Brice Howard (abt. 1740 - abt. 1799)

Born about 1740 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

Ancestors

Husband of Anne (Ridgley) Howard — married 16 Feb 1767 in Prince George's, Maryland

Descendants

Died about Jul 1799 at about age 59 in Anne Arundel, Maryland

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Biography

Brice Howard was born about 1740 in Anne Arundel, Maryland, son of Cornelius Howard (1714 - 1772) and Rachel Ridgely (Worthington) Howard (1722 - 1801).

His siblings were:

1. Sarah Howard (1740 - 1801)
2. Joseph Howard (~1740 - ~1777)
3. Rachel (Howard) Hood (1743 - ~1805)
4. Thomas Cornelius Howard (~1745 - 1801)
5. Elizabeth (Howard) Gaither (1745 - 1793)

Brice married Anne Ridgley (~1745 - ~1801) in Maryland. Their children were:

1. Cornelius Howard (~1760 - )
2. Harriet (Howard) Cross (~1770 - )
3. Thomas Worthington Howard (~1772 - 1818)
4. Jeremiah Brice Howard (~1780 - ~1841)
5. Ann (Howard) Dorsey (~1790 - 1851)
6. Brice Worthington Howard (~1795 - ~1834).

Brice died about Jul 1799 in Anne Arundel aged ~59.

Research Notes

The following is quoted from The Founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland...:^[1]

1776
Commissions issued to Joseph Maccubin, First Lieutenant, and Joshua Cromwell, Second Lieutenant, and Benjamin Wright, Ensign in Anne Arundel Militia. To Joseph Burgess, First Lieutenant; John Norwood, Second Lieutenant, and Thomas Cornelius Howard, Ensign in Captain Brice Howard's Company of Militia in Anne Arundel County. To Richard Weems, Captain; Gideon Dare, First Lieutenant; Joseph Allingham, Second Lieutenant, and Benjamin Harrison, Ensign of a company of militia in Anne Arundel. - pp. 222-3

SIMPSONVILLE
/ Upon the Middle Patuxent, nestled under hills on all sides, was an old-time mill, lately destroyed, which dates back to the earliest days of the settlers. In some of the Howard wills it was called "Dr. Warfield's Mill." In others, of later date, it was known as "Richard Owings Mill." It is now known as Simpsonville. Upon a southern hill stands the large and comfortable residence of the late Major Owings. Around this centre located Dr. Joshua Warfield, Ephraim Howard, Cornelius Howard, and his sons, the Howard Merchants, one of whom was Captain Brice Howard, commander of the Elk Ridge Militia, and here was Richard Owings, the merchant. - p.385

CORNELIUS HOWARD (OF JOSEPH AND MARGERY)
The heirs of Cornelius and Rachel Howard were Thomas Cornelius, Brice, Joseph, Elizabeth, widow of Ephraim Davis and wife of William Gaither; Sarah Ducker and Rachel Hood. The three sons of Cornelius Howard were merchants with headquarters at Simpsonville.

Thomas Cornelius held the homestead just opposite the Catholic Church at Clarksville. It later became the home of Mr. Denton Miller, whose tombstone may there be seen. Joseph Howard held "Howard's Resolution" and "Poole's Desire;" Captain Brice Howard held the homestead near Simpsonville...

Captain Brice Howard commanded a company of militia in 1776, with Joseph Burgess, First Lieutenant; John Norwood, Second Lieutenant; Thos. Cornelius Howard, Ensign. He married Ann Ridgely, of "White Wine and Claret"; her will of 1801 named, "My daughter, Anne Howard, and son, Brice Howard," to whom she left money for their education. (The former married Caleb Dorsey, of Columbia, the latter became a lawyer in Cumberland.) "All the residue of the estate to be divided amongst all my children, viz., Willliam Cornelius (named for both ancestors), Harriet, Margaret, George, Thomas Worthington, Jeremiah Brice Howard and my two younger children, Anne and Brice Howard. George Howard, executor, sold a portion of Captain Brice Howard's estate, near Glenelg, to Samuel Owings. - pp. 387-8

Sources

1. ↑ The founders of Anne Arundel and Howard Counties, Maryland. A genealogical and biographical review from wills, deeds and church records, published 1905.

• FamilySearch Person: LZVW-D8C
• Descendants of Matthew Howard
• United States Census, 1790
• "United States Census, 1840," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHTY-PW7 : 30 September 2021), Brice Howard, Whiteley, Prince George's, Maryland, United States; citing p. 90, NARA microfilm publication , (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• United States Census, 1810
• United States War of 1812 Index to Service Records, 1812-1815, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29K-ZHYD : 8 March 2021), Brice Howard, 1812-1815; citing NARA microfilm publication M602 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); roll 104; FHL microfilm 882,622.

Acknowledgements

• Wikitree Profiles Howard-1296, Howard-1299 & Howard-1450 created through the import of 3 gedcoms all on 08 April 2011.
• All three profiles above were subsequently "orphaned" and adopted by Fred Remus who merged them, upgraded the data section, and added all data in the biography section through the adoption dates of 3 & 9 August 2013. Also added all sources other than Ancestry.com.
• Howard-7659 was created by Conan Peisen through the import of Peisen Family Tree_9.26.14.ged on Sep 26, 2014.