3. Margaret Howe and Her Hicks White Family – References

Margaret Howe had three Hicks children (Sarah Mary, James & Ann) with Richard James Hicks before marrying Thomas White, with whom she had three more children ( Thomas White Jnr, Elizabeth White & John[George] White). Some claim that there may have been another son, William, who died in childhood. Margaret and Richard were ex-convicts and most likely Thomas was too. Click for details of Margaret Howe and her Family Tree – covers her descendants with both Richard James Hicks and Thomas White.

• 1761 – Approximate birth of John Herbert – future father – in – law of Sarah Hicks and Elizabeth White
• 1764 – Birth of Deborah Ellam – future mother-in-law of Sarah Hicks and Elizabeth White
• 1775 – Birth of Thomas White – in County Cork Ireland – later husband of Margaret Howe
• 1778 – Birth of Margaret Howe in Surrey England
• 1784 – 8- 30 – Deborah Ellam convicted of stealing clothes at Chester Assizes – sentenced to 7 years
• 1875 – 3 – 14 – John Herbert convicted at Exeter Devon of Assault & Highway Robbery   – sentenced to Death and transported for 7 years
• 1785 – Birth of Margaret Howe‘s first partner, Richard James Hicks in Kent England
• 1787 – 5 – 13 – John Herbert – future father in law of Sarah Mary Hicks and Elizabeth White – transported on the  Charlotte for Australia
• 1787 – 5 – 13 – Deborarh Ellam  –  future mother in law of Sarah Mary Hicks and Elizabeth White – transported on the   Prince of Wales for Australia
• 1788 – 01 -26 – John Herbert – arrived on the Charlotte in Sydney as Convict
• 1788 -01 -26  – Deborah H Ellam – arrived on the Prince of Wales in Sydney as Convict
• 1788 – 4 – 2- Marriage of John Herbert and Deborah Ellam – Source : The Pioneer Register – also NSW BDM – V178840 3A/1788 & V178850 4/1788
• 1795 – Joseph Herbert is born to John Herbert and wife Deborah Ellam in Parramatta – their third child – NSW BDM V1795462 1A/1795 & V1795120 148/1795
• 1797 – John Herbert Jnr is born to John Herbert and wife Deborah Ellam in Parramatta – their fourth child – NSW BDM – V1797647 1A/1797
• 1797 -10-03 – Conviction of Richard James Hicks at Kent Quarter Sessions Maidstone – see Indent
• 1797 – Joseph Dransfield arrives on the Ganges – source “Who Came Down with Dr Charles Throsby?” – Dr Joseph Davis on Academia.edu & Colonial Secretarial Index 1788-1825
• 1801 – Transport of Richard James Hicks on Canada (Nile Canada Minorca)
• 1802 – Arrival of Richard James Hicks at Sydney on Canada as Convict
• 1802 – Sentencing of Margaret Howe at Surrey Assizes
• 1803-11 – Transport of of Margaret Howe on Coromandel & Experiment
• 1804-07-01 – Arrival of Margaret Howe in Australia as Convict on Coromandel & Experiment
• 1806 – Birth of Margaret‘s first child Sarah Mary Hicks, with Richard (James) Hicks in South Creek, NSW
• 1810 – 03 -10 – Birth of Margaret‘s second child James Hicks with Richard James Hicks in Windsor
• 1816 – Birth of Margaret’s third child Ann Hicks with Richard James Hicks – NSW BDM – V18174755 1B/1817 & V1816407 127/1816 & V1816425 128/1816
• 1818 – Birth of Margaret‘s first child with Thomas White – Thomas White Jnr – her 4th child – NSW BDM – V18181437 121A/1818 & V18184754 1B/1818
• 1818 – William Bristow arrived on the Canada as Convict
• 1818 – 5 – 6 – Conspiracy to take the Isabella – deposition claiming George Hurst‘s innocence – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825
• 1818 – 09 – 22  – George Hurst arrived in Sydney on Isabella – sent to Parramatta ? – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825
• 1819 – Margaret Howe married Thomas White, 03-04-1819 in St Luke’s, Liverpool – NSW BDM – V178850 4/1788
• 1819 – Birth of Margaret Daley in Sydney – daughter of Thomas Brain and Ann Daley
• 1819 – 6 – 3 – Death of Deborah Herbert (nee Ellam) – NSW BDM – V18194347 2B/1819 & V18191157 148/1819
• 1821 – 3 – 26 – Joseph Herbert seeks permission to marry – first marriage ? – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825 – did he marry ? not in NSW BDM nor in the NSW Pioneer Register which has a child Susannah born in 1820 but no mother – Susannah‘s mother may be Sarah Croft (NSW BDM V18205338 1B/1820)
• 1821 – 10-20 –  Birth of Margaret‘s second child with Thomas White in Campbelltown – Elizabeth White – her 5th child – NSW BDM – V18215694 1B/1821
• 1822 – William Bristow an Overseer on a Road Gang – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers, Sutherland Reference Library
• 1822- 02 -10 – Joseph Dransfield of the Illawarra is appointed Constable and Joint Pound Keeper – Source – Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825
• 1823 – 5 – 20 – Sarah Hicks seeks permission to marry – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788-1825
• 1823 – 5 – 20 – George Hurst seeks permission to marry – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788-1825
• 1823 – Sarah Mary Hicks marries George Hurst/Hust – her first marriage – NSW BDM – V182378 128/1823 & V182385 127/1823
• 1822 – 4-24 – Joseph Dransfield – Constable at the Five Islands – Deposition re killing of Aborigine – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788-1825
• 1823 – 10 – 01 – Joseph Dransfield – Constable at Illawarra. On the return of the Police Establishment in Appin and the Illawarra – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825
• 1824 – Marriage of Thomas Brain and Ann Daley, parents of Margaret Daley, future wife of James Hicks – NSW BDM – V18243385 3B/1824 & V1824232 155/1824
• 1824 – 5 – 1 – Joseph Dransfield – Return of the Police Establishment in Appin and the Illawarra – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788- 1825
• 1824 -7 -3 – Joseph Dransfield – Petition for an Assistant Constable – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825
• 1824 – 11& 12 – Joseph Dransfield resigned as Constable in the Illawarra – Source : Colonial Secretary’s Papers 1788 – 1825 – intended to take charge of the Grazing Run of Richard Brooks near Lake George – however he appears to have returned to being a Constable in the Illawarra by 1827 (see references below)
• 1826 – Birth of Margaret‘s third child with Thomas White in Wollongong – John (George) White – her 6th child – NSW BDM – V1826748 125/1826 – note Margaret spelled as “Margret“
• 1827 – 3 – 1 – Constable Joseph Dransfield impounds a mare – Source : Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser
• 1827 – 8-29 – Constable Joseph Dransfield of Illawarra is dismissed for drunkenness and neglect of duty – Source : Sydney Gazette & NSW Advertiser
• 1827 – Sarah Mary Hicks comes before the courts in the Illawarra
• 1828 – 2 – 21 – William Bristol, Sarah Mary Hicks & Joseph Dransfield indicted for assault on Charles McCarthy in Illawarra, Bristol guilty and the other two are acquitted – Source : The Monitor Sydney
•  1828 – 2 – 21 – William Bristol, Sarah Mary Hicks & Joseph Dransfield indicted for assault on Charles McCarthy in Illawarra, Bristol guilty and the other two are acquitted – Source : The Australian  Sydney
• 1828 – 2 – 22 – William Bristol, Sarah Mary Hicks & Joseph Dransfield indicted for assault on Charles McCarthy in Illawarra, Bristol guilty and the other two are acquitted – Source : The Australian  Sydney
• 1828 – 03 – 06 – William Bristow (Bristol ?) found guilty in the Supreme Court of assault  on Charles McCarthur and imprisoned for 2 months – Source : The Monitor
• 1828 – Sarah Mary Hicks ?Hurst / Hust is listed in 1828 Census as living with William Bristow in the Illawarra – is he William Bristol ?
• 1828 – Ann Hicks, 12 years, is listed in 1828 Census as being a servant of William Bristow in the Illawarra
• 1829 – 7 – Loss of thecutter the  Foxhound – Source : Illawarra Family History Group – Illawarra Branches No.7 June 1986 – pages 2-3
• 1829 – 07 – Thomas White dies in the loss of the cutter, the Foxhound off Coalcliff, on its run carrying Cedar and Pumpkins from the Five Islands to Sydney – No BDM entry for Thomas White in 1829, only for John White
• 1830 – 02 -18 – listing of James Hicks’ Application for land grant in Illawarra – Historical Records of the Illawarra 1770- 1855 by Michael Organ – also  – Source : Illawarra Family History Group – Illawarra Branches No.7 June 1986 – pages 2-3
• 1830 – 09 – 30 James Hicks in included in a Petition – Index to References to Illawarra Names pre 1856 – A P Doyle & M Organ – Illawarra Historical Publications 1992 – p23
• 1831- 02 – 01 – James Hicks is included in a letter of recognition to George Sleeman by Northern Illawarra Landholders & free inhabitants – also included is William Bristow
• 1831 – 10-11 – Sarah Hicks / Hurst committed by Lieutenant Steelman for trial with Christmas Paulgrove and George Crow on charge of stealing a bullock from Mr J S Spearing in the Illawarra – Source : Sydney Gazette and NSW Advertiser
• 1832 – 01 – 25 – James Hicks is included in a Petition – Index to References to Illawarra Names pre 1856 – A P Doyle & M Organ – Illawarra Historical Publications 1992 – p23
• 1832-04-01  – Death of John Herbert, father in law of Sarah Herbert (Hicks) & Elizabeth Herbert (White) – Fellowship of First Fleeters  & NSW BDM 1312/1832 V18321312 16
• 1833 – Birth of Mary Anne Herbert to Sarah Mary Hicks and Joseph Herbert – NSW BDM – V18331082 27A/1833
• 1834 – 11-10 – Marriage of John (James)  Hicks to Margaret Daley (daughter of Thomas Brain/Brean/Brayne & Anne Daley) in Penrith Parish of Castlereagh – NSW BDM – V18341250 18/1834
• 1834 – From 1834  the References for James Hicks can be found here
• 1834 – Elizabeth White marries her uncle, John Herbert Jnr in Castlereagh – NSW BDM V18341242 18/1834
• 1837 – 12 -15 – Death of Margaret White (nee Howe), widow of Thomas White  in Castlereagh  – NSW BDM – V18372549 21/1837
• 1845 – Ann Hicks may have married Thomas Jackson – NSW BDM – V1845551 30B/1845
• 1846 – Birth of Charles Herbert to Sarah Mary Hicks and Joseph Herbert – NSW BDM – V18461518 31A/1846
• 1848 – Birth of Alfred Herbert to Sarah Mary Hicks and Joseph Herbert – NSW BDM – V18481103 34A/1848
• 1848 – Thomas White Jnr married Frances Smith at the Presbyterian Church in Wollongong – NSW BDM V18484459 74B/1848 & V1848569 78/1848 – Frances is daughter of John Smith and Frances
• 1852 – George Hurst / Hust, first husband of Sarah Mary Hicks is believed to have died – NSW BDM – V18521492 38B/1852
• 1852 – Death of Richard James Hicks, former partner of Margaret Howe in Mulgoa Penrith – NSW BDM – V18521492 38B/1852
• 1855 – Sarah Mary Hicks and Joseph Herbert marry in the Church of England at Castlereagh – his second marriage (?) & her second marriage – perhaps after the deaths of their first spouses ? – NSW BDM – V1855792 43B/1855 & V18551369 158/1855
• 1856 – 08 -27 – John (George) White marries his niece Mary (Anne) Herbert (daughter of John Herbert Jnr & wife Elizabeth White) in Richmond – NSW BDM – V2122/1856
• 1859 – Death of John (George White), third child of Thomas (John) White and Margaret Howe in Rylstone – NSW BDM – 4941/1859
• 1864 – Thomas White Jnr, first child of Thomas White and wife Margaret Howe, died in Glebe – NSW BDM – 1941/1864
• 1873 – 9 – 9 – Death of John Herbert Jnr (son of John & Deborah Herbert), husband of Elizabeth (nee White) in Penrith – NSW BDM – 6430/1873
• 1878 – Death of Elizabeth Herbert (nee White), second child of Thomas White and wife Margaret Howe in Penrith – NSW BDM – 1088/1878
• 1880 – Death of Sarah Mary Herbert (nee Hicks), first child of Margaret Howe and Richard James Hicks in Penrith/ Nepean – NSW BDM – 9673/1880
• 1886 – 09 – 13 – Death of Joseph Herbert, husband of Sarah Mary Hicks in Castlereagh – NSW BDM – 12268/1886 & Pioneer Index
• 1895-06-16 – Death of James Hicks –  second child of Margaret Howe and Richard James Hicks – NSW BDM – 6979/1895 – Sydney Morning Herald
• 1895 -06-18 – Death of James Hicks – Evening News
• 1895 -06 – 22  – Death of James Hicks – Windsor & Richmond Gazette
• 1895-06-22 – Death of James Hicks – Australian Town & Country Journal 
• 1905 – 11-27  – Death of wife James Hicks‘ wife – Margaret Hicks (nee Brain/Brayne/Daley) at Thirroul – NSW BDM – 14944/1905 – Sydney Morning Herald
• 1905- 11- 29  – Death of Margaret Hicks (nee Brain/Brayne/Daley) at Thirroul – Australian Town & Country Journal