Samuel Howe Sr (1642 - 1713)

Born 20 Oct 1642 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Husband of Martha (Bent) How — married 5 Jun 1663 (to 29 Aug 1680) in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America

Husband of Sarah (Leavitt) Howe — married 18 Sep 1685 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 13 Apr 1713 at age 70 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Name

Samuel HOW [dup. Samuell] son of John and Mary, born 20 Oct. 1642, at Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1] (page 74)

Life Story

He was admitted a freeman 31 May 1671. He lived in Sudbury, and built the bridge in the northeast corner of Framingham in 1673. In 1682 he and Samuel Gookin bought of the Natick Indians, a large tract of about 1700 acres of Framingham lands, which is referred to in local histories as the Gookin and Howe purchase.

Although the old colonial laws were designed to prevent inns becoming resorts for revelry and drunkeness, it seems that towards the close of the Puritan Commonwealth, it became very difficult to find persons whom the magistrates would trust to enforce these laws, and keep orderly and respectable inns. In a communication by Joseph Noyes, one of Selectmen of Sudbury, written 29 Feb. 1692, to the Middlesex County Court, he says :

"It is the minds of most of us that there should be none to retale drink amongst us by reason of the growing sin of drunkeness amongst us. Oure fathers came into this wilderness to enjoy the gospel and his ordinances in its purity and the convertion of the heathen, but instead of converting them, amongst other sins we have taught them to be drunkards." He further says, that inns should be for the entertainment of trevelers, "not town drunkards," and therefore he recommends Samuel Howe as the most suitable person to have license to entertain travelers."

Birth

Samuel Howe was born on October 20, 1642 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, son of John Howe (abt. 1620–1680) and Mary Unknown (abt. 1621–abt. 1698).

Siblings

• John Howe (August 24, 1640 – April 20, 1676)
• Sarah Howe (September 25, 1644 – August 11, 1707)
• Mary Howe (February 18, 1646 – on March 17, 1647)
• Isaac Howe (August 08, 1648 – December 09, 1724)
• Josiah Howe (1650 – bef. June 20, 1710)
• Mary Howe (January 18, 1654 – on June 05, 1684)
• Thomas Howe (June 12, 1656 – February 16, 1733)
• Daniel Howe (June 03, 1658 – 1661)
• Alexander Howe (December 29, 1660 – January 04, 1661)
• Eleazer Howe (January 18, 1662 – on March 17, 1737)

Marriage

Samuel (20) married Martha Bent (19) (born about 1643 in Sudbury; daughter of John Bent (bef. 1596–1672) and Martha (Unknown) Bent (abt. 1598–1679)) on June 5, 1663 in Sudbury, Massachusetts Bay, British America.^{[2] [3] [4]}

1st Wife

Samuel (20) married Martha Bent (19) (born about 1643 in Sudbury; daughter of John Bent (bef. 1596–1672) and Martha (Unknown) Bent (abt. 1598–1679)) on June 5, 1663 in Sudbury.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Children

• John Howe (July 24, 1664 – on April 19, 1740)
• Mary Howe (March 02, 1666 – on February 04, 1719)
• Lydia Howe (March 07, 1666 – unknown)
• Samuel Howe (May 19, 1668 – April 13, 1731)
• Martha Howe (October 09, 1669 – November 24, 1721)
• Daniel Howe (October 09, 1672 – February 07, 1680)
• David Howe (November 02, 1674 – August 03, 1759)
• Hannah Howe (April 06, 1677 – November 08, 1742)
• Elisha Howe (abt. 1680 – December 16, 1753)

2nd Wife

Samuel (42) married Sarah Leavitt (26) (born February 22, 1659 in Hingham, Plymouth Colony; daughter of Deacon John Leavitt Sr. (abt. 1608–1691) and Sarah (Gilman) Leavitt (abt. 1622–1700)) on September 18, 1685 in Sudbury.

Children

• Daniel Howe (February 24, 1690 – February 03, 1757)
• Nehemiah Howe (1693 – May 25, 1747)
• Moses Howe (August 25, 1695 – February 16, 1749)
• Ebenezer Howe (April 23, 1697 – June 30, 1753)
• Micajah Howe (August 22, 1700 – abt. April 23, 1740)

Death

Samuel died on April 13, 1713 in Sudbury, aged 70. He was buried in North Cemetery, Wayland.^{[5] [6] [7] [8] [7] [8]}

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, publ 1903 http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063421M
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Massachusetts, Compiled Marriages, 1633-1850: Name: Samuel How; Gender: Male; Spouse: Martha Bent; Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; City: Sudbury; County: Middlesex; Source: Family History Library, Salt Lake City, UT, Film # 0599521 item 4. Household Members: Name: Martha Bent; Samuel How
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Name: Samuel Howe; Gender: Male; Birth Place: MA; Birth Year: 1642; Spouse Name: Martha Bent; Spouse Birth Place: MA; Spouse Birth Year: 1643; Marriage Year: 1663; Marriage State: MA; Number Pages: 1; Household Members: Name: Martha Bent; Samuel Howe
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700: Name: Samuel How; Gender: Male; Birth Year: 1642; Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; Marriage Place: New England, USA; Spouse: Martha How; Household Members: Name: Samuel How; Martha How
5. ↑ Find a Grave: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29452932
6. ↑ Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850 Author: George Tolman Publication: Beacon Press; Thomas Todd, Printer, Boston, 1895 at [Google Books]
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Index to the Probate Records of the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts. Cambridge, MA, USA: 1912.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current: Name: Lieut Samuel Howe; Birth Date: 20 Oct 1642; Birth Place: Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Death Date: 13 Apr 1713; Death Place: Sudbury, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Cemetery: North Cemetery; Burial or Cremation Place: Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States of America; Has Bio?: Y; Mother: Mary Howe; Spouse: Martha Howe; Children: Martha Walker; URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29452932

• Vital records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, publ 1903 http://openlibrary.org/books/OL7063421M
• infant death
• "The Bent Family" by Allen H. Bent in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, vol 48, July 1894, p 289
• History of the Town of Marlborough, Page 381https://archive.org/stream/cu31924025963285#page/n412/mode/1up
• "Howe Genealogies", by Daniel Wait Howe Revised and edited by Gilman Bigelow Howe, publ 1929, NEHGS, Boston, vol. 1, pages 7-9. https://archive.org/stream/howegenealogiest00howe#page/n5/mode/2up [limited availability as a digital library loan with a free membership in archive.org].
• Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, pages 7-9
• Descendants of George Abbott, of Rowley, Mass.: of his joint descendants with George Abbott, sr., of Andover, Mass., of the descendants of Daniel Abbott, of Providence, R.I., of some of the descendants of Capt. Thomas Abbott, of Andover, Mass., of George Abbott, of Norwalk Ct., of Robert Abbott, of Branford Ct., ... Author: Lemuel Abijah Abbott Publication: Ancestry.com. Boston: Abbott, 1906.
• Millennium File: Name: Samuel Howe; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 20 Oct 1642; Birth Place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Death Date: 13 Apr 1713; Death Place: Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA; Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; Father: John Howe; Mother: Mary; Spouse: Martha Bent; Children: Martha Howe; Elisha Howe; Daniel Howe; Nehemiah Howe; Household Members: Name: Samuel Howe; Martha Bent
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Name: Samuel Howe; Gender: Male; Birth Date: 20 Oct 1642; First Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; First Marriage Place: Sud[bury]; Father: John Howe; Mother: Mary; Spouse: Martha Bent
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000: Name: Samuel How; Gender: Male; Age: 70; Birth Date: 20 Oct 1642; First Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; Second Marriage Date: 18 Sep 1685; Death Date: 13 Apr 1713; Death Place: Sudbury; Father: John How; Spouse: Martha Bent; Child: David How
• The New England Historical & Genealogical Register, 1847-2011: Name: Samuel How; Event Type: Marriage; Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1663; Marriage Place: Sudbury, Massachusetts, USA; Spouse Name: Martha Bent; Household Members: Name: Samuel How; Martha Bent
• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Name: Samuel Howe; SAR Membership: 6802; Role: Ancestor; Father: John Howe; Spouse: Martha Howe; Children: David Howe; Household Members: Name: Amasa Mason Eaton; Sarah Brown Mason Easton; Levi Curtis Eaton; Susannah Eaton; Levi Eaton; Sally Howe; Ezekiel Howe; Bathsheba Howe; Ezekiel Howe; Hepzibah Howe; David Howe; Martha Howe; Samuel Howe; John Howe