Thomas Howes (abt. 1710 - abt. 1768)

Ancestors

Husband of Hope (Sears) Chase — married 22 Aug 1767 (to 21 Dec 1768) in Chatham, Barnstable, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Thomas was born about 1710. He was the son of Thomas Howes and Content Smith. Thomas married, first, Rebecca Sears in 1730 at Chatham. Rebecca was born 19 March 1710/11, the daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Howes) Sears. they had four children David, Thomas, Richard and Rebecca. Rebecca died of small pox in 1765 in her 56th year. Thomas married, second, Hope (Sears) Doane on 10 September 1767 in Chatham. She was born 11 February 1730/31, one of the 10 daughters of Paul and Anna (Atkins) Sears. Thomas and Hope had one son, David, born about July 1768. He passed away about 1768. ^[1]

Children

Thomas and Rebecca had four children born Chatham:

1. David, born 9 May 1736 and died 17 January 1752
2. Thomas, born 31 October 1738, married Priscilla Baker
3. Richard, born 14 April 1742
4. Rebecca, born Abt. 1745, married George Godfrey and 2nd Thomas Taylor

Thomas and Hope Sears Doane Howes

1. Daniel

Marriage

Mr Thomas Howes in the Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988

Name: Mr Thomas Howes

Event Type: Marriage Intention (Marriage)

Marriage Date: 22 Aug 1767

Marriage Place: Chatham, Massachusetts

Spouse Name: Hope Doane

It seems Thomas did not know how to write as he and his wife Rebecca signed with their marks to receive a portion of her father's estate on 10 June 1758.

Died

Thomas Howes in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

Name: Thomas Howes

Birth Date: 13 Mar 1711

Death Date: 21 Dec 1768

Cemetery: Chatham Old Burial Ground

Burial or Cremation Place: Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA

Has Bio?: N

Spouse: Mrs Rebecca Howes

Children: Thomas Howes

Capt David Howes

Rebecca Taylor

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Thomas died intestate, but the probate files also have a division of his estate and a difficult-to-read inventory.

5 January 1779 Chatham- Division of property

We the subscribers being directed and empowered by the Honorable James OTIS, Esquire, Judge of Probate for the County of Barnstable to divide 2/3rds of the real estate of Mr Thomas HOWES, late of Chatham and county, deceased; to and among his children by virtue of said power and according to the directions as have sett off and divided said estate as followeth: Viz: First to Thomas HOWES as the eldest son of the said deceased for his 2/5ths of estate- one parcel of land & here the deceased house stood from a stake of stone by Seth SMITH'S fence in the midway of the northerly line of the house lott and set southerly to the middle of the chimney brick and on thro the house lott a --- and so on to the publick road all the easterly part from this line to Capt HOWES lane with the part of the house here in compre? this a piece of land and swamp on the southward of the road about 3-- & only allowing to kitchen a privilege as hereafter mentioned and also 2/3rds of the deceased s ------ pond in partnership with Capt HOWES; also 1/2 of the --- old barn with liberty to take it off the land it now stands on and 1/4th of the estate in partnership with Joseph HOWES

Secondly- to Richard HOWES for his 4/5ths part of the westerly part of the house lott from the aforesaid lines ran thro the chimney to Joseph HOWES and the westerly part of the house and the other half of the barn and 1/3rd part of the - meadow at the Oyster Pond aforesaid with - part of the wood lots aforesaid. and also privileges to fetch water from the well on Thomas his part and to drive creatures to the watering place as these maybe ---

Thirdly- To the -- as in all the land adjoyning Matthew TAYLOR'S lane and all the half-- meadow, and the 1/3rd part of the -- eleventh of the meadow called the Red River marsh which is in partnership with Zachariah SMALLEY and others and a 1/3rd of the land within the meadows fence belonging to -- 2/11ths and 1/4th part of the other land in partnership

Fourthly- To David HOWES a miner, all that parcel of land near David COLLINGS, his house to the southward containing about 11 acres more or less and 1/3rd part of the aforesaid 2/11ths of the meadow and land at the Red River and 1/4th part of the other wood lands and this we give in as our report thereon under our hands the 5th day of January in the 10th year of his majesties reign 1770 James COVELL Reuben RIDER Joshua ATKINS

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Died Y. 21 DEC 1768. Chatham, Massachusetts. Source: Note: Age: 56-57.

Sources

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Julia Ryan, Thursday, September 4, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• " Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2495&h=46715860&ssrc=pt&tid=23720258&pid=1914286378&usePUB=true).

• "Find A Grave, database and images"(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142995670)

• Source: S1114149746 Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=112726163&pid=1006