Mark Howe (1695 - 1770)

Born 28 Mar 1695 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Hephzibah (Perkins) How — married 20 Dec 1722 in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Husband of Margery (Cogswell) How — married 11 Oct 1759 in Boxford, Essex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died 17 Feb 1770 at age 74 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Mark How, son of Abraham, married Hepzibah Perkins, daughter of Timothy and Edna (Hazen) Perkins of Topsfield 20 Dec 1722.^[1] She died 30 Jan 1759. He married 2nd Margaret (Cogswell) Perley, widow of Amos Perley, daughter of Lt. John and Hannah (Goodhue) Cogswell. She died 1 Sep 1762. He married third Mrs. Elizabeth Bradstreet 26 Apr 1763 ^[2]

Misfortune befell he and his family as they lost eight of their children between the 5th and 23rd of November 1736. His son Philemon died in the Army in 1759 at age 18 in 1759.

He was deacon of the church, and was commissioned a Lieutenant of the First Company of Foot under Colonel Thomas Berry.

The family record book has an entry that says Mark How died on 17 February 1770 in the 84th year of his age^[3]

Birth Record: HOW, Mark, s. Abraham and Sarah, Mar. 28, 1695 ^[4]

Marriage Record: HOW, Mark and Hephzibah Perkins of Topsfield, at Topsfield, Apr. 26, 1722 ^[5]

Death Record: HOW, Mark, Lt., Feb ___, 1770 (Feb 17. CR3) ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 v.2; Ipswich Marriages; Page 231
2. ↑ Howe Genealogies, Daniel Wait Howe, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929; page 166
3. ↑ Howe Genealogies, Daniel Wait Howe, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929; page 167-168
4. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849, Volume I; Ipswich Births; Page 199
5. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 v.2; Ipswich Marriages; Page 231
6. ↑ Vital records of Ipswich, Massachusetts : to the end of the year 1849 v.2; Ipswich Deaths; Page 591

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• Hazen, Tracy Elliot, The Hazen family in America, (Thomaston, CT: R. Hazen) 1947. Accessed online at Hathitrust.org, page 33-34.
• Church records, 1684-1724, Congregational Church in Topsfield, Mass.

Topsfield, Massachusetts. Congregational Church records, 1684-1869. page 11

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Bob Fredrickson for creating WikiTree profile Howe-2048 through the import of FredricksonFoutsOrthJohnson Family Tree_2013-02-22.ged on Feb 22, 2013.