Marcus Howe (1787 - 1859)

Born 4 Dec 1787 in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Died 8 Apr 1859 at age 71 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

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Biography

Marcus was born in 1787. He was the son of Azor Howe and Lydia Pratt.^[1] He married (intentions Aug 1813) Deborah Hatch Joslin, daughter of Joseph Joslin. He passed away in 1859.^[2]

Massachusetts Colony

• From John Maltby:

Lydia Pratt had two children by Azor Howe, including:

Marcus Howe, born on 4 Dec. 1787 in Bridgewater,[67] settled in Hali­fax, MA, and married Deborah Hatch Josselyn, daughter of Joseph and Deborah (Hatch) Josselyn, of East Bridgewater,[68] on 24 Aug. 1813 in Hali­fax,[69] and they moved to Boston. She was born ca. 1795 in MA.[70] He was living in Boston’s 10th ward in the 1820 federal census,[71] in Boston’s 11th ward in the 1830 federal census,[72] and back in Boston’s 10th ward in the 1850 federal census, where he was a “cordwainer.”[73] He died on 8 Apr. 1856 in Boston, aged 68 years, 4 months, 4 days, of typhoid fever,[74] and she died a widow on 2 Nov. 1881 in Medway, MA.[75]

Sources

1. ↑ Mass. Vital Records, Bridgewater Births
2. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, Vol. 2, Abraham of Roxbury, NEHGS; Boston; 1929; p523.

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