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Gov George Howard

Born 21 Nov 1789 in Annapolis, Anne Arundel Co, Maryland, USA

Ancestors

Son of John Eager Howard and Margaret Oswald (Chew) Howard

Brother of John Eager Howard Jr, Benjamin Chew Howard, William Howard, Juliana Elizabeth (Howard) McHenry, James Howard, Sophia Catherine (Howard) Read and Charles Howard

Husband of Prudence Gough (Ridgely) Howard — married 26 Dec 1811 in Baltimore County, Maryland

Descendants

Father of John Eager Howard, Priscilla Ridgely Howard, Margaret Elizabeth (Howard) Post, Charles Ridgely Howard, Sophia Catherine (Howard) Norris, George Howard, Jacob Hollingsworth Howard, William Waverly Howard, Cornelius Howard, Rebecca Hanson Howard, James Howard, David Ridgely Howard and James Ridgely Howard

Died 2 Aug 1846 at age 56 in Waverly, Howard Co, Maryland, USA

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Preceded by
20th Governor
Daniel Martin

George Howard
22nd Governor
of Maryland

1831—1833

Succeeded by
23rd Governor
James Thomas

Biography

Private George Howard served in the Maryland Militia in the War of 1812
Service started:
Unit(s): 1st Baltimore Horse Artillery
Service ended:

George Howard is Notable.

"GEORGE HOWARD, 'one of the best executives the state ever had,' was born on November 21, 1789, in the Governor’s Mansion in Annapolis, the second son of John Eager and Peggy (Chew) Howard.1 He was the only governor to have been born there and the only son of a governor to have been elected governor. During his father’s term he lived in Annapolis. Later, the family lived at 'Belvedere' in Baltimore County, where he was educated by tutors. Partly because of his father’s political ideologies, George Howard should have adopted Federalist-type beliefs, but when he took office he did so as an Anti-Jacksonian.

"On December 26, 1811, he married Prudence Gough Ridgely, a daughter of Governor Charles Ridgely of Hampton. As a wedding gift from John Eager Howard, they received 'Waverly' a tract of land located near Woodstock in present day Howard County. They had a large family.

Along with two of his brothers, He served in the 1st Baltimore Horse Artillery, Maryland Militia during the War of 1812^[1]

Sources

Maryland, Compiled Marriages, 1655-1850, Ancestry.com Operations Inc. (2004)

↑ Bolton, Nelson Mott & George, Christopher T. "Captain Henry Thompson’s First Baltimore Horse Artillery in the Defense of Baltimore in the War of 1812", Maryland Historical Magazine, Vol. 108, No 4.(Winter 2013)

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George: