Martin Howe (1815 - 1897)

Born 1815 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary A. (Osgood) Howe — married about 1840 in Westford, Chittenden County, Vermont

Husband of Maggie M. (Hayward) Howe — married 30 Oct 1890 in Burke, Caledonia County, Vermont

Descendants

Died 15 May 1897 at about age 82 in Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont, United States

Biography

A descendant of George Martyn of Salisbury, Mass.

Born in Westford, Chittenden, Vermont about 1815. He married Mary A. Osgood, also born in Vermont about 1815. They lived in Jericho, Vermont and had 7 children. He was a farmer.

U.S. Census - 1840

[1] Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont - NARA - FHL microfilm 27,439

Martin Howe

1 male 20 - under 30

1 female 20 - under 30

U.S. Census - 1850

[2] Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont - NARA

Martin Howe - age 35 - b. 1815 - Vermont - Farmer

Mary Howe - (wife) - age 35 - b. 1815 - Vermont

Martin L. Howe - age 9 - b. 1841 - Vermont

Nancy A. Howe - age 7 - b. Vermont

Fanny M. Howe - age 5 - b. 1845 - Vermont

Harriet N. Howe - age 1 - b. 1849 - Vermont

U.S. Census - 1860

[3] Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont

Martin Howe - age 45 - b. Vermont - Farmer

Mary Howe - (wife) - age 45 - b. Vermont

Luther Howe - (son) - age 19 - b. Vermont - Farm Laborer

Nancy Howe - (daughter) - age 17 - b. Vermont

Anna Howe - (daughter) - age 16 - b. Vermont

Emmogene Howe - (daughter) - age 8 - b. Vermont

Reuben Howe - (son) - age 6 - b. Vermont

Caroline Howe - (daughter) - 3 - b. Vermont

Henry Beeman - age 17 - b. Vermont - Farm Laborer

Eliza Merrill - age 40 - b. Vermont - Servant

U.S. Census - 1870

[4] Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont - NARA - FHL microfilm 553,117

Martin Howe - (head of household) - age 55 - b. Vermont - married - Farmer

Mary Howe - (wife) - age 55 - b. Vermont - Keeping House

Emma J. Howe - (daughter) - age 18 - b. Vermont - at Home

Carlos Howe - (son) - age 13 - b. Vermont - at Home

2nd Marriage

[5] Vermont Vital Records - 1760 - 1954 - State Capital Building, Montpelier - FHL microfilm 540,103

Marriage/Groom - Martin Howe and Maggie M. Hayward - 30 Oct. 1890 - Burke, Caledonia County, Vermont

age 75 - res: Jericho, Vermont - 2nd marriage - Farmer

father: - Hezekiah Howe

mother: - Nancy Martin

Burial

Jericho, Chittenden County, Vermont

Jericho Center Cemetery

[6] Find A Grave

Sources

• George Martyn of Salisbury, Mass. and his descendants by: Susan Grace Martin Shipman 1973 edition

• Vermont Vital Records - U.S. Census - 1840 - 1850 - 1860 - 1870 - Find A Grave

• Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Genealogies of Abraham of Roxbury, James of Ipswich, Abraham of Marlborough and Edward of Lynn, Massachusetts", Vol. 2, (Boston: NEHGS, 1929), pp.496.