When Joseph Howlett was born about 1784, in Great Yeldham, Essex, England, his father, Samuel Howlett, was 36 and his mother, Sarah Harvey, was 33.
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The first fleet of convicts sailed from England to Australia on May 13, 1787. By 1868, over 150,000 felons had been exiled to New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia.
"Former slave Olaudah Equiano settled in London and published his autobiography titled ""The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano."" Equiano learned to read and write and converted to Christianity. His autobiography is one of the oldest published works by an African-American writer."
English: from the Middle English personal name Hu(gh)elot, a double diminutive of Hugh, Hue (see Hugh ) formed with the suffixes -el + -ot. This Anglo-Norman name has also been established in Ireland (Wexford) since the 13th century, where it has been Gaelicized as Húiléid.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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