HOWLETT, John (1796-1892) and Caroline (c. 1811-1861)

John Howlett emigrated from England to Canada East in 1834. A former Methodist minister, Howlett, together with his wife, accepted William Milller's teachings in 1843, and in 1859 they became Sabbatarian Adventists. A few months later the Howletts met James and Ellen White at a conference in Berkshire, northern Vermont. Ellen White noted in her diary that “Brother Howlett, an old Methodist minister, spoke. He spoke with fervor and intelligence.” Of his wife, Ellen White wrote, “Sister Howlett arose … and gave a most stirring exhortation.” Caroline Howlett died two years later, aged about 50, but John Howlett lived to 96. He died in Battle Creek, Michigan.1EGWLM 849.4

See: Obituary: “John Howlett,” Review, Nov. 29, 1892, p. 751; obituary: “Sister Howlet,” Review, June 18, 1861, p. 31; obituary: “Elizabeth Cross-Clark,” Review, Sept. 10, 1925, p. 21; Denis Fortin, Adventism in Quebec, pp. 79, 80, 98; 1871 Canada Census, “John Howlet,” Quebec, Sutton, p. 58; Sister C. Howlet, “Extracts From Letters,” Review, Oct. 16, 1860, p. 175; Ellen G. White, Ms 8, 1859 (Oct. 15 entry); Ms 9, 1862 (Nov.).1EGWLM 850.1