Benjamin
How
Born in Topsfield, Essex, Massachusetts
Ancestors 
Son of John How
and Sarah (Towne) How
Brother of
Sarah (How) Thurlow [half], Mark How [half], John (How) Howe [half], Ann How [half], Samuel How [half], Joseph How, Mary How, Elizabeth How, Lydia How, Hannah How, Abigail How and Joseph How
Husband of
Alice (Bridges) Howe
— married
6 Dec 1711 in Congressional,church Topsfield,Massachusetts
Died after
after age 63
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 8 Feb 2015
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Biography
Birth Record: HOW, Benjamen, s. Capt. John and Sarah, "alias Sarah Towne," Jan. 5, 1688. [1]
Benjamin Howe, born in Topsfield, married 6 Dec 1711 Alice Bridges of Ipswich, Mass. His name appears on a list of church members in Topsfield 18 May 1751, marked "dismissed". Probably moved to Sutton, Mass. Children were:
- Benjamin, bapt 20 Apr. 1712, died young
- Sarah, b. 22 Oct, 1713; d. 2 Sept 1734 unmarried
- Benjamin, bapt 6 Oct, 1717
- James, b. 20 July 1719
- Samuel, b. 11 Feb. 1725-6, m. in Sutton, Mass. 3 Dec 1751 Rebecca Gould [2]
Marriage Record: HOW, Benjamin, and Allis Bridges, Dec. 6, 1711 (1710. CR) [3]
Children's Birth Records: Benjamin (1), Benjamin (2), James [4], Samuel, Sary [5]
Sources
- ↑ Topsfield Births; Massachusetts Vital Records Project
- ↑ Howe Genealogies, Daniel Wait Howe, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 1929; page 160, 163; Viewed and Searchable at Ancestry.com
- ↑ Topsfield Marriages; Massachusetts Vital Records Project
- ↑ Topsfield Births; Massachusetts Vital Records Project
- ↑ Topsfield Births; Massachusetts Vital Records Project
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Benjamin by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
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- Walter Howe
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 700 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #N29479, MitoYDNA ID T10929 [compare] - Rob Howe :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup I-M223, FTDNA kit #956881
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Categories: Essex County, Massachusetts, Howe Name Study