Caleb Howe (abt. 1753 - 1810)

Born about 1753 in Vernon, Windham, Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Esther (Fairweather) Howe — married Jan 1784 (to 26 Oct 1810) in Saint John, St. John, New Brunswick

Descendants

Died 26 Oct 1810 at about age 57 in Norton, Kings, New Brunswick

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Caleb Howe was a United Empire Loyalist.
UEL Status:Proven
Date: Undated

Biography

Caleb Howe was born in Vernon, Vermont about 1753. He was the son of Caleb Howe and Jemima Sawtelle, widow of William Phipps. Caleb was captured by Indians with his mother and siblings about 1755 and taken to Canada. They were redeemed and brought back home before 1760 by a Colonel Schuyler.^[1][2]

Caleb served in the Queens Rangers and can be found in the muster rolls as an Ensign from the period ending 29 Jan 1779 to 24 Aug 1780^[3]. On 29 Aug 1780 he was promoted to Lieutenant in the Queens Rangers^[4]. He was taken as a prisoner of war on 19 Oct 1781^[5] when the British Army surrendered to the American Continental Army at Yorktown. Caleb was found once again in the muster rolls of the Queens Rangers from the period ending 23 Apr 1782 until 24 Aug 1782^[6] and again in the muster roll as a Lieutenant in the Queens Rangers for the period ending 24 Apr 1783 when he was serving in Captain James Murray's company^[7].

Caleb married Esther Fairweather at Parr Town (renamed Saint John), New Brunswick in Jan 1784.^[8][9]

“Jedediah Fairweather and Samuel Fairweather at present of the Parish of ____ in the County of Kings and Province of New Brunswick - make oath - that they were present at the marriage of Caleb Howe, - who was a Lieutenant (during the American Rebellion) in His Majestys Service in the Provincial Regiment called the Queens Rangers, and who at the close of the Rebellion - placed on the Half Pay of said Regiment, - with Esther Fairweather - Daughter of Jedediah, and that the Marriage was performed & solemnized - between the said Caleb Howe and the said Esther Howe in the then town of Parr, now the City of St John, in the Month of January 1784 by the Reverend John Beardsley a Missionary of the Church of England.“

A Loyalist, in 1785 he was granted land at Parr Town, Lot 195 : Caleb Howe and 1145 others, re-registered Nova Scotia Grant of 1784/08/14.^[10]

Caleb Howe petitioned for land with four others at Westmorland, New Brunswick in 1791.^[11]

HOWE, CALEB

FAIRWEATHER, BENJAMIN

FAIRWEATHER, JEDEDIAH

FAIRWEATHER, SAMUEL

WATERBURY, DAVID

1 Military Unit(s) related to this Petition QUEENS RANGERS

Caleb and his wife, Esther, had a son, Charles Howe, born about 1790, who married Hannah Baxter. A daughter, Submit, married Wills Knox. Caleb Howe passed away at Norton, Kings County, New Brunswick, age 52, on 26 Oct 1810.^[12]

In the 1851 Census of New Brunswick for Upham Parish, Kings County, Caleb Howe’s widow, Esther Howe, age 84, living in the province since 1784, is recorded as grandmother to the head of household Robert Howe.^[13]

Howe Robert M Head 28 Native Farmer (prop) Birth

Howe Sarah F Wife 21 Native Birth

Howe Edwin M Son 1 Native Birth

Howe Esther F Grandmother 84 American 1784

Howe Hannah F Wid 49 Native Birth

Howe Ann F Daughter 24 Native Birth

Howe Mary F Daughter 22 Native Birth Idiot

Howe Caleb M Son 26 Native Farmer (prop) Birth

Howe William M Son 22 Native Blacksmith Birth Absent

Howe George M Son 18 Native carpenter Birth

Howe Esther F Daughter 16 Native Birth

Howe Charlotte F Daughter 14 Native Birth

Research Notes

According to the pension application submitted by the wife of Caleb's brother Squire Howe, Martha, she stated that "at one time in perticuler her husband met his brother Caleb who was an officer in the British Service of an Enemy face to face in a bloody Engagement"^[14]

Sources

1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, pages 45-46
2. ↑ Harpers Magazine, 1856, vol. 12, page 588
3. ↑ Canada, "Caleb Howe of the Queens Rangers," Muster Roll of the Queens Rangers ending 29 Jun 1779; RG 8 c-4217, images 417, 444, 484, 509, 546, 566, 574, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
4. ↑ War Office, editor, A List of General and Staff Officers on the Establishment in North-America, 1783 (London, England: War Office, n.d.), 62.
5. ↑ Canada, "Caleb Howe of the Queens Rangers," Muster Roll of the Queens Rangers ending 23 apr 1782; RG 8 c-4218, image 67, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
6. ↑ Canada, "Caleb Howe of the Queens Rangers," Muster Roll of the Queens Rangers ending 23 apr 1782; RG 8 c-4218, images 67, 124, 161, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
7. ↑ Canada, "Caleb Howe of the Queens Rangers," Muster Roll of the Queens Rangers ending 24 Apr 1783; RG 8 c-4218, image 257, Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa.
8. ↑ England, "War Office: Officers' Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers," WO42/61, Application for Widow Pension, document 182; The National Archives (England), Richmond.
9. ↑ McKinlay, Kenneth. "Widow's Pension Application = One Less Brick Wall." November 10, 2013. Accessed August 12, 2019. https://familytreeknots.blogspot.com/2013/11/on-november-6th-2013-ancestry-included.html
10. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to New Brunswick Land Grants, 1784 - 1997 (RS686) : Caleb Howe
11. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Index to Land Petitions: Original Series, 1783-1918 (RS108) Howe, Caleb
12. ↑ Provincial Archives of New Brunswick : Daniel F Johnson's New Brunswick Newspaper Vital Statistics : d. Norton, 26th ult., Caleb HOWE, age 52
13. ↑ Automated Genealogy : 1851 Census of New Brunswick Howe, Esther : accessed 13 Aug 2019
14. ↑ "Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files," database and images, fold3 (www.fold3.com : accessed 18 Jun 2017); pension application for Martha Howe, pension number W. 16,294; citing NARA M804. Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application. RG 15, Roll 1345. Rhode Island.

• United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada : Caleb Howe

Acknowledgments

• Walter Howe
• Ken McKinlay
• Sara V Mosher