Jaazaniah
(Jazaniah)
"Jessiniah, Jassaniah, Jezaniah"
Howe
I
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of John Howe
and Deliverance (Rice) Howe
Brother of
Matthias Howe, Isaac Howe, Benjamin Howe, Tabitha (Howe) Maynard, Patience (Howe) Newton, Paul Howe, Mary Howe, Francis Howe and Abigail (Howe) Pike
Husband of
Damaris (Eager) Howe
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Joel Howe, Hepzibah Howe, Elijah Howe I, Jacob Howe, Jazaniah Howe II, Kerley Howe, George Howe, Persis Howe, Aaron Howe, Miriam Howe and Rebecca Howe
Died
at age 58
in Leicester, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay [uncertain]
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Biography
Jaazaniah was born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 30 May 1704.[1] He is the first born child and son of John Howe and Deliverance Rice. He married Damaris Eager in Marlborough on 21 July 1732. They had eleven children, three died before reaching adulthood. The first two were born Marlborough, 1) Joel b. 26 Mar 1729 (died in infancy abt. 1730) and 2) Hepzibah b. 6 Apr 1730; the next three were born in Southboro, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony: 3) Elijah b. 7 Dec 1731; 4) Jacob b. 27 Dec 1733; and 5) Jezaniah b. 26 Jun 1737; the rest were born in Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay Colony: 6) Kerley b. 25 Jul 1739; 7) George b. 2 Sep 1741; 8) Persis b. 7 Feb 1743/44; 9) Aaron b. 30 Mar 1746; 10) Miriam b. 10 Feb 1749/50 (she died young on 30 Aug 1753); and 11) Rebecca b. 17 Jan 1752. Jaazaniah died in Leicester on 6 Sep 1762. His will was dated 3 Aug and proven on 6 Sep.[2]
Notes
The name 'Jaazaniah' was very likely from one of four biblical characters mentioned in the Old Testament of the King James Bible. In Hebrew, the name means (literally) "may God hear". The variations in the spelling of his name are too numerous to list (two dozen or more). He signed his name 'Jaazaniah'.
Sources
- ↑ Vital Records of Marlborough Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849; Births; pg 100
- ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, the Genealogy of John Howe of Sudbury and Marlborough, Massachusetts, Vol. 1, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.54.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jazaniah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jazaniah by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Ed Howe
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #333274
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~0.78%
Vern Howe :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Lawrence Brigham :
AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
Jack Day :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A461201 [compare], Ancestry member jacksonday_1
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~0.39%
Vivia (Day) Tatum :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member Viviat
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I can't seem to find any written record of death, and it appears his gravestone has never been located either.
Here is the text as it appears in Howe Genealogies, available on Internet Archives: “Jezaniah signed his name “Jaaz- aniah.” It is also various-spelled as Jazaniah, Jesseniah, &c. He died in 1762, his will being dated 3 Aug. and proved 6 Sept. 1762, (see Worcester Co. Probate Records.) Of the children named below, the first two were born in Marlborough, the next three were born in Southboro, and the rest of them were born in Leicester, Mass.’
I don’t recall if his will is online, but is apparently on file in Worcester County. It certainly would seems to be a credible source for the death date (recorded as “proved” date). Sounds like you may also be a direct descendant? Let me know what you find…