Joseph Howe (1621 - 1650)

Born 1621 in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Needham) Hart — married 1649 (to 8 Jan 1650) in Lynn, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1650 at about age 29 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts

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Biography

Joseph Howe Birth: Circa 1621, son of Edward Howe 1575 - 1639 and perhaps Elizabeth Marvill 1585 - 1671

Marriage to Mary Needham circa 1646

Siblings:

1. Daniel Howe 1608 - ?
2. Jeremiah Howe 1614 - ?
3. Sarah Howe 1623 - ?
4. Ephram Howe 1626 - ?
5. Isaac Howe 1628 - ?
6. William Howe 1629 - 1676

Will

The will of Joseph How of Lynn was proved in the court at Salem 24 : 4 : 1651. by Elizabeth Breade and William Meriam. The following copy is from the original on file in the office of the clerk of courts at Salem, volume II, leaf 15.

Will of Joseph How

This is my will & defire * * to take me out of this world * * fhall haue all the mouables in & * * as allso the 2 Coues which I * * allfo the pide haifer & 3 haifors * * boloks I leue with my wife to make * * of to pay all my deats every on that damands anything let them be payd; & what is left my wife to haue it; the house & land I leue to my wiffe vntell the Child Elizebeth how of my body be 18 yeres of Age & then that fhee fhall haue if god defpofe of hur in marag but in cafe the child fhould die then my wife to haue it for euer; if god fhould fo order it that my wife fhould remaine my widdou & mary no othr man then I leue the land to my wife & hir defpofing; the tow cows which we cal monfe & fpek to be att my mother hows defpofing I mene fhee fhall baue them to hir felf & all fo fo much of the to marre as fhall find them hay if it be required vntell my mother be be defefed [for hir vfe] allfo that thofe which Aufes the land fhall yerly let my mothe[r] haue land bring forth Indian & fom englifh & this during her life or elfe that fhe fhall haue fo much of the land att hir defpofing during hir life as may produfe it * * in quantaty if fix Aker of * * eaite Aker of march ling in * * wne march & fix Akers of marc * * by march now Acording as I haue * * t is my say full will & defr & hereto hath fet my hand this tenth of febiwary 1650.

And for the ourfight

of what is wrighten Jofeph how:

I leaue to my fathre

needom & goodman bread

This is my will that my mother If god take me a way fhall haue 2 Acers of Land at the ferder End of ye Lot next goodman breads; Lot that ; he bout of goodman poole; I alfo Leue to my mother 2 Coues; namly moncy and fpech; and them to be her one for Euer and att her defpofing; alfo yt fhe fhall haue as much hay as will fufifantly kepe 2 cous; of ye hether pece of marfh; Lling next goodman brad one ye one fide and m' foth one ye Eather fid; but when god fhall Take my mother a way It fhall then Retorn to ye houfe again i mene ye marfh olnely; this if my Laft will and; defier; toching; my mother; in prefents of Ephraim How; ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Sidney Perley, editor, The Essex Antiquarian, An Illustrated Monthly Magazine Devoted to the Biography, Genealogy, History, and Antiquities of Essex County, Massachusetts (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Antiquarian, 1899), Vol. IV, No. 7, Salem, Mass., July, 1899, pg. 102. Cit. Date: 15 Dec 2015

See also:

• Edward Howe, in Threlfall, John B. (Brooks). Twenty-Six Great Migration Colonists to New England & their Origins. (Madison, Wisconsin: J.B. Threlfall, 1993), 135-40.
• GM 2:3:428-31
• Frederic Clarke Jewett. History and Genealogy of the Jewetts of America. The Grafton Press: New York. 1908. Pages Also available at: [1]
• Torrey 2:799 1646 Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States HOW, Joseph (-1651) & Mary [NEEDHAM], m/2 Samuel HART ca 1653; by 1650; Lynn {Howe 2:408; Hart (1903) 2, 3; Parker (,9) 286; EIHC 1:9; Essex Ant. 4:102}
• EPR 1:130-31; 3:153
• Probate Court (Essex County). The Probate Records of Essex County, Massachusetts. (Salem, Massachusetts: The Essex Institute, 1916, 1917, 1920), 1:130-32.
• Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 2, pages 400-401
• How, in Jacobus, Donald Lines. Families of Ancient New Haven. (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1974), 4:854.
• Thomas Cooper, Suffolk County Historical Society Register (1990) 15:98
• https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-1-274479981-3-25877/joseph-howe-in-myheritage-family-trees?s=216760841