1920, Dublin, Dublin, Leinster, Éire (Rep. of Ireland)  (Age 60 years)   3. Annie Elizabeth HOW,   b. 11 Jan 1863, Harbour Breton, Fortune Bay, , Newfoundland (pre-confed.) ,   d. 13 Mar 1920, Chelsea, Middlesex, England, UK  (Age 57 years)   4. Orlando Charles HOW,   b. 23 Jul 1866, Harbour Breton, Fortune Bay, , Newfoundland (pre-confed.) ,   d. 15 Nov 1923, Plymouth, Devonshire, England, UK  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	4 Aug 2011
  Family ID	F374	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes from Ian Browness: 1. Around the Fall of 1853, Samuel would have received a substantial inheritance of £200, not from his own father Samuel sr (who disappears from the census records not long after the birth of his second child Mary How in 1829), but from his aunt Joanna Trood, a servant to the Vicar of Broadhempston: "To my Nephew Samuel Howe a Clerk at Galtois in Newfoundland the... sum of two hundred pounds for his own use and benefit... to be paid free from legacy duty and... within six calendar months after my decease." [Joanna died 12Jun1853.] * Source: Trood, Joanna, Last Will & Testament of Joanna Trood, (Probated 22Jul1853), Lines 08-12 2. The How family was in Hr Breton at least between June of 1859 (likely several months earlier than that) and September, 1866, for the christenings of Clara, Ann and Orlando at St Bartholomew's: * Source: Birth Research Summaries, PANL: How, Clara L (Christened Jun 1859), How, Ann E (Chr. Feb 1863) & How, Orlando C (Chr. Sep 1866) 3. When first in Hr Breton, Francis Pauley was barely a teenager and he clearly viewed Betsy [Grute Norrish] How as his surrogate mother: "Tell me all about Mother... she was all that to me when I went out first a little lonely boy in 1859. and used to take care of me - and no one has ever been kinder to me than she was." His assessment of Samuel How - "...not a man to win a boy's love. ...changeable and irritable... ." - is markedly less glowing; however Samuel, who already had his own children to care for, was first and foremost Francis' boss and also, equally significantly, the father who had felt compelled to end the relationship between Francis and his daughter Mary Ellen for reasons never made entirely clear. * Source: Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Aug1901 (pp.13,5) 4. A trans-Atlantic crossing in the 1850's was no small thing. Steamships were not regularly travelling to Newfoundland until the end of that period and the sailing distance from Dartmouth, England, to St John's, Newfoundland via the "great circle route" was only somewhat less than 1930 nautical miles (2251 statute miles), the distance from Liverpool [Source: Boston Post, 30Oct1856, by "Lt. Maury"] and required a cramped and perilous voyage of one to two month's duration, dependent on wind, weather, charts and good fortune. /IBB 5. In September of 1901, Francis Pauley first addresses the issue of Samuel's will, that Samuel's daughter Annie has obviously never seen [although Samuel's death occurred some 32 years earlier]. "When I saw you - we were speaking of your father's will - and if you would like for me to go to the place here in London where the Copies of Wills are kept I will do so and let you know what it contains." * Source: Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Sep1901(p.1) 6. Annie E How (by 1901, Annie Browness), apparently, had no idea whether or not her father had left a will (Francis Pauley writes her: "I found that he died on the 15th of November 1869 - and it seems that he made no Will - - that is what they told me - and that mother took out Letters of Administration..."), from which one can reasonably assume that none of Samuel's children saw any inheritance. The money in the estate (such as it was, as most of Samuel's wealth had gone missing - and remains that way up to the present day...), would presumably have gone to Betsy and through wedlock would have come under the control of Alfred Gray, the Royal Marine 15 years her junior who would become her unlikely groom only 11 months later. * Source: Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Sep1901 & Estate Transcription [from the body of the letter ] 7. Transcription by Francis Pauley of of Samuel's Estate Records at Exeter: "Samuel How. 29th January 1870. | "Letters of Administration of the personal Estate and effects of Samuel How of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon Innkeeper deceased who died 15th November 1869 at East Stonehouse aforesaid were granted at Exeter to Betsy Grute How of 16 Chapel Street East Stonehouse aforesaid. Widow the relict of the said deceased she having been sworn. | "Effects under £450 including Leaseholds | "Witness - George Norrish | James Stanly Strong" Samuel's estate (especially its absence of any property) is only a small fraction of what one would expect, given his length of time in a very senior position and the relative wealth enjoyed by other retiring Newman's agents of the day. Thate of his late aunt Joanna Trood had been more than double this (she left Samuel £200), and she had worked as a servant! * Source: Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Sep1901 & Estate Transcription [full text of the latter] 8. "We have the How family Bible here in our home in France! In the inside cover is the name Samuel How & the date 1860." (Chris Chasty / Email message 11Dec2007) [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] Ian Browness. site_manager@browness.net, http://browness.net. ©2011-07-28: The information on this Six Trees : One Family website and the underlying GEDCOM files are (except where explicitly stated) the original work of Ian Browness, Stephen J Browness and other valued contributors and researchers so recognized herein. Its contents reflect a level of research and analysis achieved only through a long-term investment of time and money. As every effort has been made to acknowledge the sources of information displayed here, please do the same in reference to any information and/or images you may take from this site. Any duplication of information contained herein without citing this site as the source, any commercial use whatsoever of the data, and the publication of information on any living person are expressly prohibited. [S251] File (merged): V:\imported gedcom\GeorgeHenryBrowness.ged. Record originated in... [S337] Birth Research Summary, PANL, How, Ann E, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador, (23Jan2007 / Registers of Vital Statistics, Vol.104 / Church of England Baptisms 1850-1892). (As "Samuel How") [S343] Birth Research Summary, PANL, How, Clara L, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador, (23Jan2007 / Registers of Vital Statistics, Vol.104 / Church of England Baptisms 1850-1892). (As "Samuel How") [S344] Birth Research Summary, PANL, How, Orlando C, Provincial Archives of Newfoundland & Labrador, (23Jan2007 / Registers of Vital Statistics, Vol.104 / Church of England Baptisms 1850-1892). (As "Samuel How") [S338] Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers, Crosbie, Gert, (Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Volume covering 1866-1870 (p.98) (Reliability: 3). [S338] Births, Deaths, Marriages in Newfoundland Newspapers, Crosbie, Gert, (Maritime History Archive, Memorial University of Newfoundland), Volume covering 1860-1865 (p.114) (Reliability: 3). [S345] BNA Soc. for Educating the Poor in Nfld & Nfld Church Soc. Ann. Repts, NGB website transcription, Gaultois - Year ending 17Jun1857 | http://www.ngb.chebucto.org/Church_Rpt/R1857/gaultois57.htm | "Howe, Saml: £0'5s'0" (Reliability: 3). [S345] BNA Soc. for Educating the Poor in Nfld & Nfld Church Soc. Ann. Repts, NGB website transcription, Gaultois - Year ending Sep1850 | http://www.ngb.chebucto.org/Church_Rpt/R1849/hrbriton1848.htm | "Howe, Samuel: £0'2s'6" (Reliability: 3). [S346] Confirmations at Lower Burgeo - 1845, Transcription by Wm Crant of Rev. Martin Blackmore's journal, obtained from Cemtre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, (Name 28, "Samuel Howe age 21", on the listing is very likely Samuel How of Devon, who would then have been posted to Newman & Company's Burgeo Office, but this cannot be stated with certainty.). (Surname here spelled "Howe") Transcription by Wm Crant of Rev. Martin Blackmore's journal, obtained from Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Confirmations at Lower Burgeo - 1845, Name 28, "Samue l Howe age 21", on the listing is very likely Samuel How of Devon, who would then have been posted to Newman & Company's Burgeo Office, but this cannot be stated with certainty. [S347] Death Registration (Certified) How, Samuel 1869 (“Certified Copy of an Entry of Death / Registration District: East Stonehouse”), GRO [UK], (Application COL404002, Certificate DYB 077551, 23Junt2006). [S348] Baptismal Registration How, Samuel OPR 1824, Parish of Broadhempston Baptismal Registers, Baptism "No. 271" (Reliability: 3). [S85] Birth Anncmt, How, Ann Elizabeth, St John's Telegraph 1863, Telegraph (St John's), (Weekly publication; Issue dated: 22 Apr 1863, page 3 (of 4)), Amicus 10109951. (Here, as: "SAMUEL HOW, Esq., J.P.") [S349] Birth Anncmt, How, Orlando Charles, St John's Daily News 1866, Daily News (St John's), (Daily (save Sunday) publication; Issue dated: 07 Aug 1866, page 3 (of 4)), Amicus 8182487. (Here, as "Samuel How, Esq., J.P.") [S350] Directory, Hutchinson's Newfoundland, for 1864-65, Hutchinson, Thomas, Series: CIHM/ICMH No. A00131., (Various; all references to Samuel in this source spell his surname "Howe") (Reliability: 3). [S231] England & Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, [CRI Death (Certified)] HOW, Samuel, Age 45, 1869 Oct-Dec, District: E. Stonehouse, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.231 (FreeBMD) (Reliability: 3). [S231] England & Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, [CRI Marriage (Certified)] How, Samuel & NORRISH, Betsey Grute, 1852 Jan-Mar, District: Newton Abbot, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.205 (FreeBMD / 1837Online) (Reliability: 3). (As Samuel "How" - no "e") [S351] Last Will & Testament of Joanna Trood, Trood, Joanna, (Probated 22Jul1853), TNA 229 / 192 258., Line 08-09 (Reliability: 3). "my Nephew Samuel Howe a Clerk at Galtois in Newfoundland" [S352] Marriage Registration (Certified) Brock-How 1871 ("Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage / Registration District: Plymouth"), GRO [UK], (Application COL309767, Certificate MXC 588097, 09May2006), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] BROCK-HOW, Mary Ann E 1871 Jan-Mar, District: Plymouth, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p428 (BMDIndex) (Reliability: 3). [S294] Marriage Registration (Certified) Browness-Howe (How) 1880, GRO [UK] ("... in the Reg'n District of East Stonehouse”), (Application 531602, Certificate MX 135488, 03Aug1967), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] HOWE, Annie - BROWNESS, George R 1880 Oct-Dec, District: East Stonehouse, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p. 571 (Anc-Co-UK) (Reliability: 3). Annie's and Samuel's surname is spelled "Howe" in this source. [S353] Marriage Registration (Certified) Chasty-How 1881 (“Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage… in the Registration District of Stoke Damerel”), GRO [UK], (Application COL404002, Certificate MXC 664994, 22Jun2006)). (as Samuel "How") [S342] Marriage Registration (Certified) How-Norrish 1852 (“Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage… in the Reg'n District of Newton Abbot”), GRO [UK], (Application COL468563, Certificate MXC 717218, 25Jul2006), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] How, Samuel & NORRISH, Betsey Grute, 1852 Jan-Mar, District: Newton Abbot, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.205 (FreeBMD / 1837Online) (Reliability: 3). [S354] Marriage Registration (Certified) How-Wakeham 1887, GRO [UK] Plymouth; "...Register Office, District of Plymouth ...in the County of Devon", ([16Aug1887, Plymouth]), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] HOW, Orlando Charles - WAKEHAM, Emily, Year & Quarter: 1887 Jul-Sep, District: Plymouth, County: Devon, Vol. 5b, p. 493 (FreeBMD), 26 Jun 2010. [S355] Birth Registration (Certified) Howe (How), Mary [Ellen] 1852, GRO [UK] "...Sub-district of Ashburton in the County of Devon", (Application COL 460949, Certificate BXCB 845217, 19Jul2006). (surname here recorded as "Howe") [S233] Probate Calendar, National, England & Wales, 1861-1941, High Court of Justice (UK), HOW, Samuel (Administrations 1870 / p.392), 2 Feb 2011. "Effects under £450." | "29 January. Letters of Administration of the Personal estate and effects of Samuel How late of East Stonehouse in the County of Devon Innkeeper deceased who died 15 November 1869 at East Stonehouse aforesaid were granted at Exeter to Betsey Grute How of 16 Chapel-street East Stonehouse aforesaid Widow the Relict of the said Deceased she having been first Sworn." [S348] Baptismal Registration How, Samuel OPR 1824, Parish of Broadhempston Baptismal Registers, Baptism "No. 271" (Reliability: 3). (exact birthdate unrecorded; likely born several days/weeks prior to this christening date) [S231] England & Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, [CRI Death (Certified)] HOW, Samuel, Age 45, 1869 Oct-Dec, District: E. Stonehouse, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.231 (FreeBMD) (Reliability: 3). (Age 45 at death, so born c.1824) [S342] Marriage Registration (Certified) How-Norrish 1852 (“Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage… in the Reg'n District of Newton Abbot”), GRO [UK], (Application COL468563, Certificate MXC 717218, 25Jul2006), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] How, Samuel & NORRISH, Betsey Grute, 1852 Jan-Mar, District: Newton Abbot, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.205 (FreeBMD / 1837Online) (Reliability: 3). (Recorded here as "Of full age" and of Broadhempston Village) [S295] Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, Pauley, FH & Browness, GH, (Letters scanned and bound, with introduction by I Browness and illustrations (PDF version on Browness.Net)), FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Aug1901 (p.10) (Reliability: 3). (Source of Totnes & Broadhempston as possible birth locations for Samuel: "...I have been in the Country [Devon, as opposed to the City of Plymouth] and on a high hill top - I saw the Sun shine on Tot ness - and Broadhempstone... Your Father I think was born there. Was he not married and is buried there? - And your dear Sister - is it not too her Birthplace?. I am not sure but I think so...") [S348] Baptismal Registration How, Samuel OPR 1824, Parish of Broadhempston Baptismal Registers, Baptism "No. 271" (Reliability: 3). (N.B. Register indicates "Baptised privately" by J. Pitman and "Admitted into church June 20th 1824" *As of July 2007, the significance of this annotation is unknown) [S295] Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, Pauley, FH & Browness, GH, (Letters scanned and bound, with introduction by I Browness and illustrations (PDF version on Browness.Net)), FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Aug1901 (p.10) (Reliability: 3). (*Gravesite not yet located. Source of Totnes & Broadhempston as possible burial locations for Samuel: "...I have been in the Country [Devon, as opposed to the City of Plymouth] and on a high hill to p - I saw the Sun shine on Totness - and Broadhempstone... Your Father I think was born there. Was he not married and is buried there? - And your dear Sister - is it not too her Birthplace?. I am n ot sure but I think so...") [S239] Census, England 1871, (as of 02 Apr 1871). (by the 1871 census, Betsy Grute (Norrish) How had remarried to Alfred Grey) [S347] Death Registration (Certified) How, Samuel 1869 (“Certified Copy of an Entry of Death / Registration District: East Stonehouse”), GRO [UK], (Application COL404002, Certificate DYB 077551, 23Junt2006). Sam's Death Informant - Elizabeth Auger, Laundress, 68 George St [S352] Marriage Registration (Certified) Brock-How 1871 ("Certified Copy of an Entry of Marriage / Registration District: Plymouth"), GRO [UK], (Application COL309767, Certificate MXC 588097, 09May2006), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] BROCK-HOW, Mary Ann E 1871 Jan-Mar, District: Plymouth, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p428 (BMDIndex) (Reliability: 3). (Deceased by time of Mary Ellen's 1871 marriage) [S341] Marriage Registration (Certified) Gray-How [Norish] 1870, GRO [UK] East Stonehouse, "Parish Church" in the "Parish of E. Stonehouse ...in the County of Devon", ([25Dec1870, Plymouth]), [CRI Marriage (Certified)] GRAY, Alfred & HOW (NORRISH), Betsy G 1870 Oct-Dec, District: East Stonehouse, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p567 (FreeBMD) (Reliability: 3). (Deceased by time of Betsy's remarriage) [S295] Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, Pauley, FH & Browness, GH, (Letters scanned and bound, with introduction by I Browness and illustrations (PDF version on Browness.Net)), FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Aug1901 (p.11) (Reliability: 3). (By the time of Francis Pauley's first surviving letter (1901), Samuel How, Betsy and their daughter Mary Ellen have all passed away. "Tell me this too. Has your Sister - and Father & Mother a Heads tone - I think you told me No. and why not?") [S231] England & Wales Civil Registration Index: 1837-1983, [CRI Marriage (Certified)] How, Samuel & NORRISH, Betsey Grute, 1852 Jan-Mar, District: Newton Abbot, County: Devon, Vol 5b, p.205 (FreeBMD / 1837Online) (Reliability: 3). [S295] Six Plus One Letters to Mrs Browness, Pauley, FH & Browness, GH, (Letters scanned and bound, with introduction by I Browness and illustrations (PDF version on Browness.Net)), FH Pauley to AE Browness (née How) 16Aug1901 (p.10) (Reliability: 3). (Source of Totnes & Broadhempston as possible marriage locations for Samuel: "...I have been in the Country [Devon, as opposed to the City of Plymouth] and on a high hill top - I saw the Sun shine o n Totness - and Broadhempstone... Your Father I think was born there. Was he not married and is buried there? - And your dear Sister - is it not too her Birthplace?. I am not sure but I think so... ")