~ DESCENDANTS of ABRAHAM HOWE ~

In the year 1660 the name of Abraham Howe appears among the proprietors of the town. He probably came. from Roxbury, had a numerous family, and his descendants have remained in the town to the present day. We have no evidence that he was connected with the family of John Howe.

1 Abraham HOWE m. May 6, 1657, Hannah Ward, dau. of William Ward. Their second and third child were born in Watertown, and perhaps their first. Their first recorded in Mar1. was in 1663. He d. June 30, 1695, and his wid. d. Nov. 3, 1717, aged 78. He located himself near where school house No. 2, is now situated.

1 - 2 Daniel, b. 1658 ; m. Oct. 6, 1688, Elizabeth Kerley, of Marl.
1 - 3 Mary, b. 1659; m. John Bowker, of Sud., r. in Marl.
1 - 4 Joseph, b. 1661 ; m. 1688, Dorothy Martin.
1 - 5 Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1663; m. Eleazer Howe.
1 - 6 Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1665; m. Capt. Nathan Brigham.
1 - 7 Deborah, b. March 1, 1667; m. 1687, John Barrett.
1 - 8 Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1668; m. Peter Rice, of Marl.
1 - 9 Abraham, b. Oct. 8, 1670; m. 1695, Mary Howe.
1 - 10 Sarah,, b. Dec. 20, 1672; m. Joseph Stratton, 1695, r. in Marl.
1 - 11 Abigail, b. March 4, 1675; d. unm. April 17, 1697.

1 - 2 Daniel HOWE, Capt., m. Elizabeth Kerley. He d. April 13, 1718. He was a large landholder in Marl., Lancaster and Westboro'. His property was inventoried at £1,261. His wid. administered upon his estate. She d. 1735.

2 - 12 Martha, b. July 30, 1687; m. 1714, Col. Nahum Ward.
2 - 13 Hezekiah, b. June 19, 1691; m. 1715, Elizabeth Tainter.
2 - 14 Daniel, b. Nov. 29, 1692; d. Feb. 6, 1740.
2 - 15 Jonathan, b. April 23, 1695; m. Sarah Hapgood.
2 - 16 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 13, 1697; m. Paul Howe, of Paxton.
2 - 17 David, b. April 27, 1700; resided in Westboro'.
2 - 18 Zeruiah, b. Dec. 13, 1702; in. Feb. 20, 1722, Joseph Howe.

1 - 4 Joseph HOWE m. Dorothy Martin. He d. Sept. 4, 1700, aged 40, and his wid. settled his estate. They were m. in Charlestown, Dec. 29, 1687. He was a large landholder in Marl., Lancaster and Wat., and owned the grist mill at Feltonville before 1700, probably the first mill erected there. His real estate was inventoried at £1,442.

4 - 19 Sarah, b. July 27, 1688; m. 1711, Jeremiah Barstow.
4 - 20 Eunice, b. Jan. 15, 1692; m. 1712, Thomas Amsden.
4 - 21 Bethia, b. March 7, 1695.
4 - 22 Joseph, b. Feb. 19, 1697 ; m. Zeruiah Howe, Feb. 20, 1722.
4 - 23 Abraham, b. March 2l, 1698; m. Rachel Rice.
4 - 24 Jedediah, b. April 3, 1701.

1 - 9 Abraham HOWE m. 1695, Mary Howe. He was slain by the Indians near Lancaster, July, 1704. He had only one child, viz. Abigail, b. May 22, 1702.

2 - 13 Hezekiah HOWE m. July 25, 1715, Elizabeth Tainter.

13 - 25 Benjamin, b, April 18, 1716.
13 - 26 Noah, b. Sept. 8, 1721.
13 - 27 Daniel, b. Oct. 14, 1724.
13 - 28 Abigail, b. March 26, 1730.

2 - 15 Jonathan HOWE m. Sarah Hapgood. He d. July 25, 1738, aged 43, and his wife Sarah settled his estate.

15 - 29 Solomon, b. Dec. 17, 1718; m. Mary Howe.
15 - 30 Elizabeth, b. Feb. 2, 1720.
15 - 31 Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1721.
15 - 32 Abigail, b. Sept. 20, 1723; d. 1729.
15 - 33 Damaris, b. July 31, 1725; m. 1743, Stephen Gates.
15 - 34 Sylvanus, b. April 6, 1727.
15 - 35 Millicent, b. April 20, 1729; m. 1746, Alpheus Woods.
15 - 36 Ichabod, b. Jan. J, 1731.
15 - 37 Abigail, b. March 25, 1733.
15 - 38 Isaac, b. Jan. 27, 1735.

4 - 22 Joseph HOWE m. Feb. 20. 1722, Zerviah Howe, dau. of Capt. Daniel Howe. She d. Dec. 10, 1723, and he m. July 12, 1727, Ruth Brigham, dau. of Jonathan and Mary Brigham. His will, dated July 16, 1770, and proved March 14, 1775, mentions wife Ruth, sons Joseph, Thaddeus, Phinehas, and Artemas, and dau. Zerviah Smith, , Dinah W illard, wife of Josiah, Miriam Bigelow, and Betty, then unm., and grand-children of dau. Dorothy, late wife of Cyprian Howe. He was a large,owner of land in New Marlboroogh. His widow d. Oct. 14, 1781 in her 87th year. He d. Feb. 18, 1775.

22 - 39 Zeruiah, b. Nov. 24, 1723; m. Abraham Smith.
22 - 40 Joseph, b. Feb. 1, 1728; m. May 21, 1751, Grace Rice.
22 - 41. Dorothy, b. May 4, 1730 ; in. Nov. 20, 1750, Cyprian Howe.
22 - 42 Dinah, b. Oct. 11, 1731; m. Josiah Willard.
22 - 43 Thaddeus, b. May 30, 1733; m. April 12, 1757, Levinah Brigham.
22 - 44 Elizabeth., b. Dec. 12, 1734 ; m. Dr. Rice, of Barre.
22 - 45 Samuel, b. May 22, 1737 ; d. May 29, 1756, in the French war.
22 - 46 Phinehas, b. Jan. 25, 1739; m. Dec. 11, 1764, Dorothy Burnet.
22 - 47 Artemas, b. Jan. 15, 1743; in. March 28, 1767, Mary Bigelow.
22 - 48 Miriam, b. Dec. 5, 1744; m. April 7, 1763, Timothy Bigelow.

4 - 23 Abraham HOWE m. May 24, 1724, Rachel Rice, dau. of Benjamin and Mary (Graves) Rice.

23 - 49 Eunice, b. May 16, 1725; m. 1749, David Warren.
23 - 50 Mary, b. June 14, 1727; m. 1750, Frederick Barnes.
23 - 51 Persis, b. Nov. 14, 1728 ; m. Dec. 18, 1755, John Gleason.
23 - 52 Abraham, b. Dec. 14, 1730; in. Sept. 17, 1755, Lydia Howe.
23 - 53 Asa, b. Nov. 30, 1733 ; in. March 18, 1762, Rachel Goddard.
23 - 51 Abner, b. Nov. 1, 1735 ; m. Oct. 2, 1762, Sarah Harrington.
23 - 55 Adonijah, b. Sept. 7, 1737 ; m. May 31, 1764, Lydia Church.
23 - 56 Anna, b. Feb. 5, 1740; d. 1752.

15 - 29 Soloman HOWE m. Mary Howe.

29 - 57 Jonathan, b. April 7, 1739 ; d. Jan. 27, 1740.
29 - 58 Daniel, b. June 13, 1740.
29 - 59 Zadock, b. June 3, 1742.
29 - 60 Luke, b. Feb. 21, 1745 ; in. Nov. 29, 1770, Catharine Howe.
29 - 61 Edmund, b. June 3, 1749.

22 - 40 Joseph HOWE m. May 21, 175l, Grace Rice, dau. of Simon and Grace, b. 1730. He d. Sept. 26, 1800, aged 72. She d. Jan. 23, 1816, aged 87.

40 - 62 Lovina, b. July 19, 1751 ; m. Jan. 2, 1772, Peter Rice, and d. Dec. 23, 1812.
40 - 63 Reuben b. Oct. 12, 1752; m. 1791, Susanna Cushing, and moved to Guildhall, Vt.
40 - 64 Simon, b. Aug. 14, 1754 ; moved to Guildhall, V t.
40 - 65 Samuel, b. Oct. 2, 1756; moved to Guildhall, Vt.
40 - 66 Lucy, b. Sept. 18, 1758; m. Thomas Tileston, Boston.
40 - 67 Eli, b. July 20, 17110; m. Polly Oakes. He was in the Revolution.
40 - 68 Hepzibah, b. Sept. 15, 1762 ; d. April 10, 1773.
40 - 69 Daniel, b. Aug. 4, 1764 ; moved to Guildhall, Vt., and d. Aug. 9, 1818.
40 - 70 Joseph, b. Sept. 20, 1768 ; d. July 26, 1773.
40 - 71 Miriam, b. Oct. ,16, 1770; m. 1794, John Coats, of Boston. She d. at Cambridge, 1861, in her 92d year.
40 - 72 Hepzibah, b. April 5, 1773; m. Jan. 15, 1793, Jacob Barnes, and d. May 14, 1826.
40 - 73 Joseph, b. March 8, 1775 ; m. Oct. 30, 1799, Eunice Howe, and d. Sept. 5, 1851.

22 - 43 Thaddeus HOWE m. April 12, 1757, Lovina Brigham, dau. of Joseph and Comfort (Bigelow) Brigham. She d. Aug., 1784, and he m. June, 1786, Mrs. Prudence Holman, of Bolton, as her fourth husband. He d. March 18, 1799, aged 66, and she d. Sept. 5, 1831, aged 96.

43 - 74 Susanna, b. June 22, 1758; in. Nov. 2, 1778, Gershom, Rice.
43 - 75 Nanne, b. Feb. 15, 1760; m. July 11, 1781, Jonas Morse, as his 2d wife.
43 - 76 Jonah, b. Feb. 22, 1762; m. lst, Betty Cranston, and 2d, Catharine Wheeler.
43 - 77 William, b. Dec. 4, 1764; m. Sept. 27, 1785, Elizabeth Stow.
43 - 78 Lovina, b. March 23, 1767; m. June 11, 1787, Moses Sherman.
43 - 79 Aaron, b. May 15, 1770; m. Sarah Dana, of Oxford; r. Lunenburg, Vt.
43 - 80 Martha, b. Feb. 5, 1773 ; m. March 9, 1796, Francis Barnard; d. ____.
43 - 81 Stephen, b. Aug. 10, 1771; ; d. young.

22 - 46 Phinehas HOWE m. Dec. 11, 1764, Dorothy Burnett. She d. Dec. 9, 1781, aged 45, and he m. 2d, 1783, Sarah Brooks, who d. July 22, 1784, and he m. 3d, Jan. 4, 1798, Lydia Ruggles, of Weston. He d. March 14, 1832, aged 93, and his widow d. 1837, aged 81.

46 - 82 Sylvanus, b. Dec. 27, 1765; m. May 12, 1791, Sarah Gleason.
46 - 83 Elizabeth, b. April 2, 1768; m. 1793, Silas Gleason.
46 - 84 Jedediah, b. June 28, 1770; m. Sept. 28, 1795, Lydia Felton.
46 - 85 Gilbert, b. May 1, 1772; m. 1800, Lydia Howe, dau. of Asa.
46 - 86 Lucretia, b. May 22, 1773 ; d. Aug. 23, 1775.
46 - 87 Lovice, b. Oct. 29, 1775 ; m. Daniel Barnes, and moved to Hubbardston.
46 - 88 Phinehas 13., b. July 1:3, 1784; in. 1811, Nancy Webster.

22  -  47 Artemus HOWE m. May 28, 1767, Mary Bigelow, dau. of Gershom and Mary. She d. Aug. 15, 1810, aged 65, and he d. Nov. 17, 1813, aged 70.

47 - 89 Elishu, b. Jan. 31, 1768 ; d. unm.
47 - 90 Catharine, b. Oct. 18, 1769; in. 1st, _____ Wheeler, and 2d, Jonah Howe.
47 - 91 Mary, b. Oct. 26, 1771; m. Dec. 10, 7 795, Jonas Levering, of Sud.
47 - 92 Jonas, b. Aug. 18, 1773; m. Lydia Maynard, dau. of John.
47 - 93 Lydia, b. Sept. 9, 1775; m. 1st, July 21, 1803, Isaac Maynard, and 2d, Abraham Stow.
47 - 94 Sally, b. Feb. 5, 1777; m. March 28, 1801, Jonas Lovering, husband of late sister.
47 - 95 Stephen, b. March 21, 1780 ; m. Jan. 29, 1709, Susanna Brigham.
47 - 96 David, b. March 18, 1783; m. March 27, 1811, Betsey Dadman.
47 - 97 Samuel, b. March 27, 1785 ; moved to Coos County, N. H.
47 - 98 Levi, b. April 30, 1787; m. Abigail Bigelow, dau. of William.
47 - 99 Jabez, b. Oct. 28, 1789; m. Nov. 1812, Roxana Gleason.
47 - 100 Moses, b. April 19, 1792; m. Dec. 18, 1817, Eunice Dadman.

The four brothers mentioned above, Joseph, Thuddeus, Phinehas, and Artemas, had an aggregate of thirty-nine children, who lived to the aggregate age of 301 years, and their wives to the aggregate of 332 years ; a rare instance of fruitfulness and longevity.

23 - 52 Abraham HOWE m. Sept. 17, 1755, Lydia Howe, dau. of Ephraim and Elizabeth. He d. March 12, 1770, and she administered upon his estate. He probably had a dau. Mary, whose birth is not recorded, and who m. Gershotn Bigelow. He was killed accidentally, while going home from a town meeting.

52 - 101 Lydia, b. Oct. 6, 1756.
52 - 102 Aaron., b. Aug. 17, 17.58; m. 1792, Anne Tainter.
52 - 103 Rctsey, b. Nov. 12, 1760; m. Oct. 29, 1778, Oliver Russell.
52 -104 Sarah, b. Oct. 16, 1760; m. March 8, 1785, John Barnes.

23 - 53 Asa HOWE m. March 18, 1762, Rachel Goddard. She d. June 10, 1814.

53 - 105 John, b. Nov. 25, 1702; m. Dec. 28, 1785, Mary Newton. He moved to Maine, where he d.
53 - 106 Abigail, b. May 14, 1.764.
53 - 107 Miriam, b. Sept. 11, 1765 ; m. Jan. 11, 1787, Joseph Clisbee.
53 - 108 Lucy, b. Jan. 26, 1767; m. July 20, 1784, Archelaus Howe.
53 - 109 Asa, b. Dec. 2, 1768 ; moved to N. H.
53 - 110 Abraham, b. Feb. 22, 1770; m. Nov. 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbee.
53 - 111 Esther, b. Feb. 25, 1772; m. Aug. 16, 1787, Calvin Howe.
53 - 112 Lydia, b. July 7, 1774; m. 1800, Gilbert Howe, and d. Oct. 1, 1820, without issue.

40 - 73 Joseph HOWE m. Oct. 30, 1799, Eunice Howe, dau. of Josiah and Molly (Adams) Howe. He d. Feb. 4, 1828. She is still living. (as of 1862).

73 - 113 Charlotte, b. Aug. 10, 1800; m. Oct. 8, 1822, Samuel Howe, Jr., and d. 1839.
73 - 114 Mary R., b. June 23, 1802; m. June 26, 1825, Abraham Howe, and d. 1851.
73 - 115 Dexter, b. April 11, 1804 ; d. Nov. 19, 1804.
73 - 116 Emerson, b. Nov.12,1805; m. May 1,1830, Lydia Bigelow, and d.1847.
73 - 117 Eunice, b. Nov. 20, 1807; m. Paul Newton, of North., and d. March 23, 1842.
73 - 118 Lucy, b. Nov. 24, 1809; m. Benjamin F. Horn, and d. April, 1841.
73 - 119 Maria D., b. Feb. 4, 1812 ; d. Nov. 11, 1838, umn.
73 - 120 Lavinia, b. June 9, 1814 ; living unm.
73 - 121 Harriet E., b. July 15, 1816; d. Aug. 5, 1841, unm.
73 - 122 Christopher J., b. June 25, 1818; m. Dec. 6, 1845, Lucy D. Howe, North.
73 - 123 Eleanor, b. April 10, 1820; d. June 5, 1842, unm.
73 - 124 Dulcena L., b. April 8, 1822; in. May, 1850, J. F. Horn.
73 - 125 Josiah, b. March 20, 1824 ; d. in Cuba, 1848, unm.
73 - 126 Sidney, b. June 29, 1826.

This family will not be displeased by the addition of another person, long a favorite in the family. In 1777, before Rev. Mr. Smith was dismissed, he sold a negro servant, (or slave,) Dill, Oxford, to Joseph Howe, Sen., for 66 pounds. The Constitution of 1780 made all such persons free. Dill, from choice, remained in the family of father and son, till the day of her death. She was highly esteemed in the family and neighborhood. Her rig was peculiarly hermaphrodifical - wearing a skirt or petticoat like a female, and a coat after the fashion of a man. Such was her ordinary and holiday appearance.

43 - 76 Jonah HOWE m. March 8, 1792, Betty Cranston, dau. of Abner. She d. Feb. 14, 1806, and he m. June 15, 1806, Mrs. Catharine Wheeler, dau. of Artemas Howe. He d. Dec. 8, 1834, aged 7 3 ; and she d. Jan. 4, 1851, aged 81.

76-127 Lavinia, b. May 28, 1793; m. Feb. 4, 1813, Jerry Stow.
76 - 128 Betsey, b. Nov. 20, 17941 m. April 12, 1815, William Toombs.
76 - 129 Lydia, b. June 12, 1796; m. May 13, 1823, Jacob Holyoke.
76 - 130 Martha, b. Oct. 2, 1797; m. 1st, Elizur Holyoke, and 2d, Jeremiah Whitcomb.
76 - 131 Thaddeus, b. March 12, 1799 ; m. May 19, 1825, Charlotte Brigham.
76 - 132 Lynian, b. Nov. 23, 1800; resides in Providence.
76 - I33 Rufus, b. April 15, 1802; in. 1829, Sophia Tainter.
76 - 134 Diana, b. Oct. 25,1803 ; m. Nov. 18, 1824, Aaron Stow; d. Nov. 1.860.
76 - 135 Cranston, b. Aug. 5, 1805; in. Sarah Withington, and r. in Boston.
76 - 136 Dexter, b. June 18, 1807 ; d. unm. 1837.
76 - 137 Freeman, b. Aug. 16, 1809; m. Lucy Crosby, of Ashburnham.

43 - 77 William HOWE m. Sept. 27, 1785, Elizabeth Stow, dau. of John and Grace (Newton) Stow. He d. July 21, 1820, aged 56. She d. June 3, 1835, aged 67.

77 - 138; Joel, b. Dec. 20, 1785 ; m. Sept. 6, 1815, Jerusha Gales. he d. Oct 4, 1820.
77 - 139 William Loving, b. April 25, 1797; m. April 11, 1822, Persis Sawyer, of Berlin.
77 - 140 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 14, 1800; m. April 12, 1820, Israel Howe, of Sud.
77 - 141 Sarah, b. Jan. 11, 1806; m. Dec. 9, 1829, Israel Parminter, who d. 1834, and she m. Jabez Huntington.

46 - 82 Sylvanus HOWE m. May 12, 1791, Sarah Gleason, dau. of Joseph. He d. Sept. 15, 1815, aged 50. She d. March 31, 1825, aged 60.

82 - 142 James, b. Feb. 22, 1792; m. Nov. 4, 1819, Lucy Barnes.
82 - 143 Sarah, b. May 13, 1794; m. April 17, 1822, Solomon Barnes.
82 - 144 Eber, b. Dec. 1, 1795; m. Sept. 16, 1824, Louisa Bigelow.
82 - 145 Dorothy, b. July 22, 1797; d. young.
82 - 146 Evrett, b. Oct. 26, 1801 ; d. 1804.
82 - 147 Solomon, b, Aug. 10, 1805 ; d. 1833.
82 - 148 Joel, b. Jan. 11, 1808 ; d. Feb. 20, 1809.
82 - 149 Jonathan, b. Dec, 16, 1809; m. Isabella Baker.

46 - 84 Jedediah HOWE m. Sept. 28, 1795,.Lydia Felton. He moved to what was then denominated the Coos country, where he was killed by the falling of a tree. He had Edward, b. in Marl., July 4, 1796.

40 - 88 Phineas B. HOWE m. 1811, Nancy Webster, and had James W., b. 1815; Cyrus, 1819; Phinehas, 1821; Elijah, 1823; Joseph, 1827, and four daughters.

47 - 95 Stephen HOWE m. June 29, 1809, Susanna Brigham, dau. of Lewis Brigham, and had Nahum B., b. 1809; Elbridge, b. 1816; Benjamin S., b. 1823; and three daughters.

47 - 96 David HOWE m. March 24, 1811, Betsey Dadman, and had Samuel, b. 1811 ; Willard, b. 1820 ; and three daughters.

53 - 110 Abraham Howe m. Nov. 25, 1793, Elizabeth Wetherbee, of Boxboro'. Capt. Howe d. Oct. 2, 1848, aged 79. She d. Aug. 28, 1853, aged 77.

110 - 150 Amory, b. Sept3, 1795; m. 1817, Mary Brigham, dau. of Lewis.
110 - 151 Eliza, b. Oct. 31, 1797 ; d. July 28, 1822, unrn.
110 - 152 Samuel, b. March 2, 1800 ; m. Oct. 8, 1822, Charlotte Howe, dau. of Joseph.
110 - 153 Abraham, b. March 11, 1802; m. June 26, 1825, Mary R. Howe, dau. of Joseph.
110 - 154 Ruth W., b. Feb. 27, 1804; m. Merick Houghton, of Berlin.
110 - 155 Alvin P., b. April 5, 1806 ; in. Sabra Houghton, sister of Merick.
110 - 156 Mary Ann, b. Sept. 3, 1808 ; d. young.
110 - 157 Charles, b. Oct. 29, 1810; m. April 16, 1835, Lucy Rice.
110 - 158 Harriot, b. April 15, 1813; In. George Kendall, of Westminster.
110 - 159 Maria, b. Aug. 30, 1815 ; m. Rev. Charles Kendall, then of Bernardston, but now of Petersham.
110 - 160 Matthew H., b. Oct. 12, 1817; r. at Baltimore, where he m.
110 - 16l Lydia Eliza, b. Aug. 1, 1823; went South; m. _____ Gilbert.

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