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Cyprian Howe (1726 - aft. 1790)

Colonel Cyprian Howe
Born in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Brother of , and
Husband of — married [date unknown] (to 6 Feb 1766) in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
Husband of — married 29 Nov 1750 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusettsmap
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Died after after age 63 in Marlborough, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Colonel Cyprian Howe served with 1st Massachusetts Bay Provincial Regiment (1775), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Cyprian Howe is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A058229.
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Cyprian Howe is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: 333869
Rank: Colonel

Cyprian was born in Marlborough 29 March 1726, the son of John Howe and Thankful Bigelow.

He married Dorothy Howe, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Brigham) Howe on 29 Nov 1750. She died of smallpox on 30 May 1764. He married second Mary Williams on 6 Feb 1766. He had four children with each wife.

Children with Dorothy:

  1. Martha, born 3 Sep 1751, married 6 Dec Benjamin Sawin.
  2. Jabez, born 14 Apr 1753
  3. Katy, born 28 Dec 1757, married Joel Birtham
  4. Phebe, born 31 Jan 1762, married Thomas Loring

Children with Mary:

  1. Dorothy, born 18 Jul 1767, married Joshua Burnham
  2. Mary, born 12 May 1770, married Benjamin Sawin
  3. John, born 20 Sep 1773
  4. Henry, born 6 Oct 1779

He kept a public house in Marlborough. He was the Captain of a company that marched to Cambridge 19 Apr 1775. He continued in the Army and rose to become a colonel in the militia.[1]

[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ Daniel Wait Howe, Howe Genealogies, NEHGS, Boston, 1929, Vol. 1, page 75
  2. ↑ DAR
  3. ↑ Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War
  4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783
  5. ↑ Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783
  6. ↑ The Massachusetts Magazine
  • "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCSC-R2Q : 10 November 2020), Cy...mian How, 20 Nov 1750; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004198966.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-XBZB : 19 April 2021), Cyprian How and Dorothy How, 20 Nov 1750; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009656.
    • (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC7-JML1 : 19 April 2021), Cyprian How and Dorothy How, 20 Nov 1750; citing Marriage, Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007009656.
  • "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-2M43 : 1 March 2021), Cyprian How, 19 Apr 1775; citing Military Service, Marlborough, Clayton, Georgia, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711095.




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