Silas Howe (1737 - 1817)

Born 26 Jan 1737 in Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Moore) Howe — married 2 Feb 1764 in Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 10 Sep 1817 at age 80 in Boylston, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Problems/Questions Profile managers: Darlene Bissonnette [send private message] and Walter Howe [send private message]

Biography

Born in Lancaster 25 Jan 1737, the son of Phineas Howe and Abigail Bennett .^[1] He married 2 Feb 1764 Abigail Moore, daughter of Isaac and Mary Moore, born in Boylslton on 27 Aug 1743.^[2] They were admitted to the church in Boylston 23 Sep 1764. He died in Boylston 10 Sep 1817.^[3][4] His will, dated 5 March 1813 and proved on 23 Oct 1817 mentions his children Levi, Ephraim, Silas, Abraham, Abigail Fairbanks, Persis Hastings, Tamar Lamson, and John.^[5]

Silas is interred at Old Burial Ground in Boylston, Worcester County, Massachusetts.^[6]

Research Notes

The part of Lancaster, Massachusetts where this family lived later (1786) became part of the new town of Boylston, Massachusetts. Sources may differ on which town events occured within, and the differences can be explained by the 1786 incorporation into the new town.

Vital records for Boylston disagree on his death date. One collection lists his death as 10 October 1817 and another (handwritten) lists 10 Sep 1817. The Howe Genealogies list the October date. Find A Grave records list the September date, and a newspaper dated 8 Oct 1817 (see Sources) list the September date. Although his will was proven on 23 Oct 1817, the earlier date seems more likely.

Sources

1. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Lancaster Births
2. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Lancaster Marriages
3. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Boylston Deaths
4. ↑ US Newspaper Extractions from the Northeast, 1704-1930 for Silas Howe, page 2365
5. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, pages 112-113
6. ↑ Find a Grave for Silas Howe

• Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Original data: Town and City Clerks of Massachusetts. Massachusetts Vital and Town Records. Provo, UT: Holbrook Research Institute (Jay and Delene Holbrook).

• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Lisa Coughlin for creating WikiTree profile Howe-2317 through the import of coughlin.ged on Aug 28, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Lisa and others.