Susanna (Follett) Howe (1662 - aft. 1725)

Born 1 Jun 1662 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Sibley — married 4 Feb 1684 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay

Wife of Isaac Howe — married 2 Dec 1718 in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Descendants

Died after 20 Apr 1725 after age 62 in Massachusetts

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Biography

Susanna was born in Salem Twp., Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colony on 1 Jun 1662.^[1] She is the third born child and second daughter of Robert Follett and Persis Black. She married first, Joseph Sibley in Salem Twp. on 4 Feb 1684.^[2] They had seven (known) children together: 1) Joseph (Jr.) b. in Salem Twp. on 9 Nov 1684; 2) John b. in Salem Twp. on 18 Sep 1687; 3) Jonathan b. in Salem Twp. on 1 May 1690 (date given in Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire); christening in First Church of Salem Twp. in May 1690; 4) Hannah b. (date unk); christening (prb.) in First Church of Salem Twp. in May 1695; 5) Samuel b. in Salem Twp. on 6 May 1697; 6) William b. in Salem Twp. on 7 Sep 1700 (date given in Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire); 7) Benjamin b. 19 Sep 1703 (date given in Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire); christening (prb.) in First Church of Salem Twp. on 19 Sep 1703.

After the death of her husband, Joseph on 25 Apr 1718, Susanna married second, Isaac Howe, son of John Howe and Mary ____, in Marlborough, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay on 2 Dec 1718.^[3] There are no (known) children from this marriage. She is named in Isaac How's will, made on 21 Jun 1723.^[4]

Susanna is "said to died in Marlborough in 1757,"^{[citation needed]} but Helen Schatvet Ullmann in her 2006 Sibley genealogy says that she had probably died by 25 Apr 1729, when her children "engaged in a series of land transfers."^[5] The last record found of Susanna (Follett) (Sibley) Howe is on 20 April 1725, when she presented an account for her second husband's estate.^[4]

Children

Child: Joseph Sibley^[6]

Child: John Sibley^[7]

Child: Jonathan B Sibley^[8]

Child: Hannah Sibley^[9]

Child: Samuel Sibley^[10]

Child: William B Sibley^[11]

Child: Benjamin Sibley^[12]

Information found in the book by Joseph B. Felt entitled ANNALS OF SALEM, vol. 2, pp. 214-215, at Hackley Public Library, Muskegon, Mich.:

"1693. Joseph Sibley, George Harvey, aged 46, and Henry Harvey, 43, on their homeward passage from a fishing voyage to Cape Sable, were impressed on board of a British frigate. After seven weeks' service in this vessel, the captain forced Sibley to go on board of another ship. Susannah, wife of the latter, having four children, petitions the Governor to redress the wrongs of her husband."

Sources

1. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch
2. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch
3. ↑ Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Probate file of Isaac How, in Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871, online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014 > case 12039 > page 2 for Isaac's will, page 14 for the account for the estate. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org)
5. ↑ Helen Schatvet Ullmann, Some Descendants of John Sibley of Salem, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass., 2006), page 13
6. ↑ Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849; Births; pg 335 Note: Joseph shown under Surname "Sybly"
7. ↑ Vital Records of Salem Massachusetts to the end of the Year 1849; Births; pg 335 Note: John shown under Surname "Sybly"
8. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch Note: Jonathan's Christening; father not given mother shown as "Susan"
9. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch Note: Hannah's Christening; mother not given father shown as "Joseph Sibly"
10. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch Note: Samuel's Christening; father not given mother shown as "Susanna Sibly"
11. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch Note: William's Christening; mother not given father shown as "Joseph Sibly"
12. ↑ Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915, database, FamilySearch Note: Benjamin's Christening; father not given mother shown as "Susanna Sibly"

• (Vitual) Find A Grave Memorial# 47842945
• Stearns, Ezra S. Genealogical and Family History of the State of New Hampshire (Lewis Publishing Company, 1908) Page 789
• Howe Genealogies by Daniel Wait Howe, Page 9

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Tayler Mccormick for starting this profile.