Born c1795, the son of John Howell of Bristol, glazier. He was the father of Henry Joseph, John Howell II and William Howell II (51C).
| 1808 | 1 Nov. He was apprenticed to Charles and Elizabeth Price with 40s from Alderman Kitchen’s Charity (A, Ao). |
| 1830 & 32 | St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (P). |
| 1832 & 34 | St Philip’s Marsh (List of Electors BRO 04736). |
| 1835 & 37 | St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1837 & 40 | Marsh, St Philip’s parish (PPR). |
| 1841 | Avon Cottage, St Philip’s Marsh (P). |
| 1841 | Journeyman potter, Avon Cottage, St Philip’s Marsh, St Philip’s parish (47), living with his wife Mary (32) born in Bristol and children (41C). |
| 1851 | Journeyman stone potter, 5 Lewis’s Buildings, Temple parish (56), living with his wife Mary (42) and children (51C). |
| 1852 | Lewis’s Buildings, Temple parish (P). |
| 1855 | 12 Aug. Lewis’s Buildings, Temple parish (PPR). |
| 1855 | 2 Sep. Noted as a potter when his son William (20) of Brown’s Row, Bedminster, married Elizabeth Thomas (JBPR). |
| 1861 | His wife was a widow and she was living with her step-son John Howell II (61C). |
| 1867 | 20 Oct. Noted as a potter when his daughter Mary (24) of Anchor Lane, St Augustine’s parish married Samuel Alden Austin (APR). |
| 1872 | 7 Jul. Noted as a potter when his son Henry Joseph Howell (22) of Unity Street, St Philip’s parish married Mary Ann Appleford (PPR). |
| Children: John, born c1823 in Bristol (41C) (son of Joseph, stepson of Mary), William, born 23 Jul 1836, bapt 5 Nov 1837 (PPR), Ann (aged 6 wks), bapt 5 Nov 1837 (PPR), Selina (aged 1 mth), bapt 11 Oct 1840 (PPR), Mary, born c1843 in Bristol (51C), Henry Joseph, born 8 Jan 1850, bapt 12 Aug 1855 (PPR) |