Timeline
1474
Edward
Hulcot (or Holcot) was a collector for Jordanwell Ward, Coventry.
1510
Edward Holcot buried at the Lady Chapel, St Michael’s, Coventry.
1568
Ann
Hulcotte married William Page (earliest mention of family at
Bitteswell).
1572
Robert Howcott married Jane Frost at Bitteswell (earliest record anywhere with Howcott spelling).
1592
William
Howcott(e) served as Mayor of Coventry.
1593
Jane Howcote buried (first record of family at Bruntingthorpe).
1600
About 16 people called Howcott living in the British Isles.
1613
In records of a case relating to a debt owed by John Howcott to Euseby Isham, it was stated that at "Trinity Term last" John Howcott had come to the chamber of William Powers in Clements Lane (earliest reference found to a Howcutt in London).
1619/20
John Howkett (of Shearsby) buried at St James, Clerkenwell.
1660
Robert Howcott arrested two of the Judges of King Charles I and provided information to the House of Lords about details of the King's execution.
1669
William & Ann Howcott had their initials carved on the house now known as Yeoman's Cottage, Church Lane, Shearsby.
1678
Richard
Howcott christened (first mention of family at Lichfield).
1695/6
John
Hawkiat arrived in North Carolina, probably from Lichfield.
1698
James
Howcutt christened at Shearsby (earliest record anywhere with Howcutt
spelling).
1704
Sarah
Howcott and her son James moved from Shearsby to Market Harborough
(final reference to the family at Shearsby).
1720
James Haucot of Oxendon married Sarah Ward of Brixworth. They established the Howcutt family at Brixworth.
1726
William Howcutt christened at Brixworth. All Howcutts now living in the British Isles have their surname through him.
1729
Edward
Howcoate buried (the last of the family at Lichfield).
1732
Raphael Howcott’s will proved (the most recent reference to the family at Coventry).
1748
Earliest reference to slavery in the Howcott family, when Jack, a slave of Edward Howcott, helped Stephen to escape from the gaol at Bath, North Carolina.
1750
There were only about nine people called Howcutt living in the British Isles.
1811
“James”
(really Charles) Howcutt of Brixworth married Maria Barker at Walgrave.
They established a family in London and were ancestors of some
present-day Howcutts.
1812
James Howcott (or Howcut) of Chowan county served in the 5th regiment (McDonalds) in the North Carolina militia in the War of 1812.
1815
Sergeant
William Howcutt of 23rd Dragoons fought at the Battle of
Waterloo.
1826
Children
of Charles Howcutt christened at St Dunstan, Stepney (earliest
record of family in East End of London).
1827
James
Howcutt transported from Brixworth to Tasmania.
1856
Mary
Howcutt died (last family member residing at Bitteswell).
1861-1865
Seven Howcotts fought in the American Civil War (on both sides). The 1860 census had recorded that Charles H Howcott of Plymouth, North Carolina owned 22 slaves and that Mrs E(lizabeth) Howcott of Madison county, Mississippi owned 20 slaves. The 1870 census and later records include a number of former slaves with the Howcott surname.
1865
Mark
Michael Howcutt married Sarah Elizabeth Weightman (most present-day
Howcutts are descended from them).
1866
Tom
Howcutt born (earliest reference to the family at Sheffield). His
parents, Charles & Mary Howcutt, were ancestors of some present-day
Howcutts.
1878
William
Howcutt died at Birmingham (last Howcutt of that branch).
1900
William
Howcutt buried at Brixworth (last of the family to reside there).
1900
Sarah Howcutt buried at Leicester (last member of the Bitteswell branch of the Howcutt family).
1900
About 37 Howcutts living in the British Isles.